Subcultures Terrorism in Pegunungan Tengah Papua

Papahit, Hans Ita and Damayanti, Angel (2022) Subcultures Terrorism in Pegunungan Tengah Papua. Res Militaris, 12 (2). pp. 135-155. ISSN 2265 6294

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Abstract

Contemporary studies on terrorism in Pegunungan Tengah Papua identified injustice, marginalization, and subculture as the causes of crime. One possible trigger of marginalization of Papuan Indigenous People (OAP) is unfair development which creates conditions of anomie and collectively forms a new culture or subculture different from the dominant one. The Indonesian government’s statement regarding Kelompok Kriminal Bersenjata (KKB) as a terrorist organization brings a new perspective on understanding radicalism, intolerance and terror acts in Papua. Therefore, this research examines terrorism from the perspective of socio�criminology, anthropology, and green criminology. Data were collected through field research and interviews with OAP and Papuan activists. The finding showed that the root cause of terrorism in this region is the failure of the government to understand the OAP radicalism on the value of the sanctity of the land and the sacredness of nature conservation since its declaration in 1963. When the government forced a Jakarta version of development contradicting the values of the sanctity of the land and the sacredness of nature conservation, the OAP responded in two ways: retreating and rebelling by the KTB in six counties. Therefore, a new ethnic-development model perspective is needed to end such protracted terrorism. Keywords: Papua, KTB, terrorism, radicalism, development, subculture

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