Papua Road Map

The sources of the Papua conflict are grouped into four sets of issues. First, is the problem of the marginalization of indigenous Papuans, and the discriminatory impacts on them resulting from the economic development of, political conflicts in, and mass migrations to Papua since 1970. To respond to this problem, an affirmative policy of recognition must be developed to empower indigenous Papuans. The second issue is the failure of development, particularly in the fields of education, health, and people's economic empowerment. This requires a new paradigm of development, focused on improving public services for the welfare of indigenous Papuans in the villages. The third main problem is the contradictions that exist between Papuan and Jakartan constructions of political identity and history. This problem can only be settled through dialogue, along the lines of the dialogue that was conducted for Aceh. The fourth issue is accountability for past state violence toward Indonesian citizens in Papua. For this, a road to reconciliation must be cleared, on which courts of human rights and the disclosure of the truth are the means of choice for law and justice to be upheld in Papua, for the victims and their families in particular, and all Indonesian citizens of Papua in general. The above four issues and agendas can be woven together to form a mutually interrelated policy strategy for comprehensive long-term resolution of the Papuan conflict. The atmosphere of Reformasi, and the existence of the accommodative Law No. 21/2001 on Special Autonomy (UU Otsus), a responsive central government, as well as the very large size of Papua's budget, lead the LIPI team to have faith that the problems of Papua can be resolved with justice, peace and dignity.

Political and social issues in Papua, Indonesia.

Buku Updating Papua Road Map (PRM) menarasikan perkembangan situasi sosial dan politik di Tanah Papua sejak tahun 2009. Buku ini juga menganalisis relevansi akar persoalan dalam Papua Road Map (2009) dengan situasi politik pada masa kini. Fokus utama dalam Updating Papua Road Map mencakup pemetaan peran aktor dalam konflik Papua dan dialog sebagai pendekatan damai bagi Papua. Terkait pemetaan aktor, buku ini membahas dua gagasan utama: pertama, terbentuknya Jaringan Damai Papua (JDP), munculnya kelompok muda dan diaspora Papua di luar negeri sebagai aktor baru di dalam konteks dinamika Papua. Aktor-aktor lainnya adalah Pemerintah/Pemda, Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM), Presidium Dewan Papua (PDP), Dewan Adat Papua (DAP), Gereja, LSM, dan kepala suku. Peran JDP sebagai aktor baru adalah merawat jaringan dan menjadi fasilitator dialog untuk Papua. Di sisi lain, kelompok muda dan diaspora yang belum dianalisis di dalam PRM sebelumnya, saat ini semakin terkonsolidasi dengan baik. Selain, mereka memiliki pengaruh yang relatif signifikan terkait dinamika sosial politik di Tanah Papua dan di forum global. Pada saat ini, kelompok muda dan diaspora Papua telah mendapatkan pengakuan dari komunitas global, terutama Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) yang berbasis di kawasan Pasifik Selatan. Kedua, dialog diterima sebagai konsep penyelesaian persoalan Papua secara demokratis dan bermartabat. Dialog yang sempat tabu untuk dibicarakan, saat ini mendapatkan penerimaan dan telah didiskusikan oleh berbagai pihak yang dalam rangka penanganan isu Papua. Di dalam PRM, dialog ditempatkan sebagai sebuah solusi yang secara khusus digunakan untuk menyelesaikan persoalan sejarah (re)integrasi, status politik, dan identitas politik. Di dalam buku Updating PRM ini, dialog menjadi pilihan paling rasional untuk seluruh pihak yang ingin menyelesaikan akar masalah dan/atau sumber konflik Papua.

