Trajectories of Memory

Part I: Introduction.- 1. Trajectories of Memory: An Introduction.- Part II. Politics of Memory.- 2. The Leadership of Muhammad Masserie in Perhimpoenan Kaoem Betawi (The Association of Ethnic Betawi) 1923-1940.- 3. Locating Sikuru, "Hero of Loloda".- 4. The Treaty of Tumbang Anoi, 1894: Impact on Borneo's Social Structure.- 5. Minangkabau Silek Harimau: Evolving Oral Traditions, Performance and Choreography.- Part III. Remembering War and Peace.- 6. National Histories, Private Memories: Indonesia and the Japanese Occupation.- 7. Japanese War Memory and Transnational Activism for Indonesian Survivors of Enforced Military Prostitution During World War Two.- 8. Memory of the Seroja Struggle: Challenges of Life after Military Operations 1978-1998.- 9. From Stalin to Khruschev: The Dynamics of the Soviet Union - Indonesia Relations (1945-1964).- Part IV. Tracing Agency.- 10. Politics of Recognition: Heroes, Victims, and the Contest over History in post-Suharto Indonesia.- 11. Contestation and Coalition: The Role of Botoh in Local Political Dynamics, Tuban District, 1974-2006.- 12. Indoctrination in Higher Education: Guided Democracy Politics in Campus Environment (1961-1965).- 13. Indonesia's Student and Non-Student Protesters in May 1998: Break and Reunification.- Part V. Curating Memory.- 14. Youth Visitor's Meaning-Making Process on The National History of Indonesia in The Museum Sejarah Nasional: A Study of Constructivist Learning.- 15. Engaging with the Public: Comparing the National Museum of Indonesia and the Kolong Tangga Museum from the perspective of New Museology.- 16. Building Meaning in The Balai Kirti Presidential Museum of The Republic of Indonesia.

Melani Budianta is Professor of literature and cultural studies, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia. She has a scholarly interest in the politics of representation, gender, power and cultural diversity. She has done transdisciplinary work in cultural commoning with cultural activists in Indonesia.

Sylvia Tiwon is Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. She teaches literature, gender, oral and cultural studies of Southeast Asia with a focus on Indonesia. Her areas of interest include national and pre-national literature, oral discourse and mythologies, as well as socio-cultural formations.