Jurnal Ceteris Paribus

RESISTANCE LOGISTICS: LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCY IN THE PUBLIC KITCHEN ORGANIZATION

Putri Ranjani Tatik Winarti, Irhas Fansuri Mursal, Abd Rahman — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This study examines the strategic role of the Public Kitchen (Dapur Umum) organization as a multi-functional defense node within the context of the Dutch Military Aggression II (1945–1949) at Parit VII Tungkal I, Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency, Jambi. Unlike studies of revolutionary logistics centered in Java, this research foregrounds the agency of a coastal-swamp rural community long marginalized in national historical narratives. Employing a four-stage historical method—heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historiography—alongside a social history approach, this study examines how local society organized a subsistence strategy under conditions of asymmetric warfare. The principal finding is that the Public Kitchen at Parit VII Tungkal I functioned not merely as a food logistics provider but also as an arms storage facility, an emergency field hospital, and a guerrilla defense coordination hub. Its resilience against Dutch intelligence was sustained by three structural factors: the geographical advantage of the narrow Parit Gantung waterway, the kinship solidarity of the Banjar-Malay community, and the charismatic leadership of H. Mangun. These findings reinforce a history-from-below perspective in the historiography of the Indonesian Revolution, demonstrating that rural community agency constituted a structural—not merely supplementary—component of the independence struggle.

THE COQUETTE’S PRISON: ROSALIE MURRAY AND THE FAILURE OF HIGH-SOCIETY MARRIAGE AS A PATH TO AUTONOMY

Donny Syofyan — Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Research on women's agency in Victorian literature typically focuses on the marginalized figure of the governess. At the same time, the upper-class coquette—who appears to wield power—remains overlooked in critical readings as a victim of systemic oppression. This research examines the coquette’s prison in Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey, specifically analyzing how Rosalie Murray’s pursuit of high-society marriage serves as a mechanism of self-erasure rather than a path to autonomy. The study employs a qualitative approach rooted in feminist literary criticism and historical realism. The data consist of textual evidence from the novel, analyzed through close reading and character-comparative analysis. The research evaluates the transition from pre-marital performative power to post-marital domestic entrapment. The results indicate that Rosalie’s flirtatious artillery provides only a temporary and illusory agency. Upon marrying Sir Thomas Ashby for rank and wealth, she experiences a catastrophic loss of freedom, becoming a prisoner and a slave within the physical and psychological enclosures of Ashby Park. The research concludes that Victorian high-society marriage, when divorced from moral compatibility, leads to psychological petrifaction. Further studies are recommended to employ a digital humanities approach to map motifs of spatial and psychological confinement across the broader canon of the Brontës and to identify systemic patterns of gender inequality.

TRACE, CRITIQUE, AND JUSTICE: A RICOEURIAN FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY

Livia Ersi, Refni Yulia, Kusuma, Risa Junita Sari, M. Satria Nugraha — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This article offers a theoretical synthesis exploring the relationship between Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutic phenomenology, collective memory, symbols, and historical events. It addresses a persistent gap in the scholarship: while Ricoeurian hermeneutics has been widely invoked in philosophy and literary studies, a replicable operational framework that bridges archival historiography, collective memory theory, and ethical interpretation has yet to be systematically formulated. This article fills that gap by proposing a three-step model—trace identification, contextual critique, and ethical interpretation—as a methodological contribution for historians navigating contested traumatic narratives. Memory provides lived experience, testimony, and the affective residue of the past; history offers source criticism, contextualization, and narrative reasoning to prevent memory from becoming a closed and singular claim. Following Ricoeur, symbols are not inert signs but openings toward layered interpretation. The article illustrates this framework through the case of G30S/PKI collective memory in Indonesia—a paradigmatic instance of traumatic memory polarization in Southeast Asia—to demonstrate how the proposed model can be operationalized on monuments, state-produced films, and silenced testimonies.

TRANSFORMATION OF THE PARADIGM OF WRITING BIOGRAPHIES: A META-CRITICAL SYNTHESIS OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES

Yudhi Andoni, Febbrizal, Novi Yulia — Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This article presents a meta-critical synthesis of the paradigm shifts in life writing—encompassing both biography and autobiography—as documented in thirteen (13) articles published in the journal Biography between 1972 and 1979. Through thematic analysis assisted by artificial intelligence technology (Google Notebook LM), subsequently validated through manual review, this study identifies four main thematic clusters: first, the tension between scientific documentation and narrative imagination; second, the utility and dangers of reductionism in psychohistory; third, the emergence of gender as a fundamental determinant in women's biographies; and fourth, the potential of legal archives to reconstruct the lives of marginalized communities. The study reveals a methodological consensus that biographies must contextualize individuals within their historical environments while retaining psychological depth; however, significant contradictions persist regarding the validity of universal psychological laws and the risks of over-interpretation. The relevance of these findings to contemporary biographical studies is discussed with reference to developments in the biographical turn and digital biography post-1990. The article recommends a “binocular vision” approach that integrates subjective internal realities with objective social conditions, while advocating for expanded subject coverage toward non-elite and non-Western groups.

HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE INDONESIAN PRESS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF COLONIAL, VERNACULAR, AND POST-INDEPENDENCE PERSPECTIVES

Febbrizal — Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This study aims to analyze three major historiographical works on the Indonesian press critically: Ahmat Adam (2003), David T. Hill (2011), and Basilius Triharyanto (2009). Employing a Historiographical Review approach and Qualitative Comparative Analysis, this article examines how these three works construct the narrative of the Indonesian press from the colonial era to the post-independence period. The findings indicate that these works represent three distinct analytical loci: the press as an agent of modernization and a catalyst for national consciousness (Adam), journalism as a form of political opposition (Hill), and the vernacular press as a vehicle for anti-colonialism beyond Java (Triharyanto). A comparative synthesis reveals that the historiography of the Indonesian press remains geographically and temporally fragmented, with significant gaps in studies focusing on the post-Reformasi press, gender perspectives, and the eastern regions of Indonesia. As an original contribution, this article proposes a "three nodes" framework—modernization, opposition, and locality—as a unified thematic foundation for future research on the history of the Indonesian press.

DOMESTIC GEOPOLITICS AND EFFECTIVE SABOTAGE: THE POWER NEGOTIATIONS OF "ORANG DAGANG" IN KABA LAREH SIMAWANG BY SYAMSUDDIN ST. RADJO ENDAH

Shiney Qurrata'ayuni Vidhiputri — Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This research addresses a gap in the study of Minangkabau kaba literature, which has long positioned women as marginal subjects. It argues that Siti Jamilah in Kaba Lareh Simawang by Syamsuddin St. Radjo Endah performs affective sabotage as a form of structural resistance against polygamy and colonial patriarchal power. Employing a sociocritical method, this study analyzes themes, social elements, and traces of historical events within the kaba to understand the social structures and problems it reflects. Siti Jamilah's vulnerability as an "orang dagang" (outsider) constitutes affective sabotage whose explosive force delegitimizes the moral authority and bureaucratic-masculine position of the Lareh—transcending the passivity stigma of misogynistic readings. Her suffering is not a weakness but a subversive instrument: her pregnant body and cultural alienation become the most threatening liminal space for the stability of colonial patriarchal power in Minangkabau. These findings contribute to sociocritical literary studies and gender studies in the context of matrilineal-colonial societies, demonstrating that women's bodies and suffering are not spaces of defeat, but the most intimate and dangerous arenas of power negotiation.