SURVIVORS OF THE SOLO RIOT AND THEIR EXPRESSIONS OF FORGIVENESS: A Critical Discourse Analysis

• Main Authors: , Yoachim Agus Tridianto, , Prof. Dr. J.B. Banawiratma
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2014
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/133193/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=73753
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

I make research about forgiveness of the survivors of Solo riot in May 1998 (hereafter Solo Riot). I seek to know the expressions of forgiveness of the survivors, after thirteen years the incident passed. I consider the research is significant, since I convince that forgiveness is the important path to peace and reconciliation. My research questions are �How do survivors forgive those involved as actors in the Solo riot? What factors encourage survivors to prefer forgiveness rather than resentment? How do religious teachings and cultural values influence them in coping with their violent past? On the other hand, for survivors who fail to attain the spirit of forgiveness, what factors block them? Some other questions are: do survivors want to disclose the truth regarding the riot? How are their opinions about the possibility to build harmony? What strategy they do for coping the violent situation?� The data in my research is the discourse about forgiveness from survivors of the Solo riot. In regards to the sampling of survivors to be interviewed, I did not select against certain criteria