Governing New Guinea; An oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990

This is the first time that indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administrat...

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מחבר ראשי: Visser, Leontine
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description This is the first time that indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administration until 1962. The period 1962-1969 stands out as turbulent and dangerous, and for many curtailed their professional careers. These administrators’ having been in active service until their retirement in the early 1990s allows for a complete recounting of political and administrative transformations under the Indonesian governance of Irian Jaya/Papua. This book brings together 17 oral histories of the everyday life of Papuan civil servants, including their relationships with superiors and colleagues, the murder of a Dutch administrator, their translation of ‘development’ to the Papuan people, the organization of their first democratic institutions, and the actual political and economic conditions leading up to the so-called Act of Free Choice. Finally, they share their experiences in the UNTEA and Indonesian government organization. Leontine Visser is Professor of Development Anthropology at Wageningen University. Her research focuses on governance and natural resources management in eastern Indonesia.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-306382025-07-30T10:21:43Z Governing New Guinea; An oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990 Visser, Leontine public administration papua political history post-colonial politics indigenous administrators new guinea Adat Biak Indonesia Jayapura Netherlands Western New Guinea thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History This is the first time that indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administration until 1962. The period 1962-1969 stands out as turbulent and dangerous, and for many curtailed their professional careers. These administrators’ having been in active service until their retirement in the early 1990s allows for a complete recounting of political and administrative transformations under the Indonesian governance of Irian Jaya/Papua. This book brings together 17 oral histories of the everyday life of Papuan civil servants, including their relationships with superiors and colleagues, the murder of a Dutch administrator, their translation of ‘development’ to the Papuan people, the organization of their first democratic institutions, and the actual political and economic conditions leading up to the so-called Act of Free Choice. Finally, they share their experiences in the UNTEA and Indonesian government organization. Leontine Visser is Professor of Development Anthropology at Wageningen University. Her research focuses on governance and natural resources management in eastern Indonesia. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2012-10-09 00:00:00 2020-04-01T15:17:38Z 2012 book 428891 OCN: 1030814973 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34465 9789004260450 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30638 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34465/1/428891.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34465/1/428891.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34465/1/428891.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34465/1/428891.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34465/1/428891.pdf Brill 10.26530/OAPEN_428891 10.26530/OAPEN_428891 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789004260450 358 Leiden - Boston open access
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Governing New Guinea; An oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990
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papua
political history
post-colonial politics
indigenous administrators
new guinea
Adat
Biak
Indonesia
Jayapura
Netherlands
Western New Guinea
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Western New Guinea
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