History Teaches Us Nothing*

Demolishing a house of Kapitan Cina of Karawaci

Amidst very few Indonesians are able to access education, and the low quality of education institutions, the destruction of historical sites is arising In the case of demolition of Kapitan Cina of Karawaci house by the local government in district Tangerang City, Banten, Indonesia. The demolition is not just destroying the actual physical house, but rather a confirmation of the narrowness of the paradigm of the government in building the nation.

History is considered as something that is not important to know the people and more not important to build the nation, which can be negotiated by the desire of the authorities and simple as just "complementary" in the knowledge of a nation. So no wonder, the home of Kapitan Cina founded in the 18th century is just a commonplace and destroyed for a shopping mall. Ignoring history which is awakened with the people around it, destroying a piece of the history of Batavia (now Jakar-ta) in the 18th century and forget about Indonesian history in multi-racial

* This title was inspired by the song title written by Sting

"History will Teach Us Nothing" in Nothing Like the Sun Album