Post-Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia

5 Project managerial practices of gender mainstreaming

Governing spatial and temporal landscapes of post-tsunami Aceh

 

The drive to Lhokseumawe was full of emotions. The driver had migrated to Malaysia during the conflict and through the six-hour long drive, he told stories of his life, relating them directly to the route we drove. Right after taking off from Banda Aceh he told me that he is alive today because he was travelling to Langsa on 26th December. He returned to Banda Aceh on the same evening to witness the destruction and disappearance of friends and family members. Throughout the night, when it was impossible to see outside the car, he kept pointing out to the dark and said, for example: ‘This is where I was stopped by the TNI [Indonesian ...