Abstract
The essay discusses how ibu (read: e-boo) in Indonesia have used protests to perform their citizenship since the reformation in 1998. Ibu here connotes women who signify motherhood and care, be they mother, mother figures, housewives and mature women. Departing from Chantal Mouffe’s concept of agonism, this essay argues that the idea of agony-implied in ibu protests, has been embraced as a dramaturgical approach in their action. Agony here stands as a metaphor for defeat and pain, not as derivative of agonism. Their dramaturgical approach epitomizes the relationship between citizenship and the post-authoritarian state. In doing so, two case studies are offered here. The first case study is the Silent Thursday action and the second is the Nine Kartinis of Kendeng. The former has become a weekly silent protest for the ibu to express their concerns about human rights abuses since 2007, whereas the later refers to the action conducted by nine ibu from the mountains area who cemented their feet in 2016 and 2017 to protest the development of cement factories in their area.
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