Governing New Guinea : an oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) (author)
Corporate Author: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands), author (author)
Other Authors: Visser, Leontine (auth), Visser, Leontine E., editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden - Boston Brill 2012
Leiden, The Netherlands : 2012.
Series:Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Papua New Guinea > Politics and government.
Civil service > Papua New Guinea.
Oral history > Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea > Politics and government.
public administration
papua
political history
post-colonial politics
indigenous administrators
new guinea
Adat
Biak
Indonesia
Jayapura
Netherlands
Western New Guinea
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419784106719
Table of Contents:
  • The everyday life of Papuan civil servants 1950-1990 / Leontine Visser
  • Do not insult Papuans in front of me / Trajanus S. Boekorsjom
  • Accused of being a separatist / Dolf Faidiban
  • They falsified my name / Arnold Mampioper
  • The three-month war in panai / Gerrit Jan Iauri
  • Two keys to attracting the baliem people / Dorus Rumbiak
  • Meeting the tree people / Alex Wamafma
  • Koteka are better than pants / Joel Boray
  • Surprised to see beggars / Luther Saroy
  • Clearing an airfield with wooden logs / Florenz Imbiri
  • Corpse eating and an illicit cult / Lambert Marani
  • I was appointed governor / Barnabas Suebu
  • Between Isaac Hindom and Acub Zainal / Ismael Bauw
  • The role of teachers in governing communities / Alex Sawaki and Marthin Senandi
  • We were not given access to proper education / Marthin Senandi
  • Twins must be killed / Dirk Bernardus Urus
  • Feeling guilty about helping Freeport / Amos Yap
  • Tears on the plane / Amapos Jos Marey.

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