Melukiskan Timor Leste: Integrasi dan peristiwa Santa Cruz dalam teks dan historiografi Indonesia

Abstract

The Timor Leste integration into Indonesia and the Santa Cruz Incident were important events in the history of both nations.  The integration refers to the incorporation of Timor Leste as the 27th province of Indonesia in 1976, while The Santa Cruz Incident in 1991 influenced global public opinion on the Timor Leste issue. This study aims to examine how the integration process and the Santa Cruz Incident are portrayed in Indonesian texts and historiography. The research employs qualitative methods, namely a comparative historiographical study and critical discourse analysis using the Fairclough model. The Althusserian State Ideological Apparatus approach is used to examine how the ruling ideology plays a role in historical writing. This can be seen in the findings of this study that the historiography of Timor Leste in Sejarah Nasional Indonesia, both regarding integration and the Santa Cruz Incident, was written in an unbalanced manner and with an apologetic narrative. The active role of the Indonesian military and the loss of lives that resulted from it during the integration process were not revealed. In writing about the Santa Cruz Incident, SNI used military sources to describe the violence perpetrated by the military itself. The book narrates that the loss of life was caused by being trampled due to mass panic. This study reveals a bias in Indonesian historiography, which tends to side with those in power while ignoring the perspective of the victims.