“I Then Called My Father Straight Away to Ask”: Educational School Trips and Cultural Identity

Abstract

The authenticity and promotion of cultural immersion developed in cultural places has been seen to provide meaningful experiences and, at the same time, present unique aspects of cultural identity to student visitors. Conducting research in the Cultural Museum of Cenderawasih University and Abar village in Papua, Indonesia, this paper highlights how native Papuan students make meaning within a cultural context and identify their own identities based on an educational school trip. Moreover, the paper underlines students’ responses on cultural issues and threats resulted from their reflective experience.