Abstract
This study aims to explain that the process of building and maintaining peace in the context of a plural society can be carried out by reactivating the collective memory and cultural identity of the community. Cultural memory and cultural identity that are based on historical-cultural experience are a social capital that nurtures harmony between communities. Qualitatively this study uses a literature study and field research approach. To explore the concepts of collective memory and cultural identity, author uses the concept from Edwards Shils, Maurice Halbwachs, and Paul Gilbert. The field study was obtained through a process of in-depth interviews with key informants, including religious leaders such as the Pastor and Imam of the Mosque, facilitators and community leaders in Batumerah from two communities, Islam and Christianity. Finally, the authors found that the collective memory of the cultural identity of Maluku people as brother people (orang basudara) is a strong social capital to transform conflict, and maintain peace among post-conflict communities. This can be a theoretical foothold in managing the diversity of peaceful lives as fellow brothers in Indonesia.
Highlights
Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bahwa proses membangun dan merawat perdamaian di dalam konteks masyarakat majemuk dapat dilakukan dengan mengaktifkan lagi memori kolektif dan identitas kultural masyarakat
This study aims to explain that the process of building and maintaining peace in the context of a plural society can be carried out by reactivating the collective memory and cultural identity of the community
Konflik dan Kekerasan Bernuansa Agama di Indonesia Dalam Perspektif Pandangan Yesus dalam Injil-Injil Kanonis Perjanjian Baru
Summary
Kajian mengenai perdamaian (peace studies) telah banyak dilakukan oleh para peniliti dari berbagai perspektif, seperti sosial budaya, gender, politik, hukum dan agama (Buchanan & Cooper, 2011; Duncan, 2016; Galtung, 1996; Meo, 2019; Schumann, 2011; Al-Qurtuby, 2013; Setyawan, 2017; Sabandar, Saimima, & Parihala, 2020). Perspektif lain yang digunakan di sini adalah mengenai suatu proses membangun dan merawat perdamaian dengan melibatkan memori kolektif dan identitas kultural masyarakat. Berbeda dengan kajian yang disebutkan di atas, kajian ini merekonstruksi secara bersama memori kolektif dan identitas kultural antar komunitas umat beragama Kristen dan Islam di Batumerah, Kota Ambon, di dalam tiga fase waktu, yakni sebelum konflik, di masa konflik, dan pasca konflik Maluku. Memori yang terpisah oleh penggalan waktu dan peristiwa historisnya perlu dirajut untuk mecangkokkan (hybrid) kembali suatu identitas bersama yang bermakna bagi proses membangun dan merawat perdamaian hidup antar masyarakat.
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