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Contemporary Literature from the Chinese Diaspora in Indonesia
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE FROM THE CHINESE 'DIASPORA' IN INDONESIA Pamela Allen (University of Tasmania) Since the fall of Suharto a number of Chinese-Indonesian writers have begun to write as Chinese-Indonesians, some using their Chinese names, some writing in Mandarin. New literary activities include the gathering, publishing and translating (from Mandarin) of short stories and poetry by Chinese-Indonesians. Pribumi Indonesians too have privileged Chinese ethnicity in their works in new and compelling ways. To date little of this new Chinese-Indonesian literary activity has been documented or evaluated in English. This paper begins to fill that gap by examining the ways in which recent literary works by and about Chinese-Indonesians give expression to their ethnic identity. Introduction Since colonial times the Chinese have been subjected to othering in Indonesia on account of their cultural and religious difference, on account of their perceived dominance in the nation’s economy and (paradoxically, as this seems to contradict that economic - 1 - dominance) on account of their purported complicity with Communism. The first outbreak of racial violence towards the Chinese, engineered by the Dutch United East Indies Company, was in Batavia in 1740.1 The perceived hybridity of peranakan Chinese (those born in Indonesia) was encapsulated in the appellation used to describe them in pre-Independence Java: Cina wurung, londa durung, Jawa tanggung (‘no longer a Chinese, not yet a Dutchman, a half- baked Javanese’).2 ‘The Chinese are everywhere -
James J. Fox Distinguished Professor/ Professor Emeritus Research
Curriculum Vitae: James J. Fox Distinguished Professor/ Professor Emeritus Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Academic Qualifications: 1962 : A.B. (Summa Cum Laude) Harvard University 1963 : Diploma (Distinction) Oxford University (Social Anthropology) 1965 : B.Litt. Oxford University (Social Anthropology) 1968 : D.Phil. Oxford University (Social Anthropology) Previous Academic Positions: 1968-69 Duke University: Visiting Assistant Professor 1969 Cornell University: Visiting Summer Lecturer 1969-75 Harvard University: Assistant/Associate Professor 1971-72 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford 1972-73 Nusa Cendana University, Kupang: Honorary Visiting Lecturer 1975 -- Professorial Fellow/Professor, The Australian National University 1977-78 Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar 1981 University of Bielefeld: Visiting Professor 1986 École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales: Directeur d'Études Associé 1986-87 University of Chicago: Visiting Professor 1988 Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden: Hoogleraar Wisselleerstoel Indonesische Studien 1993 Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 1996 Senior Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden 1998-2006 Director, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU 2001 Distinguished Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore 2006-07 Visiting Professor, Australian Chair, Harvard University 2007 Jensen Memorial Lecturer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of -
Long Way Home
24 WacanaWacana Vol. Vol. 18 No.18 No. 1 (2017): 1 (2017) 24-37 Long way home The life history of Chinese-Indonesian migrants in the Netherlands1 YUMI KITAMURA ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to trace the modern history of Indonesia through the experience of two Chinese Indonesians who migrated to the Netherlands at different periods of time. These life stories represent both postcolonial experiences and the Cold War politics in Indonesia. The migration of Chinese Indonesians since the beginning of the twentieth century has had long history, however, most of the previous literature has focused on the experiences of the “Peranakan” group who are not representative of various other groups of Chinese Indonesian migrants who have had different experiences in making their journey to the Netherlands. This paper will present two stories as a parallel to the more commonly known narratives of the “Peranakan” experience. KEYWORDS September 30th Movement; migration; Chinese Indonesians; cultural revolution; China; Curacao; the Netherlands. 1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to trace the modern history of Indonesia through the experience of Chinese Indonesians who migrated to the Netherlands after World War II. The study of overseas Chinese tends to challenge the boundaries of the nation-state by exploring the ideas of transnational identities 1 Some parts of this article are based on the rewriting of a Japanese article: Kitamura, Yumi. 2014. “Passage to the West; The life history of Chinese Indonesians in the Netherlands“ (in Japanese), Chiiki Kenkyu 14(2): 219-239. Yumi Kitamura is an associate professor at the Kyoto University Library. -
