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Regional Division of Papua Province has Positive Values for The People of Papua |
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 |
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by JRG Djopari*)
1. INTRODUCTION
The aim of this article is to inform readers about why the province of Papua (formerly known as lrian Jaya) needs to be divided into more than one province. Apart from pros and cons toward the policy of regional division of Papua into three provinces, the writer, through this article is trying to discuss the issue briefly, particularly on the reasoning process developed chronologically before the idea of the division became a national as well provincial issue. It is hoped that this writing may give a clear picture to the readers so that they can understand what has happened thus far and what were the issues and concerns behind the regional division policy of Papua Province. Above all, the issue will return to the people of Papua themselves, whether they understand well and are aware of the advantage and disadvantage of the policy in question. |
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
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First published in 2003, Encounters With The Dani, a history of contact with the Dani tribe, is a book worth revisiting. It was written, photographed and designed by Susan Meiselas, one of the most influential and important documentary photographers working today. Meiselas, who studied anthropology before she became a professional photographer, consistently pushes beyond the traditional boundaries of documentary photography. Her work includes a wide variety of media, including installation and film. In Encounters with the Dani, Meiselas pieces together found documents that describe the history of contact between the outside world and the Danai of the West Papuan highlands, who were only “discovered” in 1938. |
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Regional Languages in Frame Special Autonomy in West Papua Province |
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 |
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Author: Hugo Warami (Faculty of Letters, University of Papua, Manokwari)
ABSTRACT
Regional languages has now become an important part in the era of the Papua Special Autonomy. This is a logical consequence of recognition of the rights of areas including the recognition and respect for local languages. Act No. Papua Special Autonomy. 21 of 2001 was present as collateral for the fear of extinction of local languages is increasingly strengthened. Of course this condition must immediately diantispasi with new paradigam conservation policies in the field of language, namely (1) community empowerment recalled, (2) awareness of identity, and (3) integration of teaching in the field of education. |
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Papua: the Wound Is Still Not Cured |
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 |
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HIV, Special Autonomy, and Tribal Was are the most crucial problem to be solved in Papua. What the worse on those problem then has been written by young journalists of Papua, as they try to dismantle the problems and to share the information with us by the book titled Luka Papua: HIV, Otonomi Khusus, dan Perang Suku (Papua’s Wound: HIV, Special Autonomy, and Tribal War).
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Monday, 16 March 2009 |
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Rock Art in West Papua By Karina Arifin and Philippe Delanghe UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 2004. ISBN 92-3-103906-7. Pp.291.48.80.
Monographs on rock art in the Asia-Pacific region (outside Australia) are few and far between, and one on the rock art of West Papua is a rare bird indeed. Social science research in the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), which remains effectively under military control, is virtually impossible for foreigners and difficult even for Indonesian scholars. The authors, an Indonesian archaeologist trained at ANU and a UNESCO Programme Specialist for Culture based in Jakarta, are to be congratulated for their persistence in pursuing a ... Source : http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-135284285.html
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