Edition 150: Oct-Dec 2022 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Revolusi revisited

'Kawan Kawan Revolusi', S. Sudjojono (1947) / Collection of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Indonesia

The exhibition Revolusi! has triggered ongoing discussions on diversifying and decolonising the narrative of Indonesia’s National Revolution

Cover image for the exhibition "Three young Indonesians on the street in Yogyakarta" / Hugo Wilmar, December 1947

A portrait of Tanya Dezentje by Sudarso, Revolusi exhibition, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, May 2022 / Purdey

The controversy around the exhibition Revolusi! was a missed opportunity to allow space for multiple stories around this sensitive history

Ten faces of the Revolution/ Beyond Walls.

Research and art collective Beyond Walls produced a series of film portraits of descendants of the Indonesian revolution for the exhibition Revolusi! Why was it important to highlight these personal stories?

Sergeant Major Instructor Petrus Akihary /Collection Mrs. E. Supusepa-Akihary, Culemborg, youngest daughter of Petrus Akihary

The story of a senior officer in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL), and of his oldest daughter, give voice to Moluccan experiences in colonial history

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM/ Military column during the first police action, July/August 1947/ TMnr 10029135.jpg

The third generation since the Revolution inherited trauma and stigma. Now they are speaking out.

Generasi ketiga paska Revolusi, adalah generasi yang diwarisi trauma dan stigma. Kini mereka menolak pengingkaran yang dilakukan negara dan generasi sebelumnya.

Veteran Ketut Mebeh from Tabanan during the yearly commemoration of the Puputan Margarana on 20 November 2016. He was a member of the local fighters’ organisation Barisan Banteng Hitam during the revolution /author

During the Indonesian war of independence the Dutch army set up prison camps across Bali, where torture and murder were common. It failed to break the Balinese resistance

Henk Schulte Nordholt and Harry Poeze's new book turns attention to the battle for Indonesian independence and precarious rise of the Republic

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