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GA-02974 2013 rel A licensed

The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia (Larasati, introduction and ch. 2, 2013)

The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia (Larasati, 2013)

Rachmi Larasati's 2013 introduction and chapter on how the New Order erased the dancing bodies of women labelled 'Gerwani' after 1965 and replaced them with state-trained 'clean' dancers performing the same traditions as national heritage. Autoethnographic study of dance and genocide.

GA-02982 2015 rel B licensed

Genjer-genjer, Lagu yang Ditakuti Sejarah (Tempo, Ika Ningtyas, 2015)

Genjer-genjer, the song feared by history (Tempo, Ika Ningtyas, 2015)

Tempo feature (8 June 2015; IPT 1965 repost) on 'Genjermania', a Berlin live-music project by Tomi Simatupang raising funds for the son of Genjer-genjer composer Muhammad Arief, killed after 1965; traces the song's Japanese-occupation origin and its 1965 stigma.

GA-02973 2019 rel B

Mit Musik das Schweigen brechen (Anett Keller, südostasien, 2019)

Breaking the silence with music (Anett Keller, 2019)

Anett Keller's 2019 südostasien feature (German) on music breaking silence about 1965: Genjer-genjer and its composer Muhammad Arief, Lekra composer Subronto Atmodjo, New Order policy, and post-1998 projects. Context on music and memory.

GA-03711 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women

GA-03712 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women