This stillness, this lack of incident

Making conflict visible in West Papua

Bibliographic Data

ID7099516
AuthorsSimon Philpott (Newcastle University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume50
Issue2
Pages259-277
Publication date2018-03-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4810 • E-ISSN: 1472-6033
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14672715.2018.1445537
OpenAlexW2787641005
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited23

This article examines how the ongoing conflict in West Papua between state security forces and Papuan independence activists is made visible in activist social media postings in their attempts to draw attention to the violence, abuses, and problems in Indonesia's easternmost province. The use of social media may provide new avenues for raising awareness about the conflict and its consequences. However, a social media strategy that contrasts the innocence and justness of the Papuan people with the violence and barbarity of other Indonesian peoples and the state risks entrenching established tropes which may serve to discourage broader support for West Papuan pleas for justice and independence

Criminology · Independence (probability theory · Indonesian · Innocence · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law

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