Freedom in entangled worlds : West Papua and the architecture of global power / Eben Kirksey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirksey, Eben, 1976-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papua (Indonesia)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Papua (Indonesia).

Papua (Indonesia)--Politics and government--1963-.

Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eben Kirksey first went to West Papua, the Indonesian-controlled half of New Guinea, as an exchange student in 1998. His later study of West Papua's resistance to the Indonesian occupiers and the forces of globalization morphed as he discovered that collaboration, rather than resistance, was the primary strategy of this dynamic social movement. Accompanying indigenous activists to Washington, London, and the offices of the oil giant BP, Kirksey saw the revolutionaries' knack for getting inside institutions of power and building coalitions with unlikely allies, including many Indonesians.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Breakout, 1998-2000

Interlude: the king has left the palace, Java, May 1998

The messianic multiple, July 1998

From the rhizome to the banyan, August 1998-November 2000

pt. 2. Plateau, 2000-2002

Interlude: freeport Sweet Potato Distribution inc

Entangled worlds at war, 2000-2001

Don't use your data as a pillow

Innocents murdered, innocent murderers, August 31, 2002

pt. 3. Horizons, 2002-2029

Interlude: bald grandfather Willy

First voice honey center, 2002-2008

Epilogue: the tube, 2006-2029.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613523648

9781280119590

1280119594

9780822394761

0822394766

OCLC:

779613902