From Ethno-Nationalism To Nationalism: Portrait of Indonesian-Ness High School Students Jayapura

Jayapura has several villages bordering the state of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The uniqueness of Jayapura is the existence of indigenous villages amid of urbanization and migration which is the current issue in Papua. Some high school students in Jayapura come from this indigenous village. This study aims to describe from Papuan-ness (ethno-nationalism) to Indonesianness (nationalism) of high school students in Jayapura. This study was conducted by using a qualitative research design. The result showed that there were three categories of Indonesian-ness identity of the high school students in Jayapura: primordial collective consciousness, awareness of national symbols, and awareness of national ideology. This study shows the relationships and comparisons between ethnonationalism and nationalism of students from villages and urban in Jayapura.