Flowers in the Wall : truth and reconciliation in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and Melanesia / edited by David Webster.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Webster, David, Editor.

Contributor:

Webster, David, editor.

University of Ottawa, host institution.

Conference Name:

Truth, Memory and Reconciliation in Southeast Asia (Workshop) (2015 : University of Ottawa)

Series:

Global Indigenous Issues Series, 2561-3065

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth commissions--Indonesia.

Truth commissions.

Truth commissions--Timor-Leste.

Truth commissions--Solomon Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Place of Publication:

Calgary University of Calgary Press 2018

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the experience of truth and reconciliation? What is the purpose of a truth commission? What lessons can be learned from established truth and reconciliation processes? Flowers in the Wall explores the experience of truth and reconciliation Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific, with and without a formal truth commission. Although much has been written about the operational phases of truth commissions, the efforts to establish these commissions and the struggle to put their recommendations into effect are often overlooked. Examining both the pre- and post-truth commission phases, this volume explores a diversity of interconnected scholarship with each chapter forming part of a concise narrative. Well-researched and balanced, this book explores the effectiveness of the truth commission as transnational justice, highlighting its limitations and offering valuable lessons Canadians, and all others, facing similar issues of truth and reconciliation. With Contributions By: Sarah Zwierzchowski, Geoffrey Robinson, Pat Walsh, Jacqueline Aquino Siapno, Laurentina “mica” Barreto Soares, Jess Augustin, Fernanda Borges, Maria Manuela Leong, Baskara Wardaya, Bernd, Gatot Lestario, Lia Kent, Rizki Amalia Affiat, Arianto Sangadji, Jenny Munro, Todd Biderman, Julian Smythe, Terry M. Brown, Edmund McWilliams, Betty Lina Gigisi, and Maggie Helwig

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and Melanesia

Incomplete Truth, Incomplete Reconciliation: Towards a Scholarly Verdict on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste

East Timor: Legacies of Violence

Shining Chega!’s Light into the Cracks

Politika Taka Malu, Censorship, and Silencing: Virtuosos of Clandestinity and One’s Relationship to Truth and Memory

Development and Foreign Aid in Timor-Leste after Independence

Reconciliation, Church, and Peacebuilding

Human Rights and Truth

Chega! for Us: Socializing a Living Document

Memory, Truth-seeking, and the 1965 Mass Killings in Indonesia

Cracks in the Wall: Indonesia and Narratives of the 1965 Mass Violence

The Touchy Historiography of Indonesia’s 1965 Mass Killings: Intractable Blockades?

Writings of an Indonesian Political Prisoner

Local Truth and Reconciliation in Indonesia

Gambling with Truth: Hopes and Challenges for Aceh’s Commission for Truth and Reconciliation

All about the Poor: An alternative Explanation of the Violence in Poso

Where Indonesia Meets Melanesia: Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Tanah Papua

Facts, Feasts, and Forests: Considering Truth and Reconciliation in Tanah Papua

The Living Symbol of Song in West Papua: A Soul Force to be Reckoned With

Time for a New US Approach toward Indonesia and West Papua

Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation in Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands “Ethnic Tension” Conflict and the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Personal Reflection

Women and Reconciliation in Solomon Islands

Bringing it Home

Reflecting on Reconciliation

Conclusion: Seeking Truth about Truth-seeking

Bibliography

Index

Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 12, 2018).

ISBN:

1-55238-955-3

1-55238-957-X

1-55238-956-1

OCLC:

1020686619

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.