Veronika Kusumaryati
Biographic Data
| ID | 124256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veronika Kusumaryati |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veronika |
| FAMILY NAME | Kusumaryati |
| SIGNATURE | KUSUMARYATI V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Walsh University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9094-9169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pig-feast democracy: Direct local elections and the making of a plural political order in West Papua
In most Melanesian societies, pig feasts have been declining in recent years, owing to the incursion of Christianity and the modern economy. But in Indonesia-occupied West Papua, pig feasts are being held more often, and at a greater scale, than ever. The feasts are taking place in the context of West Papua's "special autonomy" status and Indonesia's democratic reforms, which have established direct local elections (pilkada) in the region. The bo…
Freeport and the States: Politics of Corporations and Contemporary Colonialism in West Papua
Corporations often claim to be economic actors solely interested in capital accumulation. However, historical and anthropological scholarship has argued they have had outsized political roles, especially during high colonialism when transnational corporations such as the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company shaped colonial entities. This article explores the case of American mining company Freeport-McMoRan, which runs the w…
Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia
Adat Institutionalisation, the State and the Quest for Self-Determination in West Papua
In West Papua, which encompasses the Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia, adat has been codified as an integral part of decentralised governance and development policies. Unlike other places where adat has been institutionalised, the institutionalisation of adat governance in West Papua is marked by contestation not only between different forms of adat institutions but also by competing political ideologies of national liberation. By trac…
Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy by Danilyn Rutherford
Reviewed by: Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy by Danilyn Rutherford Veronika Kusumaryati (bio) Danilyn Rutherford. Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. While anthropology was born from the belly of colonialism, it was not until the publication of Bronislaw Malinowski’s Diary and Talal Asad’s Anthropology and the Colonial …
Dreams Made Small: The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia
Jenny Munro’s ethnography Dreams Made Small: The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia is an important contribution to the literature of West Papua.1 Examining Papuan experience of migration
Freeport and the States: Politics of Corporations and Contemporary Colonialism in West Papua
Corporations often claim to be economic actors solely interested in capital accumulation. However, historical and anthropological scholarship has argued they have had outsized political roles, especially during high colonialism when transnational corporations such as the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company shaped colonial entities. This article explores the case of American mining company Freeport-McMoRan, which runs the w…
Adat Institutionalisation, the State and the Quest for Self-Determination in West Papua
In West Papua, which encompasses the Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia, adat has been codified as an integral part of decentralised governance and development policies. Unlike other places where adat has been institutionalised, the institutionalisation of adat governance in West Papua is marked by contestation not only between different forms of adat institutions but also by competing political ideologies of national liberation. By trac…
Dreams Made Small: The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia
Jenny Munro’s ethnography Dreams Made Small: The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia is an important contribution to the literature of West Papua.1 Examining Papuan experience of migration
Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy by Danilyn Rutherford
Reviewed by: Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy by Danilyn Rutherford Veronika Kusumaryati (bio) Danilyn Rutherford. Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. While anthropology was born from the belly of colonialism, it was not until the publication of Bronislaw Malinowski’s Diary and Talal Asad’s Anthropology and the Colonial …
Dreams Made Small: The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia
Jenny Munro’s ethnography Dreams Made Small: The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia is an important contribution to the literature of West Papua.1 Examining Papuan experience of migration
Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia
Adat Institutionalisation, the State and the Quest for Self-Determination in West Papua
In West Papua, which encompasses the Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia, adat has been codified as an integral part of decentralised governance and development policies. Unlike other places where adat has been institutionalised, the institutionalisation of adat governance in West Papua is marked by contestation not only between different forms of adat institutions but also by competing political ideologies of national liberation. By trac…
Freeport and the States: Politics of Corporations and Contemporary Colonialism in West Papua
Corporations often claim to be economic actors solely interested in capital accumulation. However, historical and anthropological scholarship has argued they have had outsized political roles, especially during high colonialism when transnational corporations such as the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company shaped colonial entities. This article explores the case of American mining company Freeport-McMoRan, which runs the w…
Pig-feast democracy: Direct local elections and the making of a plural political order in West Papua
In most Melanesian societies, pig feasts have been declining in recent years, owing to the incursion of Christianity and the modern economy. But in Indonesia-occupied West Papua, pig feasts are being held more often, and at a greater scale, than ever. The feasts are taking place in the context of West Papua's "special autonomy" status and Indonesia's democratic reforms, which have established direct local elections (pilkada) in the region. The bo…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)