A Chance for Self-Reflection

ISBN-13: 9783838351742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 88 str.

Lise Johansen

Opis

This study examines the flow of information among the indigenous people on the Mentawai archipelago in the Republic of Indonesia after the implementation of decentralisation. On the background of Foucaults theory of power-knowledge, this study sought to understand the current democratic situation on Mentawai and how decades of suppression has created an identity problem for the indigenous people. The study took a close look at the local newspaper Puailiggoubat/self- reflection that was founded by the Mentawai NGO Yayasan Citra Mandiri (YCM) for the purpose of providing local news to the indigenous people of Mentawai.

O autorze

Lise Johansen completed her field studies in Indonesia in 2008, as part of her Master studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. After graduating, she has been working for the Norwegian Research Council, the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning and on security issues at the Norwegian Atlantic Comittee.