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oapen-20.500.12657-628862024-03-28T08:18:48Z Memory Culture of the Anti-Leftist Violence in Indonesia Leksana, Grace T. State violence, memory, micro history, Indonesia, rural dynamics thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history This book examines how community remembers one of the most gruesome acts of violence in the 20th century: the anti-communist violence in 1965 in Indonesia. Through a case study in a rural district in East Java, this research presents complexities of memory culture of violence. These memories are not exclusively determined by the state’s repressive memory project, but are actually embedded in intricate social relations and local context where the violence occurred. What people remember, forget, or silenced is part of the continuous negotiation to claim one’s right, to relate to the state, and to be Indonesian citizen. This book redefines the politics of memory – that it does not necessarily appear in formal arenas, but actually lies in the intricate web of local dynamics, often involving transactional and clientelistic practices. 2023-05-02T11:10:59Z 2023-05-02T11:10:59Z 2023 book 9789463723565 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62886 eng Heritage and Memory Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789048554522.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463723565 10.5117/9789463723565 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789463723565 21 226 Amsterdam open access
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This book examines how community remembers one of the most gruesome acts of violence in the 20th century: the anti-communist violence in 1965 in Indonesia. Through a case study in a rural district in East Java, this research presents complexities of memory culture of violence. These memories are not exclusively determined by the state’s repressive memory project, but are actually embedded in intricate social relations and local context where the violence occurred. What people remember, forget, or silenced is part of the continuous negotiation to claim one’s right, to relate to the state, and to be Indonesian citizen. This book redefines the politics of memory – that it does not necessarily appear in formal arenas, but actually lies in the intricate web of local dynamics, often involving transactional and clientelistic practices.
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