Movements and Politics of Memory

Movements and Politics of Memory: Memory is a source of social action and a disputed terrain. In the struggles against dispossession, racism, and structural violence, memory and memory practices are central sources of social action and movement. They are a means through which people and groups seek to engage in political acts, their narratives legitimized and futures imagined.

Paying Respect to the Dead
The two mothers, whose children were victims of the May 1998 tragedy, lay flowers on the unmarked graves of victims of Klender Mall fire. This particular plot contained 113 unmarked graves.
The Monument of May 1998
This monument, depicting a needle and thread suturing a wound, was conceptualized by cultural activist Eka Budiawan to commemorate the May 1998 tragedy. The May 1998 unrest erupted at the intersection of economic collapse and long-repressed political dissent, as student protests were met with state violence, unraveling the façade of Suharto’s authoritarian regime and culminating in his fall from power. Beneath the official narratives of reform, the riots exposed deep fractures in the nation’s social fabric—marked by orchestrated racial violence, particularly against Chinese Indonesians, and the haunting silence surrounding the gendered brutality of mass rapes and disappearances. The monument is located in Kampung Jati because in the area there were 426 people, including children, who were victims of the Klender Mall fire.
Nation in Halt Series No. 8
The poster's theme is about the conflict in Northern Ireland
Nation in Halt Series No. 7
The poster's theme is about the conflict in Northern Ireland