Grace Leksana - A Re/writing History Project
Talking Indonesia
- Published
- September 25, 2025
- Duration
- 32:01
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- description
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
Discusses A ‘re’-writing history project - Grace Leksana Shortly after taking up his position as the Minister …
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A ‘re’-writing history project - Grace Leksana Shortly after taking up his position as the Minister for Culture and Education in the Prabowo government, Fadli Zon announced he was commissioning a reworking of the official Indonesian history textbook. In early 2025, outlines of the project’s terms of reference started to trickle out, and historians, activi…
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A ‘re’-writing history project - Grace Leksana Shortly after taking up his position as the Minister for Culture and Education in the Prabowo government, Fadli Zon announced he was commissioning a reworking of the official Indonesian history textbook. In early 2025, outlines of the project’s terms of reference started to trickle out, and historians, activists and survivors’ groups grew increasingly concerned. The new version, assembled without broad consultation, contained a raft of significant c