This dissertation examines the dynamics of memory of violence in present-day society, by zooming in to memory of the anti-communist violence in Indonesia in 1965. The problem starts with the... Show moreThis dissertation examines the dynamics of memory of violence in present-day society, by zooming in to memory of the anti-communist violence in Indonesia in 1965. The problem starts with the contrasting narrative about this particular event. On the one hand, the national narrative by the state commemorates the death of six generals and one low rank army officer during the September 30th Movement or Gerakan 30 September 1965/ G30S. The military accused the Indonesian Communist Party or Partai Komunis Indonesia/ PKI as the mastermind behind the movement. The movement was followed by a regime shift from Sukarno to Suharto in 1966. On the other hand, this new regime initiated a nation-wide purge against communists, leftists, and their affiliates in 1965-66 and in 1968 in some parts of East Java. This violent bloodbath continued to be excluded from Indonesia’s national historiography until today. They became the counter-narrative.This dissertation goes beyond this binary approach of state versus counter narrative. Through a case study in rural area of Donomulyo district in East Java, this research discovered that memories of violence are multi-layered. They are not exclusively determined by the repressive memory project of the state, but are actually embedded in social relations and local context where the violence occurred. Moreover, this case study shows that memories of violence did not diminish over time, not even under state repression. Narratives of violence travel within communities through stories of places, or sites of memory, and also through family narratives. Show less
The main object of this study is the MIPES Indonesia, which I collected during my previous research that was funded by the British Library in London. The present research is primarily aimed at... Show moreThe main object of this study is the MIPES Indonesia, which I collected during my previous research that was funded by the British Library in London. The present research is primarily aimed at elaborating the tradition of writing and copying manuscripts by students of pesantrens in East Java Province and their relation to the learning tradition as practiced during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In order to reconstruct this tradition, I propose four research questions that are to be elucidated throughout this dissertation:1. What is the history of two collections of Islamic manuscripts from Indonesia: the collection of the Library of the University of Leiden and of the MIPES Indonesia, which is the main object of this study?2. Which codicological features can we reconstruct from the digital facsimile of the entire MIPES Indonesia Collection?3. How can we publish an inventory of the whole MIPES collection?4. How does the learning tradition of Islam in Indonesian pesantren influence a reader’s response to a manuscript?5. What can we propose regarding a tentative typology from the appearance of vocalization, interlinear translation and marginal notes in these manuscripts? Show less
