ABSTRACT

In any post-disaster contexts, the affected societies will inevitably be involved in tensions between remembering and forgetting the past disaster experiences. They need to forget the disaster in order to return to their daily lives; at the same time, they also need to remember the disaster, which will usually involve canonization programs of the cultural memory of disaster. This study explores, how these programs, manifested in post-disaster monuments and commemorations, entail meaning contestations, through which the cultural interpretations of the disaster are formed and disputed. This paper uses the example of the Aceh Tsunami Museum in Indonesia as a part of a canonization program of the cultural memory of a tsunami. This museum was erected as a memorial to the success of the post tsunami reconstruction programs lead by the Indonesian government. While the monuments’ managers have proposed certain narratives by which to remember the disaster, the visitors construct their interpretation of these through their daily practices. Hence, the shaping of the cultural memory of a disaster involves the social functions of the disaster monuments. For the locals, this museum has diverse functions: recreational, memorial, educational, and economic ones; however, the memory of the success of the post-tsunami reconstruction programs has been forgotten by the locals.

摘要

在任何灾后环境中，受影响的社会都将不可避免地陷入记住和忘记过去灾难经历之间的紧张关系。他们需要忘记灾难才能回归日常生活；同时，他们还需要记住灾难，这通常会涉及灾难文化记忆的经典化计划。本研究探讨了这些在灾后纪念碑和纪念活动中表现出来的项目如何引发意义争议，从而形成对灾难的文化解释并引发争议。本文以印度尼西亚亚齐海啸博物馆为例，作为海啸文化记忆经典化计划的一部分。该博物馆是为了纪念印度尼西亚政府领导的海啸后重建计划的成功而建立的。虽然纪念碑的管理者提出了某些叙述来纪念这场灾难，但参观者却通过他们的日常实践来构建他们对这些叙述的解释。因此，灾难文化记忆的塑造涉及到灾难纪念碑的社会功能。对于当地人来说，这个博物馆具有多种功能：休闲、纪念、教育、经济；然而，海啸后重建计划的成功却被当地人遗忘了。灾难文化记忆的塑造涉及到灾难纪念碑的社会功能。对于当地人来说，这个博物馆具有多种功能：休闲、纪念、教育、经济；然而，海啸后重建计划的成功却被当地人遗忘了。灾难文化记忆的塑造涉及到灾难纪念碑的社会功能。对于当地人来说，这个博物馆具有多种功能：休闲、纪念、教育、经济；然而，海啸后重建计划的成功却被当地人遗忘了。