Jurnal Antropologi: Isu-Isu Sosial budaya
Vol 24, No 2 (2022): (December)

The Resilience of the Indigenous People Towards Natural Disasters: Case of Central Mountains of Papua

Normalia Ode Yanthy (Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Jayapura, Jayapura, Papua)
Yannice Luma Marnala Sitorus (Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Jayapura, Jayapura, Papua)
Anggia Riani Nurmaningtyas (Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Jayapura, Jayapura, Papua)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Dec 2022

Abstract

The resilience of the indigenous people of Papua towards natural disasters has been questioned because of the large number of casualties post disasters deaths which should have been handled differently considering their knowledge and closeness to nature; thus, it should be easy for them to adapt in times of natural changes. This study is aimed at investigating the resilience of the indigenous people of Papua in the central mountains of Papua towards disasters based on secondary data. Study results showed that the resilience of indigenous people of the central mountains of Papua towards disasters is more influenced by social factors than ecology since, generally, the ecological system in the disaster area in the central mountains of  Papua has not experienced much change. The social factors are, among others, the impact of modern civilization, which has not been well adapted by the indigenous people, and the lack of skills of local stakeholders in disaster mitigation. Disaster mitigation should be in the form of improvement of the social condition of indigenous people of the central mountains area of Papua to perfect their civilization towards a more prosperous life

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jantro

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Subject

Arts Humanities Social Sciences

Description

The criteria of the submitted article covers the following types of article: first, the article presents the results of an ethnographic/qualitative research in certain topic and is related with ethnic/social groups in Indonesia; second, the article is an elaborated discussion of applied and ...