Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua

Transmigration has been applied in Indonesia as a development and population distribution strategy. Historically, the Indonesian transmigration program has a long story since the Ethical Policy until now. Furthermore, transmigration had been claimed and became the primary strategy of development in...

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Autores principales: Irin Oktafiani, Herry Yogaswara
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d629d7a186234ea39faea950a7f0e2a52021-11-08T23:09:08ZTransmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua10.31947/etnosia.v5i2.107232527-93192548-9747https://doaj.org/article/d629d7a186234ea39faea950a7f0e2a52020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/etnosia/article/view/10723https://doaj.org/toc/2527-9319https://doaj.org/toc/2548-9747Transmigration has been applied in Indonesia as a development and population distribution strategy. Historically, the Indonesian transmigration program has a long story since the Ethical Policy until now. Furthermore, transmigration had been claimed and became the primary strategy of development in the New Order. Despite all the hope about transmigration, people considered this program failed nationally because its top-down system has caused a new problem in the destination area. However, some transmigrants have been succeeded and struggled in the new area. This paper described the bright side of what-so-called failed transmigration in Segun, Sorong, West Papua. Data are collected by multi-sited ethnography with observation and in-depth interviews of two successful Javanese families in Segun. In conclusion, this paper argues that although the program has failed nationally, each transmigrant had its strategy to survive and succeed in the new area.Irin OktafianiHerry YogaswaraHasanuddin UniversityarticleWest PapuaTransmigrationAdaptationethnographyEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENIDEtnosia, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2020)
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topic West Papua
Transmigration
Adaptation
ethnography
Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
GN301-674
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Transmigration
Adaptation
ethnography
Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
GN301-674
Irin Oktafiani
Herry Yogaswara
Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua
description Transmigration has been applied in Indonesia as a development and population distribution strategy. Historically, the Indonesian transmigration program has a long story since the Ethical Policy until now. Furthermore, transmigration had been claimed and became the primary strategy of development in the New Order. Despite all the hope about transmigration, people considered this program failed nationally because its top-down system has caused a new problem in the destination area. However, some transmigrants have been succeeded and struggled in the new area. This paper described the bright side of what-so-called failed transmigration in Segun, Sorong, West Papua. Data are collected by multi-sited ethnography with observation and in-depth interviews of two successful Javanese families in Segun. In conclusion, this paper argues that although the program has failed nationally, each transmigrant had its strategy to survive and succeed in the new area.
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title Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua
title_short Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua
title_full Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua
title_fullStr Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua
title_full_unstemmed Transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: Portraits of Transmigrant Families in Sorong Regency, West Papua
title_sort transmigration program can be failed, but transmigrant stay life: portraits of transmigrant families in sorong regency, west papua
publisher Hasanuddin University
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