The Impact of Communication on the Future of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Papua: Understanding the Meaning of Special Autonomy in Papuan Perceptions

Handrini Ardiyanti, Ilya Revianti Sudjono

2018

Abstract

Communication is the key to reconciliation between divided communities because it can build or undermine perceptions of shared purpose or connection. This research explores the future of reconciliation and peace building between the central government of Indonesia and leaders of the province of Papua. The research uses in-depth interview with the chairman and members of the Papua House of Representatives and the Papuan People's Assembly in the work period of 2009 to 2014 to explore how Papuan legislators perceived the central government introduction of Special Autonomy provisions for the province. The finding suggests that the Papuan leaders see that central government only understands the issue of autonomy from their own, Jakarta-based perspective. This understanding is acquired because of a lack of communication between central government and leaders of the province of Papua. Therefore Indonesia’s central government needs to perform dialogue for peacebuilding and facilitates discussion on the role of opinion leaders in peace and reconciliation efforts and the effectiveness of two-stage communication in the discussion.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ardiyanti H. and Sudjono I. (2018). The Impact of Communication on the Future of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Papua: Understanding the Meaning of Special Autonomy in Papuan Perceptions.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1474-1481. DOI: 10.5220/0009930414741481

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Handrini Ardiyanti and Ilya Revianti Sudjono},
title={The Impact of Communication on the Future of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Papua: Understanding the Meaning of Special Autonomy in Papuan Perceptions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1474-1481},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009930414741481},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The Impact of Communication on the Future of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Papua: Understanding the Meaning of Special Autonomy in Papuan Perceptions
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Ardiyanti H.
AU - Sudjono I.
PY - 2018
SP - 1474
EP - 1481
DO - 10.5220/0009930414741481