Why Not Genocide? Anti-Chinese Violence in Aceh, 1965–1966

Melvin, Jess

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“…Thus, further research into intergroup attribution bias within other non-WEIRD contexts is needed, particularly in contexts where there is a history of conflict. In our study, where there is history of discrimination and conflict between Pribumi and Chinese Indonesians (Melvin, 2013;Tan, 2008), we hypothesized that if a participant were Chinese Indonesian (belonging to the victim group), s/he may attribute the causes of the mass violence during the riots to the internal factors of perpetrators. On the other hand, if a participant were Pribumi Indonesian (belonging to the group involved in perpetrating the violence) s/he may attribute the causes of the violence to external factors.…”

Section: The Ultimate Attribution Error In Intergroup Relationsmentioning

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Indonesian civilians’ attributions for anti-Chinese violence during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia

Himawan

Louis

Pohlman

2022

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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The present research examines the perceptions of Indonesian civilians regarding the May 1998 riots, which occurred at the end of the period of military dictatorship in Indonesia and included looting, rapes, and murders, disproportionately targeting Chinese Indonesians. Using a mixed methods approach, the research explores the intersectionality of ethnicity and gender as factors associated with perceptions of the extent and causes of the riots. It aims to contribute to the literature concerning the Ultimate Attribution Error, and to the psychology of intergroup relations in non-WEIRD contexts more broadly. An online survey with qualitative and quantitative components was administered to 235 participants (134 Pribumi and 101 Chinese Indonesian participants). The present research provides what may be the first documentation of civilian perceptions of the May 1998 riots. Significant differences consistent with the Ultimate Attribution Error were found between perpetrator and victim groups’ accounts. Participants who are Pribumi (the group involved in perpetrating the violence) attributed the causes of the violence to external factors more strongly, while participants who are Chinese Indonesians (the victim group) attributed the causes of the mass violence more strongly to the internal factors of perpetrators. There was no evidence, however, that gender affected perceptions, despite the gendered nature of the violence.

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Section: The Ultimate Attribution Error In Intergroup Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indonesian civilians’ attributions for anti-Chinese violence during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia

Himawan

Louis

Pohlman

2022

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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“…Province of the Special Territory of Aceh. ' The sign is a silent reminder of the slaughter of half a million people across the Indonesian archipelago, escalating from the initial killings in Aceh in October 1965 and leading to the flight of thousands of people to Medan, a violence-led migration pattern (Tsai and Kammen 2012;Melvin 2013).…”

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Scraps of Hope in Banda Aceh: Gendered Urban Politics in the Aceh Peace Process

Jauhola

2020

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This book and the accompanied video documentaries would have not been possible without the support of a number of people over the past eight years, some going way beyond that, all the way to early 2000s at the Peace Station in Helsinki and dialogue with Acehnese human rights defenders. First of all, I want to thank all those Acehnese who allowed the project team and me to enter your homes and lives-I have a deep gratitude of having gained insights that led research towards appreciating Ilmu Bodoh, subaltern theorising on peace. On behalf of all of us who have formed the Scraps of Hope team during these years, we sincerely hope that we can live up to your expectations of this journey. Any representational biases and mistakes are solely ours. I also want to thank all the Acehnese counterpart organisations and their staff members, directors, researchers, lecturers and, most importantly, administrative staff members facilitating the paper bureaucracy related to foreign researcher visits in Aceh between the years 2012 and 2018. These institutions are the International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS), the University of Malikussaleh (UNIMAL) and the Islamic State University Ar-Raniry (UIN). My special gratitude goes to the staff of the Embassy of Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki and in particular the Ambassador of Indonesia in Finland, H. E. Wiwiek Setyawati Firman, for facilitating the filming permissions for 2015, and taking part in the University of Helsinki Think Corner Talk-Poetry-Dance ZUBAIDAH DJOHAR: BUILDING A BOAT IN A PARADISE-FEMINIST LITERATURE THAT RESISTS FORGETTING xii Scraps of Hope in Banda Aceh evening in November 2017. The Scraps of Hope team, daring to dream of a media-embedded, peer-reviewed monograph already in 2015, we truly were ahead of the times! Thank you Seija Hirstiö, Ariyuki Suzuki, Päivi Nikkilä, and Riitta Koikkalainen and Jukka Turunen for being part of Scraps of Hope! My gratitude for all the hard work by Rahmat in Aceh for essential logistics and additional camerawork in recordings in December 2015. Evi Sugianty (ICAIOS) and Mifta Sugesti-your professionalism in going through interview and video recordings, providing transcripts, translations and detailed comments on the draft videos, has provided deepened perspectives to ethnographic moments that could otherwise go unnoticed. My sincere thanks to poet, trainer, researcher and friend Ibed, Zubaidah Djohar and a colleague at UNIMAL campus Nanda Amalia, and all her colleagues who invited me to their classes in 2012. A special thank you to the Creative Minority student group for initiating the creative writing workshops leading to Zubaidah Djohar's edited book Dalam Keriput Yang Tak Usang: Suara Pemuda Dan Jalan Panjang Perdamaian Aceh and similarly, all the voluntary effort that went into writing, editing and publishing the book Bisu yang Bersuara, collection of writings of female survivors of violence in the midst of peace in Aceh after the initial joint writing workshop organized in August 2018. Similarly, the whol...

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“…Dalam hal ini, hubungan antara etnis Aceh sebagai mayoritas dan Tionghoa sebagai minoritas memiliki rekam jejak buruk. Melvin (2013) (Kusuma & Sholihah, 2018).…”

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Stereotip dan komunikasi interpersonal antara etnis aceh dan etnis tionghoa

Nurrahmi

Putra

2019

Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies

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Chinese is an ethnic minority in Aceh province implementing Sharia law. This minority group gets a lot of negative stereotypes. This study looks at the reciprocal relationship between stereotypes and interpersonal communication between Acehnese and Chinese. Using Social Learning Theory, this study seeks to describe how a person's learning process through face-to-face interpersonal communication can confirm, change, and even eliminate negative stereotypes that have been previously known. This study employed an explanatory qualitative method. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews with five key informants who were Acehnese and have lived in Gampong Laksana for more than 10 years. The results of this study illustrate that, even though the informants learned many negative stereotypes of Chinese, the majority of informants were not affected by these negative stereotypes. The informants chose to trust personal experience and establish effective communication with Chinese, which eventually eliminated negative stereotypes towards the Chinese group.

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Why Not Genocide? Anti-Chinese Violence in Aceh, 1965–1966

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Indonesian civilians’ attributions for anti-Chinese violence during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia

Indonesian civilians’ attributions for anti-Chinese violence during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia

Scraps of Hope in Banda Aceh: Gendered Urban Politics in the Aceh Peace Process

Stereotip dan komunikasi interpersonal antara etnis aceh dan etnis tionghoa

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