Reconceptualising Ethnic Chinese Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Reconceptualising Ethnic Chinese Identity in Post-Suharto Indonesia Chang-Yau Hoon BA (Hons), BCom This thesis is presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The University of Western Australia School of Social and Cultural Studies Discipline of Asian Studies 2006 DECLARATION FOR THESES CONTAINING PUBLISHED WORK AND/OR WORK PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION This thesis contains sole-authored published work and/or work prepared for publication. The bibliographic details of the work and where it appears in the thesis is outlined below: Hoon, Chang-Yau. 2004, “Multiculturalism and Hybridity in Accommodating ‘Chineseness’ in Post-Soeharto Indonesia”, in Alchemies: Community exChanges, Glenn Pass and Denise Woods (eds), Black Swan Press, Perth, pp. 17-37. (A revised version of this paper appears in Chapter One of the thesis). ---. 2006, “Assimilation, Multiculturalism, Hybridity: The Dilemma of the Ethnic Chinese in Post-Suharto Indonesia”, Asian Ethnicity, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 149-166. (A revised version of this paper appears in Chapter One of the thesis). ---. 2006, “Defining (Multiple) Selves: Reflections on Fieldwork in Jakarta”, Life Writing, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 79-100. (A revised version of this paper appears in a few sections of Chapter Two of the thesis). ---. 2006, “‘A Hundred Flowers Bloom’: The Re-emergence of the Chinese Press in post-Suharto Indonesia”, in Media and the Chinese Diaspora: Community, Communications and Commerce, Wanning Sun (ed.), Routledge, London and New York, pp. 91-118. (A revised version of this paper appears in Chapter Six of the thesis). This thesis is the original work of the author except where otherwise acknowledged. -
14346 Inai 2020 E.Docx
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change. www.ijicc.net Volume 14, Issue 3, 2020 The Analysis of Food Symbols in the ‘Serarang’ Ritual of the Melanau Likow Community in Dalat, Sarawak Noor Norazila Inaia, Mohamad Maulana Magimanb*, Norhuda Sallehc , d e f Ahmad Nasir Mohd Yusoff & Mangai Tugau , Septian Aji Permana a,e , Ph.D candidate, Department of Social Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus, Sarawak, Malaysia, bSenior Lecturer, Department of Social Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus, Sarawak, Malaysia, cSenior Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, d Senior Lecturer, Department of Government And Civilization Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor,Malaysia, Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Email: [email protected]. The Serarang ritual is a form of performance performed in the Melanau Likow community to be presented to Ipok. The presentation consists of symbolic elements based on each type of food served. These symbolic elements are involved with the belief and cosmological system that surround the lives of Melanau Likow. The main focus of this research is to analyse the symbol of food in the Serarang ritual from the viewpoint of non-verbal communication. This research used an ethnographic approach and the researchers also participated in the ritual. The data was collected through an in-depth interview with the main informant, Tama Kaul, and with the other ritual practitioners. The research was conducted in Kampung Medong, Dalat Sarawak. The data analysis found that the food that was delivered to Ipok had its own meaning and could be interpreted through shape, colour, and the way it was presented. -
The Melanau Cultural Influence in the Melanau Tall Longhouse Space Planning of Sarawak Political Buildings As Symbol of Political Culture
©2017 International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. 962121212 International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies http://TuEngr.com The Melanau Cultural Influence in the Melanau Tall Longhouse Space Planning of Sarawak Political Buildings as Symbol of Political Culture a* a Dyg Mustika Syaheeda Awg Musadat and Azizi Bahauddin a School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T RA C T Article history: The Melanau tall longhouse in Sarawak is one of Malaysia’s unique Received 25 August 2017 Accepted 21 November 2017 vernacular architecture. Unlike other traditional longhouses in Sarawak, Available online Melanau tall longhouse is assembled at 40 feet above the ground and 01 December 2017 could house up to 50 families. The structure of this unique longhouse is Keywords: influenced by the community’s traditional culture as it plays a role in Architectural spatial their daily life. The house is important to the community as it provides layout; Vernacular security from the pirates and other tribes, especially from the architecture; Space headhunters, the Iban ethnic. The aim of this paper is to unearth the planning; Qualitative observation method; information about this valuable architecture, focusing on the Melanau Melanau ethnic. cultural influence in the space planning of the house. The research employed qualitative method involving observation, architectural documentation, and interviews with the Melanau experts. The findings point towards the spatial layout of the house based on the cultural influence that created a unique architectural language for the construction. -
Ethnoscape of Riverine Society in Bintulu Division Yumi Kato Hiromitsu Samejima Ryoji Soda Motomitsu Uchibori Katsumi Okuno Noboru Ishikawa