That Indonesia’s ongoing occupation of West Papua continues to be largely ignored by world governments is one of the great moral and political failures of our time. West Papuans have struggled for more than fifty years to find a way through the long night of Indonesian colonization. However, united in their pursuit of merdeka (freedom) in its many forms, what holds West Papuans together is greater than what divides them. Today, the Morning Star glimmers on the horizon, the supreme symbol of merdeka and a cherished sign of hope for the imminent arrival of peace and justice to West Papua. Morning Star Rising: The Politics of Decolonization in West Papua is an ethnographically framed account of the long, bitter fight for freedom that challenges the dominant international narrative that West Papuans' quest for political independence is fractured and futile. Camellia Webb-Gannon’s extensive interviews with the decolonization movement’s original architects and its more recent champions shed light on complex diasporic and intergenerational politics as well as social and cultural resurgence. In foregrounding West Papuans’ perspectives, the author shows that it is the body politic’s unflagging determination and hope, rather than military might or influential allies, that form the movement’s most unifying and powerful force for independence. This book examines the many intertwining strands of decolonization in Melanesia. Differences in cultural performance and political diversity throughout the region are generating new, fruitful trajectories. Simultaneously, Black and Indigenous solidarity and a shared Melanesian identity have forged a transnational grassroots power-base from which the movement is gaining momentum. Relevant beyond its West Papua focus, this book is essential reading for those interested in Pacific studies, Native and Indigenous studies, development studies, activism, and decolonization.

Sites, Bodies and Stories examines the intimate links between history and heritage as they have developed in postcolonial Indonesia. Sites discussed in the book include Borobudur in Central Java, a village in Flores built around megalithic formations, and ancestral houses in Alor. Bodies refers to legacies of physical anthropology, exhibition practices and Hollywood movies. The Stories are accounts of the Mambesak movement in Papua, the inclusion of wayang puppetry in UNESCO s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and subaltern history as written by the people of Blambangan in their search for national heroes. Throughout the book, citizenship entitlement figures as a leitmotif in heritage initiatives. Contemporary heritage formation in Indonesia is intrinsically linked to a canon of Indonesian art and culture developed during Dutch colonial rule, institutionalized within Indonesia's heritage infrastructure and in the Netherlands, and echoed in museums and exhibitions throughout the world. The authors in this volume acknowledge colonial legacies but argue against a colonial determinism, considering instead how contemporary heritage initiatives can lead to new interpretations of the past.

"This book addresses one of the most crucial questions in Southeast Asia: did the election in Indonesia in 2014 of a seemingly populist-oriented president alter the hegemony of the political and economic elites? Was it the end of the paradox that the basic social contradictions in the country’s substantial capitalist development were not reflected in organized politics by any independent representation of subordinated groups, in spite of democratization? Beyond simplified frameworks, grounded scholars have now come together to discuss whether and how a new Indonesian politics has evolved in a number of crucial fields. Their critical insights are a valuable contribution to the study of this question." — Professor Olle Törnquist, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo "A most valuable book for understanding the underpinnings of Indonesian politics in 2019 and beyond. A great range of themes are included: political parties, ideologies, political Islam, leadership legitimacy, the political middle class, the politics of centre–local relations, corruption, limited foreign policy reform, Papua, and youth activism. The book has eleven chapters, mostly by Indonesia-based analysts, plus a couple of wise old hands. Max Lane’s overview chapter is excellent." — Professor David Reeve, School of Humanities and Languages, University of New South Wales

In 2014, Joko Widodo--popularly known as Jokowi--was elected the seventh president of the Republic of Indonesia, going on to win a second five-year term in 2019. Raised amid poverty in a riverside slum and with a background in the furniture export trade, Jokowi broke the mold for political leaders in the world's third-largest democracy. His meteoric rise came without the benefit of personal connections to the traditional elites who have dominated Indonesian politics for three-quarters of a century, making this a true "rags to riches" story. This new official biography tells the story of how the boy from the riverbank made it to the presidential palace in record time. Readers will learn how his personal background and heritage have created a distinctive style of politics and informed his ambitious development goals--including massive infrastructure projects, universal healthcare and a reimagining of Indonesia's educational system. It also looks at how a man raised with a traditionally Javanese worldview negotiates the tensions, contradictions and conflicts of this vast archipelagic nation. Written by a political insider with unparalleled access to the president and an intimate first-hand knowledge of his decision-making processes, this book is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the political present--and the future--of Southeast Asia's largest nation.

General study and thematic atlas of Papua New Guinea - history, influence of colonialism, population dynamics, education, health, language, land tenure, rural area human settlement, land utilization, agriculture (subsistence farming, cash crops), forestry, fishing, mineral resources, industry, tourism, trade, transport, physical geography, etc. Maps, photographs, references.