57-314 From Tribal Societies to Nation-Building in West Papua (Indonesia)

Course offering details
Instructors: Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
Tribal
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
4,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Comments/contents: The Seminar focusses on the development of the idea of nationalism in
West Papua, the western half of the Island of New Guinea and the eastern-most part of Indonesia. Made up of 260 different tribes with different languages and different cultures, in partly inaccessible mountain forest and marshland with little to no contact with each other the indigenous people had no idea that they were part of a larger coherent area that would unite them one day as West Papua. Until today there is no ethnic homogeneity. Despite this: Over the last 60 years the Papuan people have embraced the concept of a nation state, including nationalism and internalised the concept of Melanesianess. How did this come about? To answer this question, we go back in history, we look at ethnographic and colonial reports and at recent research work and we pursue the following trail:
Based on the assumption that social structures influence thinking and ideas about living together now and in future we analyse what socio-political and economic structures existed before colonisation and what causes their on-going changes, when, how and why during

  • the missionary phase
  • the Dutch colonisation
  • during the Second World War
  • since integration into the Indonesian state

Finally, we analyse the conflict between Indonesia and West Papua, which arises from the latter's desire for a nation of its own.
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Bibliography
Connor, Walker: Ethnonationalism: The Quest for Understanding. Princeton University Press; 1993
Munro, Jenny and Slama, Martin, ed.: From "Stone-Age" to "Real-Time": exploring Papuan temporalities, mobilities and religiosities. ANU Press, Canberra, 2015
Knauft, M. Bruce: South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic. Cambridge University Press, 1993
Rathgeber, Theodor ed.: Economic, social and cultural rights in West-Papua: a study on social reality and political perspectives. Published by the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in cooperation with the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, 2006
Webb-Gannon, Camellia: Morning Star Rising: The Politics of Decolonization in West Papua. University of Hawai’i Press, 2021

Leistungsanforderung
Notenskala (bestanden/ nicht-bestanden)
Diese Leistungsanforderungen werden im Laufe des Semesters von Teilnehmenden erwartet: Regelmäßige Teilnahme, Mitarbeit (Gruppenarbeit), Bildanalyse und kurze Präsentation im Seminar sowie eine kurze schriftliche Ausarbeitung. Die Präsentation und die Ausarbeitungen können sowohl in Englisch als auch in Deutsch geleistet werden.
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Preliminary Timetable SoSe 2024
No. / Date/Subject/To Do / Who

1 5.4.Getting to know each other / Prior knowledge / Interests / Goals / References / Overview of the seminar / Requirements and assignments / Introduction West Papua /Definitions and agreements Set definitionsM   MSG / All
2 12.4.Quo vadis West Papua ?History of the Conflict between Indonesia and West Papua. Presentation MSG  topic allocation form working groups  MSG/All
3 18.3. Film: Paitua Juur.the story of Father Vince Cole, M.M. The last US missionary who served for more than 40 years in Asmat and how the Asmat indigenize the Christian religion.Mandatory!!!
4 19.4.Tribal Societies, Asmat, Marind-AnimDevelop questions to analyse the situation
5 26.4. Biak and Birds Head
6 03.5.Yali/Dani
7 10.5.Discussion of differences and similarities of Socio-political Organisation of the different Ethnicities
8 17.5.Discussion: What is a nation?
Whitsun vacation 20.5. – 25. 5. 24
9 31.5.Could Ethnonationalism apply to West Papua?
7.6.No class
10 14.6.Proselytizing - Dutch colonisation Emergence and Development of West Papua as a Nation
11 21.6.Integration into Indonesia and Resistance to it until 1998. Further Development and Transformation of Nationalism
12 28.6.Ongoing Resistance and Changes in the implementation
13 5.7.West Papua Nation without State??
14 12.7.Summary and Feedback
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Instructors
Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 5. Apr. 2024
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To 12:00
Room ESA O, Rm 233
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 12. Apr. 2024
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To 12:00
Room ESA O, Rm 233
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 19. Apr. 2024
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Room ESA O, Rm 233
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 10. May 2024
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Room ESA 1, 118
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 17. May 2024
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Room ESA O, Rm 233
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 31. May 2024
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Room ESA O, Rm 232
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 21. Jun. 2024
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To 12:00
Room ESA O, Rm 233
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 28. Jun. 2024
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Room ESA 1, 118
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
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Date Fri, 5. Jul. 2024
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To 12:00
Room ESA O, Rm 233
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Date Fri, 12. Jul. 2024
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Room ESA O, Rm 233
Instructors Marion Struck-Garbe M.A.
Course specific exams
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