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Resisting Without Violence: KNPB and Transnational Advocacy Network Towards West Papua Referendum 非暴力抵抗:西巴布亚公民投票的KNPB和跨国倡导网络

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.5

Riedno Graal Taliawo, Valina Singka Subekti, Julian aldrian Pasha

{"title":"Resisting Without Violence: KNPB and Transnational Advocacy Network Towards West Papua Referendum","authors":"Riedno Graal Taliawo, Valina Singka Subekti, Julian aldrian Pasha","doi":"10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"After Indonesia’s authoritarianism collapsed in 1998, the fight for independence in West Papua became diversified, focused on physical resistance and strategic international diplomatic steps. The National Committee for West Papua (Komite Nasional Papua Barat or KNPB) is an organisation that tends to use a non-physical and non-violence approach. The approach garners support from the international community as they fight for the right of self-determination for the people of West Papua. KNPB’s international diplomacy has become a sort of strategic shift in the struggle of the West Papuan people, which initially tended to be instrumental, but eventually became wider by adopting a transnational advocacy network. This study uses the theoretical framework of non-violent resistance from Gene Sharp in explaining KNPB’s movement and the transnational advocacy network from Keck and Sikkink to explain KNPB’s international political relations. This research relies on documentation studies and interviews with key figures in the struggle for Referendum and Papuan independence. KNPB has consistently linked its local actions with independence movements and the global struggle for human rights. KNPB often frames its efforts as a part of their struggle to reject violence against the people of West Papua. The non-violent resistance movements and actions carried out by KNPB are indeed directed to gain public attention, especially from the international public. Their approach aims to show the Referendum’s importance and create an international agenda related to Indonesia’s actions in West Papua.","PeriodicalId":42665,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80351945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Providing Access to Higher Education for Refugees: Comparative Analysis and Policy Recommendations for South Korea 为难民提供高等教育:对韩国的比较分析和政策建议

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.8

Hee-Soo Lee, B. Howe

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Non-Religious and Ethnic Orientations in the Voting Process: A Recent Study of Javanese Voters 投票过程中的非宗教和民族取向:爪哇选民的最新研究

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.6

Wawan Sobari

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Legitimising Martial Law: Framing The 1974 Battle of Jolo (Sulu, Philippines) in the Bulletin Today Newspaper 戒严令合法化:1974年Jolo战役的框架(苏禄，菲律宾)，今日公报

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.3

Elgin Glenn R. Salomon

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Book review: Victor T. King and Stephen C. Druce (Eds.). Origins, History and Social Structure in Brunei Darussalam. London: Routledge, 2021 and Continuity and Change in Brunei Darussalam. London: Routledge, 2021. 书评:Victor T. King和Stephen C. Druce(主编)。文莱达鲁萨兰国的起源、历史和社会结构。伦敦:劳特利奇，2021和文莱达鲁萨兰国的连续性和变化。伦敦:劳特利奇出版社，2021。

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.10

A. Embong

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Perceptions of Deliberate Self-Harm in Thailand: The Role of Gender and Public Stigmas 泰国对故意自残的看法:性别和公众耻辱感的作用

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.7

Nitcha Petchpul, Douglas Rhein

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Narratives of Resistance Towards Stigmatised Refugee Identities in Malaysia 抵制马来西亚难民身份污名化的叙述

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.4

Charity Lee

{"title":"Narratives of Resistance Towards Stigmatised Refugee Identities in Malaysia","authors":"Charity Lee","doi":"10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"The tendency to frame refugees as problems and threats has often fuelled negative attitudes among residents of the host countries towards refugees. This can contribute to overall hostile dominant discourses surrounding asylum seekers and refugees. Guided by narrative analysis, this article examines how refugees living in Malaysia cope with stigma through their personal narratives of the refugee experience. The topic is particularly relevant in the Malaysian context due to an increase in recent years in the visibility and the numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, of whom about 182,780 are registered but have no legal status, leading to barriers to protection rights and assistance during their displacement. The narratives presented here provide some description of how refugees in Malaysia experience stigma and the ways in which they have navigated hostile situations. More importantly, the narratives display awareness of the stigmatised identities imposed on refugees and illustrate the range of narrative strategies available to refugees to resist and offer alternative ways of being. These strategies include blaming or rejecting the discrimination, appropriating the Malaysian identity, assuming the good citizen identity, and passing for another person.","PeriodicalId":42665,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies","volume":"140 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84049772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Book review: Arturo Oropeza García and Evi Fitriani [Coordinators]. The Role of The Southeast Asian Nations and the New Global Order. Mexico: Institute for Legal Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2022 书评:Arturo Oropeza García和Evi Fitriani[协调员]。东南亚国家的角色与全球新秩序。墨西哥:墨西哥国立自治大学法律研究所，2022年

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.9

B. Iqbal

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Climate Refugees or Future Migrant Labour Force: A Decolonial Critique of Matthieu Rytz’s Anote’s Ark (2018) and Climate Displacement Discourse in the Pacific 气候难民或未来的移民劳动力:对马修·雷茨的《阿诺特的方舟》(2018)和太平洋地区气候流离失所话语的非殖民化批评

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.1

Ti-han Chang

{"title":"Climate Refugees or Future Migrant Labour Force: A Decolonial Critique of Matthieu Rytz’s Anote’s Ark (2018) and Climate Displacement Discourse in the Pacific","authors":"Ti-han Chang","doi":"10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Between 2010 to 2020, the global media generally had a very positive view of the voluntary migration schemes or humanitarian refugee visas promised by their Pacific allies (e.g., Australia and New Zealand). However, the actual implementation of climate migrants’ relocation tells a different story, particularly in the case of I-Kiribati people. This paper examines Australian and New Zealand’s governmental policies of immigration for the Pacific islanders over the last two decades. Drawing on a decolonial theoretical approach inspired by Jonathan Pugh, David Chandler and Elizabeth DeLoughrey, in conjunction with Prem Kumar Rajaram’s post-Marxist migrant economy theory, this paper argues that the Australian and New Zealand governments ultimately only paid lip service to humanitarian aid for climate displaced people. In fact, the proposed schemes for I-Kiribati people or other Pacific climate migrants ultimately serve to convert the migrant populations into the host country’s labour force, of use for its neoliberal economy. The second half of the paper turns to an analysis of an award-winning climate documentary produced by a Canadian film maker, Matthieu Rytz. Rytz’s Anote’s Ark (2018) aligns with the “migrating with dignity” policy proposed by the former I-Kiribati president, Anote Tong. Bringing in Malcom Ferdinand’s decolonial analysis of the figure of Noah’s ark in the climate discourse, the paper problematises the general political consensus advanced by this particular type of contemporary climate documentary and challenges the feasibility of the “migrating with dignity” approach. Most importantly, it questions whether climate migrants can truly build a future with dignity in their host country if they are conditioned to supply the migrant labour market.","PeriodicalId":42665,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73005497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dialogue Performance and Re-Establishment of “Tradition” in the Tầm Vu Vegetarian Festival in Long An, Vietnam Contributors: 越南龙安Tầm武素食节的对话表演与“传统”的重建

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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.2

Le Thi Bich Diep, Nguyễn Ngọc Đan Thanh

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