Glimpse into the course catalogue: Contemporary Art and Resistance in West Papua (and Indonesia)Registrations open on February 20, 2023

13 February 2023, by AAI Webmaster

Photo: Ignasius Dicky Takndare

This seminar discusses how land grabbing and female resistance to it are depicted in contemporary art from West Papua and Indonesia.

This drawing by Ignasius Dicky Takndare shows an indigenous woman in West Papua who wants to protect her child and the forests that are her livelihood. The Indonesian state and big agro-corporations are grabbing the land and forests, usually without taking into account the ancestral land rights of the people living there, without informing them in advance, and without asking for their consent. For the women who work the land but are generally excluded from negotiations on the use or sale of land, this threatens their existence - it is like a stab in the back. Dicky Takndare uses this image to denounce land grabbing and at the same time to honour the women of West Papua and their resistance against it.

Registration for this course is possible on STiNE under the number 57-314. More information on this and other seminars can also be found in the current course catalogue.