12 Writings of an Indonesian Political Prisoner

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. Introduction: Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and Melanesia 1
7. Incomplete Truth, Incomplete Reconciliation: Towards a Scholarly Verdict on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions 23
8. Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste
9. East Timor: Legacies of Violence 45
10. Shining Chega!’s Light into the Cracks 63
11. Politika Taka Malu, Censorship, and Silencing: Virtuosos of Clandestinity and One’s Relationship to Truth and Memory 79
12. Development and Foreign Aid in Timor-Leste after Independence 93
13. Reconciliation, Church, and Peacebuilding 109
14. Human Rights and Truth 117
15. Chega! for Us: Socializing a Living Document 121
16. Memory, Truth-seeking, and the 1965 Mass Killings in Indonesia
17. Cracks in the Wall: Indonesia and Narratives of the 1965 Mass Violence 131
18. The Touchy Historiography of Indonesia’s 1965 Mass Killings: Intractable Blockades? 145
19. Writings of an Indonesian Political Prisoner 155
20. Local Truth and Reconciliation in Indonesia
21. Gambling with Truth: Hopes and Challenges for Aceh’s Commission for Truth and Reconciliation 167
22. All about the Poor: An alternative Explanation of the Violence in Poso 185
23. Where Indonesia Meets Melanesia: Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Tanah Papua
24. Facts, Feasts, and Forests: Considering Truth and Reconciliation in Tanah Papua 205
25. The Living Symbol of Song in West Papua: A Soul Force to be Reckoned With 233
26. Time for a New US Approach toward Indonesia and West Papua 261
27. Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Solomon Islands
28. The Solomon Islands “Ethnic Tension” Conflict and the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Personal Reflection 279
29. Women and Reconciliation in Solomon Islands 293
30. Bringing it Home
31. Reflecting on Reconciliation 299
32. Conclusion: Seeking Truth about Truth-seeking 309
33. Bibliography 325
34. Index 345
35. Contributors 359