1st Edition
Torture and Peacebuilding in Indonesia The Case of Papua
By Budi Hernawan
Copyright 2018
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
250 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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State-sponsored torture and peacebuilding encapsulate the essence of many of the current conflicts in Indonesia. Papua in particular provides a thought-provoking example of the intricacy and complexity of building peace amidst enduring conflict and violence. This book examines the complex power relations that have constructed the gruesome picture of the fifty-year practice of torture in... Read more
1. Locating Torture in Papua 2. Reconstructing Torture 3. A Geneaology of Torture 4. The Anatomy of Torture 5. Theatre of Torture 6. Theatre of Peace: Re-imagining "Papua Land of Peace" 7. Lenses on Torture and Peacebuilding
Biography
Budi Hernawan is Lecturer at Driyarkara School of Philosophy in Jakarta, Indonesia and Research Fellow at Abdurahman Wahid Centre for Interfaith Dialogue and Peace at Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to his academic career, the author worked as a human rights activist in the conflict area of Papua, Indonesia (1997-2009).
"This is brave and important work, and hopefully more scholars and activists will be able to build on the contribution that Hernawan has made towards this remarkably challenging task." - Michael Main, The Australian National University
