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Aceh Chinese Negotiated Belonging : Memory, Place, and Identity

Auikool, Chontida LU orcid (2026) In Lund East And Southeast Asian Studies
Abstract
This dissertation focuses on Aceh Chinese’s lived experiences in Aceh, an Indonesian province marked by repeated violence and major social changes. These include the 1965–1966 anti-communist mass killings, the protracted conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian state, the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, and the implementation of Shariʿa law. It addresses how the community remembers those events, how those memories are reflected in places and rituals performed by the community, and how they shape place, identity and belonging within both Aceh and Indonesia. Central to this study is an analysis of how memory, identity, and belonging are negotiated through everyday practices. The dissertation argues that, despite... (More)
This dissertation focuses on Aceh Chinese’s lived experiences in Aceh, an Indonesian province marked by repeated violence and major social changes. These include the 1965–1966 anti-communist mass killings, the protracted conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian state, the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, and the implementation of Shariʿa law. It addresses how the community remembers those events, how those memories are reflected in places and rituals performed by the community, and how they shape place, identity and belonging within both Aceh and Indonesia. Central to this study is an analysis of how memory, identity, and belonging are negotiated through everyday practices. The dissertation argues that, despite political and religious constraints, Aceh Chinese find ways to reinterpret and resist pressures from political authority, legal structures, and social hierarchies. Through everyday acts of negotiation and resistance, they assert their rightful presence and reshape their social position, even as these efforts face continuous challenges. (Less)
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author
supervisor
opponent
  • professor Hui, Yew-Foong, Hong Kong Shue Yan University
organization
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type
Thesis
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Aceh, Chinese, Memory, Belonging, Identity, Place, Negotiation, Indonesia
in
Lund East And Southeast Asian Studies
issue
2
pages
355 pages
publisher
Lund University (Media-Tryck)
defense location
Asienbiblioteket, Sölvegatan 18 B
defense date
2026-01-27 10:00:00
ISSN
3035-854X
ISBN
978-91-90055-57-1
978-91-90055-56-4
language
English
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yes
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9a117c92-ae41-4add-91bb-fde8534779bf
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2025-12-16 13:56:47
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2026-01-08 09:58:15
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  author       = {{Auikool, Chontida}},
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  keywords     = {{Aceh; Chinese; Memory; Belonging; Identity; Place; Negotiation; Indonesia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  number       = {{2}},
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  series       = {{Lund East And Southeast Asian Studies}},
  title        = {{Aceh Chinese Negotiated Belonging : Memory, Place, and Identity}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}