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This paper explores how collective identity is framed within the context of the unified national identity in the Post-Suharto Indonesia. The importance of religion and ethnicity as the markers of group boundaries in Indonesia not only colors discussions about what serves as the basic element for the emergence of a nation within a modern and new democratic system, but most importantly how particular groups identities and unified national identity are constructed . Focusing on a local movement demanding the creation of a new province in North Sumatera, Indonesia, this paper discusses how a local media outlet frames collective identity of the movement activists. Applying discourse analyses of newspaper articles published between April 2009 and December 2010, this paper shows that a local newspaper frames the identity of the Pro-Tapanuli activists as an ?indigenous community,? while at the same time linking this identity to the unified national identity.
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