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Revisiting the May 1998 riots in Indonesia: civilians and their untold memories
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Abstract This paper examines the recollections of civilians about the May 1998 riots in Indonesia, as told in an anonymous online survey. These riots caused the deaths of an estimated 1000 people and saw targeted attacks on Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community, including state-led mass sexual violence agains... mehr
This paper examines the recollections of civilians about the May 1998 riots in Indonesia, as told in an anonymous online survey. These riots caused the deaths of an estimated 1000 people and saw targeted attacks on Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community, including state-led mass sexual violence against Chinese-Indonesian women and girls. Despite their scale, there has never been any official redress for these riots and they remain a taboo topic in Indonesia, rarely discussed publicly. Little is known about how Indonesians remember these events, with research into the personal or collective memories about the riots challenging, given the public silencing by the government. Here, we present findings from an anonymous survey completed by 235 Indonesians in which they revealed sometimes deeply personal memories about the riots. Examined thematically, these memories both confirm general understandings of the riots and reveal novel information about how communities coped during the violence.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
China; Chinese; Erinnerungskultur; ethnische Gruppe; ethnischer Konflikt; Gewalt; Frau; Gewaltkriminalität; Indonesien; Politik; innere Sicherheit; kollektives Gedächtnis; Sexualverhalten; sexueller Missbrauch; politische Gewalt
Klassifikation
soziale Probleme
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Erinnerungspolitik; Ethnische Bevölkerungsgruppe/Volksgruppe; Gewalt gegen Frauen; Gewalttätigkeit; Gewaltverbrechen; Minderheitenfrage; Politisch motivierte Gewaltanwendung; Sexuelle Gewalt
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 240-257
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 41 (2022) 2
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)