Assimilationism” versus “Integrationalism” Revisited
The Free School of the Khong Kauw Hwee Semarang
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6086486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Chan, Christine W Chan (0000-0003-0547-761X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 329 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858 |
| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1355/sj28-2f |
| OpenAlex | W2000025928 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Despite the Indonesian state’s unfavourable policies towards Chinese culture and religion, the free school run by the Semarang Confucian Society has survived across more than six decades. Its history from 1950 to 2010 serves as a case study of Chinese Indonesian adaptability. It also provides a vehicle for revisiting the debate of the late 1950s and early 1960s between “assimilationists” and “integrationists” over the position of Chinese in the Indonesian nation. The school’s longevity was the result of its administrators’ undertaking various measures to ensure not only that they would escape being penalized by the state for their Chinese ethnicity and religion but also that they would gain official acceptance for providing a valuable service to the Indonesian nation. Viewed from the perspective of today’s more culturally inclusive Indonesia, the case of the Taman Kanak-kanak-Sekolah Dasar Kuncup Melati offers an example of both Chinese survival and Indonesian adaptability
Political science · Asian Studies and History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |