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GA-02246 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Film, Teror Negara, dan Luka Bangsa (Ariel Heryanto)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Film, state terror and the nation's wound (Ariel Heryanto)

Ariel Heryanto essay in Tempo (1 Oct 2012) on state terror, propaganda film and the 1965 wound, from Supersemar and the Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI film to post-1998 indie documentaries and The Act of Killing. One passage states Gerwani leaders were detained, raped, tortured and portrayed as immoral mutilators in army press

GA-02267 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Pembunuhan Massal 1965-1966: Vendetta dan Jingoisme

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Mass killings 1965-1966 - vendetta and jingoism

Tempo historiography essay (1 Oct 2012) on the 1965-66 mass killings, outlining three phases of writing about 1965 and proposing 'jingoism' and 'vendetta' (macho, anomie-driven local score-settling) as cultural explanations, with the label 'PKI lu' as a channel for hatred. Argues history is interpretation and need not