Proceedings of the First Brawijaya International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, BSPACE, 26-28 November, 2019, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Music as A Weapon on Asymmetric War between FWPC (Free West Papua Campaign) Against Indonesia

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295195,
        author={M K Jahamou and W M Wiswayana},
        title={Music as A Weapon on Asymmetric War between FWPC (Free West Papua Campaign) Against Indonesia},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First Brawijaya International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, BSPACE, 26-28 November, 2019, Malang, East Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={B-SPACE},
        year={2020},
        month={5},
        keywords={music as a weapon asymmetric war free west papua campaign indonesia},
        doi={10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295195}
    }
    
  • M K Jahamou
    W M Wiswayana
    Year: 2020
    Music as A Weapon on Asymmetric War between FWPC (Free West Papua Campaign) Against Indonesia
    B-SPACE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295195
M K Jahamou1,*, W M Wiswayana2
  • 1: Airlangga University, Surabaya
  • 2: Brawijaya University, Malang
*Contact email: madeline.kisariani.jahamou-2019@fisip.unair.ac.id

Abstract

This study aimed to explained music on asymmetric war between FWPC and Indonesia as a weapon of the FWPC to attacked Indonesia. The method of this study was the propaganda techniques with the object of the study in terms of FWPC music. The results of this study indicate that music is a new weapon that has propaganda techniques in the asymmetric war between FWPC and Indonesia. In political View, the asymmetric war between FWPC and Indonesia was a struggle which is conducted by a weak actor (FWPC) to fight against strong actor (Indonesia) to achieve their purpose of their interests which is to get Freedom from Indonesia. And to achieve their purpose or to winning this asymmetric war they are using music as one of their weapons. There are 2 music’s tittle which FWPC using, it is Sorong Samarai and All Nations. The values which FWPC believes and implied on the lyrics and the video clip depict that the music is one of the weapons on asymmetric war that used by FWPC to against Indonesia.