Title
Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
Postprint
Publication Date
10-2010
Abstract
Educational efforts are being made around the country to enable minorities to feel they belong and to teach majorities that they should value the diversity of Indonesia. The cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity of Indonesia is famed around the world and accepted within Indonesia. The national motto of ‘Unity in Diversity’ places diversity at the centre of the nation-state. But despite significant progress in democratisation, decentralisation and regional autonomy in post-Suharto Indonesia, old fears of federalism, separatism and disunity remain. Multiculturalism and pluralism are still often viewed with suspicion and paranoia is spread by extremists for their own ends.
Keywords
ethnic relations, Indonesia, multiculturism, cultural diversity
Discipline
Asian Studies | Race and Ethnicity
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Inside Indonesia
Volume
102
ISSN
0814-1185
Publisher
Indonesian Resources and Information Program
Citation
PARKER, Lyn, Raihani, Raihani, & HOON, Chang Yau.(2010). Learning to Belong. Inside Indonesia, 102.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/976
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Additional URL
http://www.insideindonesia.org/feature-editions/learning-to-belong