No.8 February 2014 8 Reports from Project Members Ethnoscape of Riverine Society in Bintulu Division Yumi Kato Hiromitsu Samejima Ryoji Soda Motomitsu Uchibori Katsumi Okuno Noboru Ishikawa ........................................ 1 Events and Activities Reports on Malaysian Palm Oil Board Library etc. Jason Hon ............................................................................................ 15 The List of Project Members ........................................................ 18 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) In front of a longhouse of Tatau people at lower Anap River March 2013 (Photo by Yumi Kato) Reports from Project Members division has more non-Malaysian citizens, Iban and Ethnoscape of Riverine Society in Melanau people than other areas and less Chinese Bintulu Division and Malay residents. Yumi Kato (Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University) Hiromitsu Samejima (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Historically, the riverine areas of the Kemena and Kyoto University) Ryoji Soda (Graduate School of Literature and Human Tatau were under the rule of the Brunei sultanate until Sciences, Osaka City University) the late 19th century and the areas were nothing but Motomitsu Uchibori (Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan) sparsely-populated uncultivated land (Tab. 1). Back Katsumi Okuno (College of Liberal Arts, J.F. Oberlin then the Vaie Segan and Penan inhabited the basin University) Noboru Ishikawa (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University) Other-Malaysian Introduction Citizens Non-Malaysian 0% Citizens The study site of this project is the riverine areas Orang Ulu 21% Iban 5% 40% Bidayuh 1% of the Kemena and Tatau Rivers in the Bintulu Divi- Malay 9% sion. This article provides an overview of the ethnic Melanau Chinese groups living along those rivers. -
Language Choice of Melanau Community in DARO District, Sarawak
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 2017, Vol. 7, No. 10 ISSN: 2222-6990 Language Choice of Melanau Community in DARO District, Sarawak Habibu Morsili, Karim Harun (PhD) and Azrizan Abu Bakar Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia DOI: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i10/3373 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i10/3373 Abstract The Melanau community in Sarawak is an ethnic minority that covers 5% of Sarawakians. The Melanau ethnic population dominates the central part of Sarawak. The Melanau ethnic group speaks in Melanau because Sarawak has more than 27 ethnic groups so these multi ethnicities cause them to communicate with each other in a shared language. The current study in the Daro area of Sarawak analyzes language selection patterns, describes aspects of code conversion in the communication process and describes the factors that influence the choice of Melanau society language during the communication process. Sociolinguistic approaches and qualitative methods are applied to this study. The data were collected using interview recording techniques, observation and recording interviews. The underlying theory of the study was Fishman's Domain Theory (1972). Keywords: Melanau Community, Sociolinguistic, Language Choice, Qualitative Approach, Domain INTRODUCTION One of the important aspects of sociolinguistic study is language choice. Language selection studies show signs of occurrence as a result of community-based multilingual and dialectic attitudes. Through the study of such language choices can explain the use of language in the community (Asmah 2008). The clashes of ethnic diversity during daily activities led them to choose the language they mastered and understood together to communicate. -
Indonesian Citizenship, Chinese Community and Politics of Contestations
Indonesian Citizenship, Chinese Community and Politics of Contestations Thung Ju Lan Abstract Culturally and socially, Indonesian Citizenship is not a fixed concept like in the legal context, but it is clearly loaded with identity struggles. The experience of the Chinese community in adjusting to Indonesian Citizenship and identity reflects the struggle between different subjectivities and agendas. But how the Chinese Indonesians deal with these conflicting positions will provide us with a very interesting picture of politics of contestations employed by this minority group, and perhaps with lessons to learn for other minority groups in the country. Introduction The problem faced by developing countries like Indonesia in relation to its citizens is not similar to that of the developed countries. As we know, in Asia and Africa, the formation of ‘modern state’ was started only after World War II with the end of ‘colonialization’ and the emergence of independence movements, with the exception of China and Japan which represent a specific case of ‘non-colonialized countries’. The state formation in these ‘new’ states was not following its European model of state which was established after a nation. Instead, it was mostly formed on top ‘traditional tribal communities’. These communities formed a ‘state’ and a ‘nation’ just for the sake of independence and anti-colonial movement, so both were created for a purpose, not as a conclusion. The Indonesian case is exactly that. It means that we could not call Indonesia as a ‘nation-state’ like we do the European countries, and perhaps a better term is ‘state-nation’ – first the state and then the nation. -
Chinese Indonesians in the Eyes of the Pribumi Public
