SCRUTINIZING PAPUA FROM NATIONALISM, IDENTITY POLITICS, AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION PERSPECTIVES
Ari Setiarsih, Suharno

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Abstract

Papuan problems are national issues and international issues. The findings of Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia’s research show four strategic issues of Papua conflict source that are the history of Papuas integration to Unitary State of Republic Indonesia with its political identity, violence and violations of human rights, the failure of Papuas development, government inconsistency in the implementation of special autonomy and marginalization of Papuans. The source of the conflict is widespread and cause the new problem about Papuan nationalism construction that called double nationalism. Then it causes a dilemmatic situation in understanding the history of Papua as part of the Unitary State of Republic Indonesia. Therefore the purpose of this study is to describe comprehensively the scrutinizing Papua from nationalism, identity politics, and national integration perspectives to get an synthesis in resolving Papua’s conflicts.
The type of this study using descriptive qualitative research method with literature study approach. The study was conducted in October 2017 until December 2017. The data sources used were paper in the form of books, research journals, review literature, mass media, and other scientific articles. The data is gathered through symbol coding techniques, literature studies, and documentation techniques. While data analysis techniques uses qualitative data analysis that include data reduction, display data, conclusion drawing and verification.
The result of this study shows: 1). In the nationalism perspective, the generalization of Indonesian nationalism can not be used to justify Indonesian nationalism in Papua because the process of seeding Indonesian nationalism in Papua is different from the other regions. So, it is necessary the countrys changing perspective to review Indonesian nationalism in Papua 2). In the identity politics perspective, it can be interpreted that Papuan identity politics is a tool of struggle to fight the injustices of the Indonesian government. 3). In the national integration perspective, to build the integration of Papua and Indonesia requires intensive dialogue and political recognition which can accommodate the aspirations between Papuans and Indonesian government.

Description of authors:
1. Ari Setiarsih, S.Pd. (Mahasiswa jurusan Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta).
2. Dr. Suharno, M.Si. (Ketua program studi Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta).

Keywords: Identity Politics, Nationalism, National Integration, Papua.

Topic: Pluralist Society: Freedom and Tolerance