Conflict, Violence, and Displacement in Indonesia / Edition 1

by Eva-Lotta E. Hedman

Overview

This volume foregrounds the dynamics of displacement and the experiences of internal refugees uprooted by conflict and violence in Indonesia. Contributors examine internal displacement in the context of militarized conflict and violence in East Timor, Aceh, and Papua, and in other parts of Outer Island Indonesia during the transition from authoritarian rule. The volume also explores official and humanitarian discourses on displacement and their significance for the politics of representation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877277453
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	03/20/2008
Series:	SOSEA-45 Series , #45
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1

Introduction: Dynamics of Displacement in Indonesia Eva-Lotta E. Hedman 3

The Manifold Meanings of Displacement: Explaining Inter-Religious Violence, 1999-2001 John T. Sidel 29

Violence and Displacement in West Kalimantan Jamie S. Davidson 61

People Power: A Comparative History of Forced Displacement in East Timor Geoffrey Robinson 87

Place and Displacement in the Aceh Conflict Edward Aspinall 119

Refuge, Displacement, and Dispossession: Responses to Indonesian Rule and Conflict in Papua Richard Chauvel 147

Reconsidering Displacement and Internally Displaced Persons from Poso Lorraine V. Aragon 173

Where Do We Go from Here? The Politics of Ending Displacement in Post-Conflict North Maluku Christopher R. Duncan 207

Spontaneity, Conspiracy, and Rumor: The Politics of Framing Violence in Central Kalimantan Helene Bouvier Glenn Smith 231

Back to the Barracks: Relokasi Pengungsi in Post-Tsunami Aceh Eva-Lotta E. Hedman 249

Ghosts with Trauma: Global Imaginaries and the Politics of Post-Conflict Memory Nils Bubandt 275

Contributors 303