Moments of Proximity

Former Political Prisoners, Postmemory and Justice in Indonesia

Bibliographic Data

ID12349198
AuthorsANDREW CONROE (National University of Singapore, corresponding author), Andrew Marc Conroe (National University of Singapore)
Year2017
Volume41
Issue3
Pages352-370
Publication date2017-06-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2017.1334760
OpenAlexW2624986456
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited22

This article builds upon recent anthropological engagements with postconflict transitional justice processes, suggesting that ethnography can illuminate the ways in which these processes involve the negotiation of both physical and symbolic space, and intergenerational, postmemorial identities and relationships. This is demonstrated through my fieldwork observations of a 2005 class action lawsuit filed by eks-tapol (former political prisoners) in Indonesia against current and former heads of state. Tracing the symbolic resonances and the sometimes confrontational relationships brought into play around the court case, the article examines how a significant aspect of the ways in which victims of state violence situate themselves after the violence has ceased involves locating themselves, other citizens and state actors in intergenerational relationships

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