It has been over 80 years since Indonesia’s de claration of independence\, over 70 years since the historic Asia-Africa Co nference in Bandung\, over 60 years since the genocidal massacres of suppor ters of the Indonesian communist party. It is time to reflect on how Indone sia’s place in the world has changed over the decades and what it means to be an Indonesian citizen now. In the early decades after independence\, the nation was a collective project for the future and the term “nation buildi ng” was commonly invoked. We are today the result of those earlier efforts at “nation building.” We are the future that the early nationalists dreamed about. We need to ask now: what has been built? What needs to be torn down and rebuilt?
This event will feature Dr. Hilmar Farid\, co-founder and chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Social History and Professor at the Jakarta Art Institute and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Asia-Pacific\, Jakarta.
T his talk is presented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR).
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