BOVEN DIGOEL DALAM PANGGUNG SEJARAH INDONESIA: Dari Pergerakan : Nasional Hingga Otonomi Khusus Papua
Abstract: This study focuses
on the role Boven Digoel for the Indonesian nation in the struggle for
independence. The research method is a method of history to the stage of
research, searches historical sources, source criticism, interpretation, and
writing of history. Boven Digoel selected as a place of exile of the movement
because of factors: the more intense the radical movement (communists) in
Indonesia period 1925-1927 which manifests itself in a variety of labor strikes
and revolts; Holland is a minor colonial power compared with the Spanish,
Portuguese, French and English - that is to say, only the Dutch East Indies
(Indonesia) which has a strategic significance for the survival of colonialism;
Boven Digoel very far away from the center of government in Batavia covered by
dense woods, filled with swamps and deserted-silent with various wild animals,
ferociously malaria mosquitoes, and the original is still cannibals; Boven
Digoel as the 'Land of Hope' or the future of the movement who did not return
origin region. With discarded in Boven Digoel of the movement 'disconnected' at
all with the people, so that they can not spread the ideas and the ideas of
nationalism. Boven Digoel instrumental in the Stage History of Modern
Indonesia, in particular, the national movement. Now in the Era of Reform and
Special Autonomy for Papua, the existence of historical sites in Boven Digoel
must be managed properly to the benefit of education and tourism development.
Penulis: Susanto T. Handoko
Kode Jurnal: jpsejarahdd160154