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24 Int'l J. on Minority & Group Rts. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/ijmgr24 and id is 1 raw text is: z INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON MINORITY AND GROUP BRILL RIGHTS 24 (2017) 1-23 NIJHOFF brill.com/ijgr The Limit of Narratives: Ethnicity and Indigenous Rights in Papua, Indonesia Irene I Hadiprayitno Universiteit Leiden, The Hague, The Netherlands Abstract As in many countries in Asia, the concept indigenous is a highly contested term in Indonesia. The government is of the opinion that Indonesia is a nation that has no indigenous peoples, or that all Indonesians are equally indigenous. The article aims to analyse the role and the paradox of using ethnic narratives, i.e. distinct social, econom- ic or political systems, as well as language, culture and beliefs as their material and po- litical basis, in the articulation of indigenous rights. Upon discussing a case study from Papua, Indonesia, it is observed that the use of ethnic narratives does create opportu- nity structures necessary for the struggles of indigenous rights. However, the salience of these endeavours is shaped by how these groups, their autonomy and marginalisa- tion are positioned in the wider context of development, sovereignty and territoriality, which make them also dependent on the design and orientation of the state. Keywords indigenous peoples - human rights - ethnicity - agricultural modernisation - Papua, Indonesia I Introduction The struggles for the rights of indigenous peoples have begun long before the General Assembly in 2007 adopted the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The Declaration asserts that in- digenous peoples and individuals have the right to belong to an indigenous community or a nation, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the community or nation concerned; they also have the right to determine their @ KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2017 DOI 10.1163/15718115-02401004

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