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GA-01628 1989-10-02 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 2 Oktober 1989: peringatan Hari Kesaktian Pancasila

Harian Neraca, 2 October 1989: Hari Kesaktian Pancasila commemoration

Harian Neraca, 2 Oct 1989, p. 11: education-women page with Minister Fuad Hassan's speech making Hapsak Pancasila a national tradition, and a report on the Lubang Buaya ceremony that mentions Gerwani.

GA-01524 1998-05-23 The Guardian rel C licensed

Chaos at Crocodile Hole (The Guardian, 23 Mei 1998)

Chaos at Crocodile Hole (The Guardian, 23 May 1998)

The Guardian, 23 May 1998, p.24, Martin Woollacott, 'Chaos at Crocodile Hole': comment on Suharto's fall, arguing it is no triumph and that his legacy of division (military vs Islamists, rich vs poor, ethnic and religious tensions) leaves the country fragile. It opens with the Crocodile Hole (Lubang Buaya) shrine, whos

GA-02889 2009 rel B licensed

The Construction of History under Indonesia's New Order: The Lubang Buaya Official Narrative (PhD diss., Wisconsin, 2009)

The Construction of History under Indonesia's New Order: the Lubang Buaya official narrative (Djakababa, 2009)

Yosef Djakababa's 2009 Wisconsin dissertation on how the New Order built the official Lubang Buaya narrative (PKI sole mastermind, spontaneous people's response) via army history, Mahmillub trials, the monument, Hari Kesaktian Pancasila and the film. Key study of official memory.

GA-03009 2015 rel B

Gerwani dan Pembunuhan Identitas (Lustanto, Jurnal Perempuan, 2015)

Gerwani and the murder of identity (Lustanto, 2015)

Rendi Lustanto's 2015 Jurnal Perempuan essay on the 50th anniversary of 1965: Gerwani women hunted over alleged Lubang Buaya involvement, with media stories of erotic dances and genital mutilation made credible by patriarchal culture. Short reflective piece.

GA-03032 2026 rel C licensed

Counter-Monuments: Art and Memory in Post-1965 Indonesia

Counter-Monuments: Art and Memory in Post-1965 Indonesia (Bontrager, 2026)

MA thesis (University of Georgia, 2026) by Alyx L. Bontrager on how Indonesian artists Rangga Purbaya, Dadang Christanto and Leyla Stevens use testimony, embodiment and place as memory activism against the silencing of the 1965-66 genocide, theorised as 'counter-monuments'. Gerwani appears only in passing: ch. 2 (p. 7)