Colonialism and Cold Genocide: The Case of West Papua

Authors

Kjell Anderson, Netherlands Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide StudiesFollow

Abstract

Conventional understandings of genocide are rooted in the ‘Holocaust model’: intense mass killing directed at the immediate destruction of the group. Yet, such conceptions do not encompass cases of so-called “slow-motion” genocide, where the destruction of the group may occur over generations. The destruction of indigenous groups often follows such a pattern. This article examines the case of West Papua with a view to developing a new analytical model distinguishing high-intensity “hot” genocides, motivated by hate and the victims’ threatening nature, with low-intensity “cold genocides,” rooted in victims’ supposed inferiority.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1270

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Kjell (2015) "Colonialism and Cold Genocide: The Case of West Papua," Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal: Vol. 9: Iss. 2: 9-25.
DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1270