The art of remembering

Question 1

What happened to Indonesian textbooks that questioned the 1965 government narrative?

Accepted Answer

They were banned and publicly burned

Question 2

What role did dance play in Suharto's Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

It was used to create a "peaceful" national identity

Question 3

How can dance be used as a form of resistance?

Accepted Answer

By preserving erased histories through movement and performance

Question 4

What happened to female artists who were accused of leftist ties?

Accepted Answer

They were arrested, executed, or exiled

Question 5

True or False: The New Order govt allowed all dance forms to flourish without political interference.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What strategy did the military use to justify mass arrests?

Accepted Answer

Labeled accused individuals as communist/traitors

Question 7

What image of female dancers did the state promote?

Accepted Answer

Exotic, passive, nationalistic figures

Question 8

Which women's organization was falsely accused of being involved in the G30S movement?

Accepted Answer

Gerwani

Question 9

How are Indonesian artists today challenging state narratives?

Accepted Answer

By reviving erased performances and choreographing counter-narratives

Question 10

Why did the Suharto regime replace traditional dancers with state-approved performers?

Accepted Answer

To control national cultural narratives

Question 11

How many people were estimated to have been killed during the purges?

Accepted Answer

Between 500,000 and 2 million

Question 12

You're in the 1970's under Suharto regime & create a dance that includes movements from a banned form. What might happen

Accepted Answer

You could be arrested and forced into exile

Question 13

A highly aestheticized royal Javanese performance in the 1980's might reinforce this political message...

Accepted Answer

A vision of "harmonious," apolitical Indonesia

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