Dreams Made Small

The Education of Papuan Highlanders in Indonesia

Jenny Munro (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-686-0 (ISBN)

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Dreams Made Small offers an in-depth, ethnographic look at journeys of education among young Papuans under Indonesian rule, ultimately revealing how dreams of transformation, equality, and belonging are shaped and reshaped in the face of multiple constraints.

For the last five decades, the Dani of the central highlands of West Papua, along with other Papuans, have struggled with the oppressive conditions of Indonesian rule. Formal education holds the promise of escape from stigmatization and violence. Dreams Made Small offers an in-depth, ethnographic look at journeys of education among young Dani men and women, asking us to think differently about education as a trajectory for transformation and belonging, and ultimately revealing how dreams of equality are shaped and reshaped in the face of multiple constraints.

Jenny Munro is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, alcohol, violence and sovereignty in West Papua.

List of Figures and Maps

Acknowledgments

Introduction: New Promises, Old Problems

Chapter 1. Ethno-Racial and Political Dreams of Education in Wamena

Chapter 2. ‘Newcomers’ and ‘Masters of the Land’ in North Sulawesi

Chapter 3. Stigma, Fear, and Shame: Dani Encounters with Racial and Political Formations in North Sulawesi

Chapter 4. ‘Discipline is Important’: Aspirations and Encounters on Campus

Chapter 5. Belonging, Expertise and Conflict in Highlanders’ Social World Abroad

Chapter 6. ‘Study First’: Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Survival in the 'City of Free Sex'

Chapter 7. Doing Good Things in a Dani Modernity

Conclusion: Koteka Questions

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2026
Reihe/Serie	ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 22 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-83695-686-X / 183695686X
ISBN-13	978-1-83695-686-0 / 9781836956860
Zustand	Neuware