Pemuda Etnis Tionghoa & Konstruksi Atas Kerusuhan Mei 1998 di Jakarta

ISKANDAR, Jason, Partini

2014 | Skripsi | Sosiologi

ABSTRACT Indonesia has a long history of violence against ethnic minority, especially Chinese. Back to 1740, approximately 10.000 Chinese Indonesians were slaughtered in Angke, Batavia. In New Order period, the government prohibited any cultural expression of Chinese society to be performed in public. Then in May 1998, Chinese Indonesians became the target of the violence and riot which was occured in Jakarta and other cities. Tim Gabungan Pencari Fakta (TGPF or Fact Finding Joint Team) had collected some facts on the ground. They reported at least thousands were dead and nearly a hundred women have experienced sexual violence during the riot. As a country, youth role become important to remember, commemorate, and learn something from these dark historical events. This study seeks to uncover the construction of the Chinese Indonesian youth in May 1998 riot as well as the key factors which influence the construction. This study uses phenomenology method. This method is used to understand the dialectic process between youth and their socio-cultural environment to analyze historical events. Berger and Luckmann's concept of the social construction used to analyze the datas of this research. At least seven informants were in-depthinterviewed in this research. The research found variations in the meaning of which is influenced by social setting. The first one, the gated community, they see May 1998 riot as an event to widen their social gap with other ethnic groups. Second, the youth who live in Chinatown believe that the riot was not loaded with ethnic conflict issues. And the last one, the group who live in pluralistic environment interpret it as human violence, which had no impact on their stance on a particular group. Social setting might be one of the key factor, but there are also other factors beyond it, such as peer group and social media, which are also could make this discussion far more interesting. Of the three variations above, it can be concluded that the system of knowledge of a individual can not be separated from their social setting. In the theory of social constrcution, there always been a dialectic process between subjective matters (experience) with socio-cultural environment as objective reality. This is how three variations above were produced. Keywords: May 1998 riot, ethnic, Chinese Indonesian, youth, social construction, identity

Kata Kunci : Etnis Tionghoa