Abstract
The issue of societal and individual knowledge of the 1965 violence is often presented as if the only possibilities are two extremes of knowledge: either a totalizing silence, or a comprehensive revelation. This chapter focuses upon a group whose experiences fall in between these two possibilities: the children and grandchildren of individuals imprisoned or killed in the 1965 violence. The knowledge possessed by these children has been presented by Indonesians of various ideological persuasions as being enormously consequential, representing both the possibility of clarity and reconciliation, and a potential source of dangerous “vengeance”. Drawing upon fieldwork research in Central Java, Conroe examines how these younger generations have claimed moral and representational authority that can operate independently of the specific (assumed) content of their knowledge.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Abdullah, S. (Ed.). (2003). Usaha untuk tetap mengenang: Kisah-kisah anak-anak korban Peristiwa 65. Jakarta: Yappika.
Aspinall, E. (1993). Student dissent in Indonesia in the 1980s. Clayton: Monash University Center of Southeast Asian Studies.
Bedner, A. (2015, October–December). Citizenship restored. Inside Indonesia, 122. Retrieved from http://www.insideindonesia.org/citizenship-restored.
Conroe, A. (2012). Generating history: Violence and the risks of remembering the families of former political prisoners in post-New Order Indonesia (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA).
Conroe, A. (2017). Moments of proximity: Former political prisoners, postmemory and justice in Indonesia. Asian Studies Review,41(3), 352–370.
Dwyer, L. (2010). Building a monument: Intimate politics of “reconciliation” in post-1965 Bali. In A. L. Hinton (Ed.), Transitional justice: Global mechanisms and local realities after genocide and mass violence (pp. 227–248). New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Heryanto, A. (2006). State terrorism and political identity in Indonesia: Fatally belonging. London and New York: Routledge.
Ibarruri, P. A. (2006). Roman biografis ibarruri putri alam, anak sulung D.N. Aidit. Jakarta: Hasta Mitra.
Keluarga Pahlawan Revolusi. (2002). Kunang-kunang kebenaran di langit malam. Jakarta: Ikatan Keluarga Pahlawan Revolusi.
Khoriyah, M. (2007). Surat rindu untuk ayah di Pulau Buru. Kebumen: Blandring Book.
Nani, N. S. (2013). Kenangan tak terucap: Saya, ayah, dan tragedi 1965. Jakarta: Kompas.
Pemerintah Indonesia. (1988). Himpunan peraturan bersih diri dan bersih lingkungan dari G-30-S/ PKI. Jakarta: Dharma Bhakti.
Poyk, G. (1966). Perempuan dan anak-anaknya. Horison, September.
Proletariyati, R. T. (2002). Aku bangga jadi anak PKI. Jakarta: Cipta Lestari.
Rustiadi, M. S. M. (2002). Memungut puing yang berkeping-keping. Jakarta: Grasindo.
Strassler, K. (2005). Material witnesses: Photographs and the making of Reformasi memory. In M. Zurbuchen (Ed.), Beginning to remember: The past in Indonesia’s present (pp. 278–311). Singapore: NUS Press.
Sukanta, P. O. (Ed.). (2016). Cahaya mata sang pewaris: Kisah nyata anak-cucu korban tragedi ’65. Jakarta: Ultimus.
Yang, H. (2008). Finding the “map of memory”: Testimony of the Japanese military sexual slavery survivors. Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique,16(1), 79–107.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Conroe, A. (2018). The Efficacy of “Dangerous” Knowledge: “Children of Victims” in Indonesia After 1965. In: McGregor, K., Melvin, J., Pohlman, A. (eds) The Indonesian Genocide of 1965. Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-71454-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-71455-4
eBook Packages: HistoryHistory (R0)