Violent Conflicts in Indonesia

Abstract

Part 1: Violence and the State 1. Violence: Analysis, Representation and Resolution 2. From Soepomo to Prabowo: Law, Violence and Corruption in the Preman State Part 2: Regions of Violence 3. 'Eventing' the May 1998 Affair: Problematic Representations of Violence in Contemporary Indonesia 4. Discursive Violence on the Internet and the May 1998 Riots 5. The 'Other' May Riots: Anti-Chinese Violence in Solo, May 1998 6. The Killings of Alleged Sorcerers in South Malang: Conspiracy, Ninjas or 'Community Justice'? Violence in West Kalimantan and Ambon 7. Passing the Red Bowl: Creating Community through Violence in West Kalimantan, 1967--1997 8. The Maluku Wars: 'Communal Contenders' in a Failing State 9. Migration, Provocateurs and Communal Conflict: The Cases of Ambon and West Kalimantan Violence in Aceh, East Timor and West Papua 10. Provoking Violence, Authenticating Separatism: Aceh's Humanitarian Pause 11. Ceremonies of Reconciliation as Prelude to Violence in Suai, East Timor 12. Violence and Governance in West Papua Part 3: After the Violence 13. The Media as a Control and as a Spur for Acts of Violence 14. Writing the Dark Side: Publishing about Violence in Indonesia Re-education 15. Educating to Handle Conflict and Avoid Violence 16. The Indonesian Commission on Violence Against Women Voices of the Victims 17. Tortured Body, Betrayed Heart: State Violence in an Indonesian Novel by an Ex-Political Prisoner of the '1965 Affair' 18. Violence, Internal Displacement and its Impact on the Women of Aceh 19. Political Economy of Violence and Victims in Indonesia