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Trajectories of Memory : Excavating the Past in Indonesia by Melani Budianta, Sylvia Tiwon (Ed.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is a collection of essays in Indonesian history and archaeology dealing with different and multiple trajectories, along four broad themes. The first part of the book covers competing or evolving representations of events, customs or traditions, and historical personae in Indonesian official and popular expression, as they are shaped by economic, political, and cultural forces. The second part deals with memories of war and peace, examining transnational conflict and collaboration, the role of political elites and state projects dealing with the aftermath of military aggression, while also focusing on the impact and responses of civilians. The third part focuses on how state and civil societies frame historical figures, in ways that transcend the dichotomy of heroes and victims. The fourth part of the book looks at the way Indonesian museums and museology serve as sites where new kinds of memory work occur, in a post-1998 era. The book is designed with the aim of clearing a space for a plurality of memory works. Discussions in this volume extend from Loloda island in Eastern Indonesia, to Sabang island at the north westernmost end of the archipelago, and to the cosmopolita

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Author

Melani Budianta, Sylvia Tiwon (Ed.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9789819919970

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Science