KONSTRUKSI NASIONALISME DI TENGAH POLITIK IDENTITAS: STUDI KASUS IKATAN PELAJAR DAN MAHASISWA PAPUA DI SURABAYA

CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONALISM IN THE MIDST OF IDENTITY POLITICS: A CASE STUDY OF THE PAPUAN STUDENT AND STUDENT ASSOCIATION IN SURABAYA

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan konstruksi nasionalisme pemuda Papua di tengah politik identitas, apakah merasa Papua bagian dari Indonesia atau Papua bukan bagian dari Indonesia pada Ikatan Pelajar dan Mahasiswa Papua di Surabaya. Fokus penelitian yaitu nasionalisme pemuda Papua. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan desain studi kasus. Informan penelitian ini adalah 2 mahasiswa Papua yang tergabung dalam Ikatan Pelajar dan Mahasiswa Papua di Surabaya. Lokasi penelitian ini adalah asrama mahasiswa Papua di Surabaya Jalan. Kalasan Nomer 10 Pacar Keling, Kecamatan Tambaksari Surabaya. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara mendalam. Teknik analisis data menggunakan model interaktif analisis Miles dan Huberman. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori konstruksi sosial Peter L. Berger. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada dua respon terkait nasionalisme pemuda Papua yaitu: pertama, mereka merasa Papua bagian dari Indonesia karena konstruk nasionalisme Indonesia yang terbangun sehingga menolak Papua merdeka. Kedua mereka merasa bahwa Papua bukan bagian dari Indonesia karena konstruk etnonasionalisme sehingga mendukung gerakan Papua merdeka. Bagi mereka yang menginginkan Papua merdeka karena mereka merasa belum di-Indonesiakan dan dianaktirikan. Mereka masih merasa “terjajah” Indonesia.

Kata Kunci: Nasionalisme, Pemuda Papua, Papua Merdeka

The purpose of this research is to describe the construction of Papuan youth nationalism amid identity politics, whether they feel Papua is part of Indonesia or Papua is not part of Indonesia in the Papuan Student and Student Association in Surabaya. The focus of the research used in this research is Papuan youth nationalism. This research method uses a qualitative approach with a case study design. The informants of this study were 2 Papuan students who are members of the Papuan Student and Student Association in Surabaya. The location of this research is the Papuan student dormitory in Surabaya Jalan. Kalasan Number 10 Pacar Keling, Tambaksari District, Surabaya. Data collection techniques using indepth interviews. The data analysis technique used an interactive model of analysis by Miles and Huberman. This study uses the Peter L. Berger social construction theory. The results of this study resulted in two responses related to the nationalism of Papuan youth, namely the feeling that Papua was part of Indonesia because of the construct of Indonesian nationalism that was built so that they rejected an independent Papua and Papua was not part of Indonesia because of the construct of ethnonationalism so that they supported an independent Papua. Refusing an independent Papua or supporting an independent Papua in accordance with the knowledge built up in Papuan youth regarding the knowledge of nationalism, places the unity of the Indonesian nation and is proud to be the Indonesian nation and the homeland of Indonesia. Those who want Papua to be independent are because they feel they have not been in Indonesia and have been neglected. They still feel colonized by the Indonesian state. Keywords: Nationalism, Papuan youth, Independent Papuan

Keywords:  Nationalism, Papuan youth, Independent Papuan