The Appearances of Memory
Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2010
350 pages
978-0-8223-9257-6 (ISBN)
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An exploration of the connections between the urban built environment (primarily in Jakarta) and political consciousness in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial eras.
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Abidin Kusno
The Appearances of Memory
Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia
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02/2010
Duke University Press
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Abidin Kusno is Associate Professor at the Institute of Asian Research and Faculty Associate of the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Asian Urbanism and Culture. He is the author of Behind the Postcolonial: Architecture, Urban Space, and Political Cultures in Indonesia.
Content
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Governmentality
1. Whither Nationalist Urbanism? Public Life in Governor Sutiyoso's Jakarta 25
2. The Regime, the Busway, and the Construction of Urban Subjects in an Indonesian Metropolis 49
3. "Back to the City": Urban Architecture in the New Indonesia 71
Remembering and Forgetting
4. Glodok on Our Minds: Chinese Culture and the Forgetting of the May Riots 101
5. The Afterlife of the Empire Style, Indische Architectuur, and Art Deco 125
Reminiscences
6. Colonial Cities in Motion: Urban Symbolism and Popular Radicalism 155
7. Urban Pedagogy: The Appearance of Order and Normality in Late Colonial Java, 1926-42 182
Mental Nebulae
8. "The Reality of One-Which-Is-Two": Java's Reception of Global Islam 203
9. Guardian of Memories: The Gardu in Urban Java 223
Notes 279
Bibliography 313
Index 327
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Governmentality
1. Whither Nationalist Urbanism? Public Life in Governor Sutiyoso's Jakarta 25
2. The Regime, the Busway, and the Construction of Urban Subjects in an Indonesian Metropolis 49
3. "Back to the City": Urban Architecture in the New Indonesia 71
Remembering and Forgetting
4. Glodok on Our Minds: Chinese Culture and the Forgetting of the May Riots 101
5. The Afterlife of the Empire Style, Indische Architectuur, and Art Deco 125
Reminiscences
6. Colonial Cities in Motion: Urban Symbolism and Popular Radicalism 155
7. Urban Pedagogy: The Appearance of Order and Normality in Late Colonial Java, 1926-42 182
Mental Nebulae
8. "The Reality of One-Which-Is-Two": Java's Reception of Global Islam 203
9. Guardian of Memories: The Gardu in Urban Java 223
Notes 279
Bibliography 313
Index 327
