Magazine article
Who speaks for the riot? Youth agency and the contest over protest narratives
Indonesia at Melbourne
05/09/2025
Abstract
The figure of the ‘penyusup’—shadowy provocateur who incites unrest and pushes protest beyond the bounds of legitimate political action—has become deeply entrenched in Indonesia’s interpretive repertoire for understanding episodes of mass mobilisation. This trope functions not only as a rhetorical device but as a durable framework through which both state and segments of civil society narrate the transformation of peaceful protest into violence. It is argued that it also operates to obscure the political agency of marginal political actors, many of whom were at the forefront of recent protests.
Details
- Title
- Who speaks for the riot? Youth agency and the contest over protest narratives
- Authors/Creators
- Ian Douglas Wilson (Author) - Murdoch University, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication Details
- Indonesia at Melbourne
- Publisher
- Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS). University of Melbourne
- Identifiers
- 991005808146107891
- Copyright
- © Copyright - Indonesia at Melbourne
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article
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