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Research Training Workshop: Understanding Conflict from Its Core: West Papua Case

Short Report of Open Seminar (6/9/2016):


West Papua Case

Guest Speaker: Nino Viartasiwi, Ph.D. candidate, Graduate school International Relations,

Ritsumeikan University

This seminar is about to critically identify of what conflicts are happening in West Papua and describe how to conduct research in this conflicted area. For the first, the seminar at a glance learn the conflicts beyond separatism that has been following democratization after the fall of Suharto and how the conflicts have been exploited and sustained by the elite predators. For the later, the presenter underlines the challenges and opportunities to do fieldwork and to understand the nature of the conflict in West Papua.

This seminar was held in Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, on June 9, 2016, hosted by Ritsumeikan University's Graduate School of International Relations, the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), Approximately 20 participants attended the workshop.


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