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GA-03025 2026 rel B

Dialita (Wikipedia Indonesia, diakses 2026-10-13)

Dialita (Indonesian Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)

Indonesian Wikipedia article (retrieved 13 Oct 2026) on Dialita ('Di Atas Lima Puluh Tahun'), the Jakarta choir formed 2011 by Uchikowati Fauzia of women ex-prisoners and relatives, trained by Buru ex-prisoner Martin Lapanguli, performing songs composed in prison. Encyclopedic summary.

GA-03026 2026 rel C

Genjer-genjer (Wikipedia Inggris, diakses 2026-10-13)

Genjer-genjer (English Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)

English Wikipedia article (retrieved 13 Oct 2026) on the folk song Genjer-genjer by Muhammad Arief: 1942 Banyuwangi famine origin, 1963 peak on TVRI/RRI, and its place in the Lubang Buaya myth that Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani sang it while mutilating the generals; banned until 1998. Encyclopedic summary.

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)

GA-02314 2026-09-21 Tempo rel B licensed

Oka Rusmini: Merekam Luka Perempuan Penyintas Peristiwa 1965

Tempo.co, 21 September 2026: Oka Rusmini - recording the wounds of women survivors of 1965

Tempo.co interview (21 Sep 2026, Yosea Arga) with Balinese writer Oka Rusmini about her poetry book 'Kembang' (28 Aug 2026), inspired by the film 'You and I' on survivors Kusdalini and Karminah. She discusses women's layered trauma, state stigma and sexual violence; one poem evokes the slander of young women prisoners