ISSUE: 2017 No. 73 ISSN 2335-6677 RESEARCHERS AT ISEAS – YUSOF ISHAK INSTITUTE ANALYSE CURRENT EVENTS Singapore | 27 September 2017 Chinese Indonesians in the Eyes of the Pribumi Public Charlotte Setijadi* EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The racist rhetoric seen in the Ahok blasphemy case and during the Jakarta gubernatorial election held earlier this year sparked fresh concerns about growing anti-Chinese sentiments in Indonesia. To gauge public sentiments towards the ethnic Chinese, questions designed to prompt existing perceptions about Chinese Indonesians were asked in the Indonesia National Survey Project (INSP) recently commissioned by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. The majority of pribumi (‘native’) survey respondents agreed to statements about Chinese Indonesians’ alleged economic dominance and privilege, with almost 60% saying that ethnic Chinese are more likely than pribumi Indonesians to be wealthy. The survey confirmed the existence of negative prejudice against ethnic Chinese influence in Indonesian politics and economy, and many pribumi believe that Chinese Indonesians may harbour divided national loyalties. * Charlotte Setijadi is Visiting Fellow in the Indonesia Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This is the fourth in the series based on the Indonesia National Survey Project, published under ISEAS’ Trends in Southeast Asia, available at https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/trends-in-southeast-asia. 1 ISSUE: 2017 No. 73 ISSN 2335-6677 ANTI-CHINESE SENTIMENTS IN INDONESIA Chinese Indonesians have received considerable public attention in the past year, mostly because of the Jakarta gubernatorial election and blasphemy controversy involving Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama. A popular governor with consistently high approval ratings, Ahok, a Chinese and a Christian, was widely tipped to win the 2017 Jakarta election held earlier this year. -
The Spirit-Mediums of Singkawang: Performing Peoplehood of West Kalimantan 1
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Research Collection School of Social Sciences School of Social Sciences 2013 The pirS it-mediums of Singkawang: Performing Peoplehood of West Kalimantan Margaret CHAN Singapore Management University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research Part of the Asian Studies Commons, and the Religion Commons Citation Chan, Margaret. 2013. "The pS irit-mediums of Singkawang: Performing ‘Peoplehood' of West Kalimantan." In Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, edited by Sai Siew-Min and Hoon Chang-Yau, 138-158. New York: Routledge. This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Social Sciences at Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Collection School of Social Sciences by an authorized administrator of Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University. For more information, please email [email protected]. Published in Chinese Indonesians Reassessed: History, Religion and Belonging, Edited by Sai Siew Min and Hoon Chang-Yau. New York: Routledge, 2013. The Spirit-mediums of Singkawang: 1 Performing Peoplehood of West Kalimantan Margaret CHAN Abstract: Chinese New Year in the West Kalimantan town of Singkawang is marked by a parade featuring hundreds of possessed spirit-mediums performing self-mortification and blood sacrifice. The event is a huge tourist draw, but beyond the spectacle, deeper meanings are enacted. The spirit-medium procession stages a fraternity of Dayak, Malay and Chinese earth gods united in the purpose of exorcising demons from the neighborhood. -
Chinese Indonesians After May 1998 How They Fit in the Big Picture
106 WacanaWacana Vol. Vol.18 No. 18 1No. (2017): 1 (2017) 106-130 Chinese Indonesians after May 1998 How they fit in the big picture Dewi Anggraeni ABSTRACT For Chinese Indonesians, May 1998 is a significant historical marker, twelfth and thirteenth being two concentrated days of riots and atrocities in Jakarta, followed by more, albeit on smaller scales, in Solo, Surabaya, and a number of other cities. Destruction of properties belonging to them, and rapes of their women, occurred. Then Indonesia witnessed the end of Suharto’s rule when the president resigned on 21 May 1998. A gradual political turn-around followed; Chinese Indonesians found room to move. The subsequent governments revoked restrictive regulations put in place by the New Order government, and lifted the suppression on cultural expression by Chinese Indonesians. The situation has progressed in conjunction with China’s rise in global economic dominance. Does China’s increasing international profile and rising global economic dominance help Chinese Indonesians? This article seeks to find some answer to the question as it looks at the development in the big picture; how and to what extent the social perceptions of Chinese Indonesians have evolved among the mainstream population; how they perceive themselves and believe how others perceive them; and how these may influence their lives as Indonesian citizens. KEYWORDS Chinese Indonesians; ethnic Chinese; New Order; Peranakan; May 1998; Reformasi; SKBRI; ethnic profiling; ethnic markers; media; social media; INTI; NABIL; Chinese problems; assimilation; Chinese New Year; China. Dewi Anggraeni is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. She writes forTempo , The Jakarta Post, Femina, Pesona, Jurnal Kajian Wilayah (LIPI), Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia (Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia) in Indonesia, and other journals in Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, and the United States.