Where Are You, My Little Scapegoats? Selamatan Anak Cucu Sumilah (Selamatan for the Descendants of Sumilah) as a Performative Memory Practice around the Indonesian Genocide of 1965–1966

Abstract: This essay analyzes the performance Selamatan Anak Cucu Sumilah ( SACS, or Selamatan for the Descendants of Sumilah), staged on 30 November 2018 at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Directed by Irfanuddien Ghozali and collaboratively created with women survivors of the 1965–1966 genocide in Indonesia, the performance honors the late survivor Sumilah. The story of her life forms the thematic core of the production and is interwoven with themes from Pramoedya Ananta Toer's Buru Quartet, enriching the performance with additional layers of cultural and historical significance. This analysis explores and contextualizes the performance as a medium through which memory activists shape and negotiate Indonesia's collective memory landscape .