Are Tibetans Indigenous? The Political Stakes and Potentiality of the Translation of Indigeneity
Dawa Lokyitsang asks what is at stake when Tibetans claim, or reject, the label of Indigenous, and how it can serve their struggle.
The Discursive Art of China’s Colonialism: Reconfiguring Tibetan and State Identities
Dawa Lokyitsang shows how Chinese state discourse hides colonial rule in Tibet by recasting Tibetans as Chinese and the state as their benefactor.
Autonomy over Life: The Struggle against Capitalist Development in West Papua
Saunders, Sherwood and Whyte show how West Papuans resist industrial development imposed on them, and link self-determination to control over the basics of life.
The Struggle for Self-Determination in West Papua (1969–present)
Jason MacLeod traces West Papua’s struggle for self-determination from the 1969 Act of Free Choice to today’s mass civil resistance.
A Slow-Motion Genocide: Indonesian Rule in West Papua
Elmslie and Webb-Gannon argue that Indonesian rule in West Papua meets the legal definition of genocide, including the element of intent.