Papua, one of Indonesia’s most rural provinces, struggled with online learning during the COVID-19 crisis. Interestingly, it may just be the right moment to invest in Papua’s education technology.
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Papua – Analysis and Comment
The campaign is a strategy by the government to manipulate the Papuans to retain an Indonesian national agenda.
Tensions have been building over the last month following the killing of an Indonesian intelligence chief. The government has vowed to ‘chase and arrest’ all armed militants in the region.
The US is willing to ignore human rights violations committed by a country as long as it does not interfere with US interests.
Indonesia has frequently obstructed global human rights enforcement by rejecting proposals to strengthen the UNHRC and blocking the council’s requests to assess the human rights situation in Papua.
Although different, comparing the two causes is important in raising our awareness of discrimination and violence against indigenous Papuans.
Oil palm plantation on remote locations is not mutually exclusive with increase wealth and improve living standards at remote locations.
International political dynamics sabotaged West Papuans’ attempts to ride the waves of decolonisation efforts by Asian and African countries throughout the 1940s to the 1960s.
New research investigates how music helps healing from trauma and dealing with violence and repression in Papua and West Papua.
Indonesia’s strategic position in today’s geopolitical configuration explains the lack of response internationally.
Not talking about racism – what it is, what it looks like in Indonesia, and why it matters – has allowed it to become even more powerful.
The prevailing hyper-nationalism in Indonesia today betrays the modernist idea of nationhood which inspired the nationalist movement in the archipelago a century ago.
By limiting access to social media and the internet, the government hurts the right to free speech of not only Papuan residents but also all Indonesians.
Violence has returned to West Papua over the arrests of students for allegedly desecrating a flag. So much for the new push for reconciliation under Indonesia President Joko Widodo.
Both the government and the opposition still consider Papua as a problem caused by a lack of economic development and which has nothing to do with politics.
A researcher on social economic issues in Papua calls for more research on Papua that can contribute to find solutions for complex problems in Indonesia’s easternmost region.
The government is focusing on economic development, but ignoring human rights abuses, local politics and indigenous peoples.
Discoveries as a result of ongoing research on malaria in pregnant women in Papua are helping to develop better treatments to fight the disease.
Health research in Indonesia are mostly kept in library shelves instead of being used in policymaking.
An exhibition at the Melbourne Museum tells the history of colonialism in East New Britain, PNG, from the perspective of the local people. This is history from the ground up, told through film, art and music.
Talks about increasing militarisation in Papua has intensified after reports of violence in mining area Tembagapura. But Indonesia should not rush in with a military operation.
Although Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared Papua open for foreign media in May this year, government obstacles to access the restive region linger.
The future of Papuans remains subject to the swirling mists of Indonesian national and international political intrigue.