Challenging a home country: a preliminary account of Indonesian student activism in Berlin, Germany
Author(s)
Hasyim, SyafiqKeywords
PolitikwissenschaftPolitical science
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Indonesien
Student
Berlin
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Studentenbewegung
Organisationen
Protest
politische Aktivität
Religiosität
Muslim
Indonesia
student
Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
student movement
organizations
protest
political activity
religiousness
Muslim
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Abstract
"This article gives an overview on Indonesian student activism in Berlin, Germany. Based on documents (published and unpublished), interviews, and conversations with former and current student activists, the paper scrutinizes the trajectory of activism of Indonesian students in the capital of Germany since the 1960s and asks about the evolution of specific student organizations, the issues and topics they tackled, and their media and networking strategies. The article illustrates the activities of the PPI Berlin as a dominant example of Indonesian students' political activism abroad and the activities of Indonesian Muslim students as a prominent example of religious-based activism which has gained significance since the fall of Suharto. These examples indicate the diversity of Indonesian student activists in Berlin that are nevertheless united in their aspirations to challenge politics back home." (author's abstract)"Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick über den Aktivismus indonesischer StudentInnen in Berlin, Deutschland. Anhand von veröffentlichten und unveröffentlichten Dokumenten, Interviews und Gesprächen mit früheren und derzeitigen studentischen AktivistInnen wird die Entwicklung dieses Aktivismus seit den 1960er Jahren untersucht und nach der Entstehung von einzelnen StudentInnenorganisationen, den behandelten Themen sowie den Medien- und Netzwerkstrategien gefragt. Der Artikel zeigt die Aktivitäten der PPI Berlin als Beispiel für politischen Aktivismus von indonesischen StudentInnen im Ausland und die Aktivitäten von indonesischen muslimischen StudentInnen als Beispiel für religionsbasierten Aktivismus, der seit dem Fall von Suharto an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Diese Beispiele zeigen die Vielfalt von indonesischen studentischen AktivistInnen, die dennoch in ihren Bestrebungen, auf politische Prozesse im Heimatland einzuwirken, vereint sind." (Autorenreferat)
Date
2015-08-19Type
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oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/442671999-253X
http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/44267
https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-2014.2-4
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