Narratives of government and church among the Imyan of Papua/Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Government agents, foreign corporations and aid agents coming into contact with people such as the Imyan described in this paper, should not assume that they can ease their way by having an understanding of "Papuan values" or even something as specific as "Imyan traditional values". The values of the Imyan are dynamic and under stress. They are products of the recent past, particular Imyan perceptions of who they were, and who they might be. Moreover, they are shaped through increasing discrepancies between Imyan experiences and expectations that show no sign of abating. This paper illustrates... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Working/Technical Paper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
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Canberra
ACT: State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM) School of International Political and Strategic Studies College of Asia & the Pacific The Australian National University |
Schlagwörter: | church / Imyan traditional values / Protestantism / Dutch colonialism / Indonesian state / Papua/IrianJaya / Papuan values / government |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26691111 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/42123 |