Animating freedom: Accompanying Indigenous struggles for self-determination: 2019 (Backhouse Lectures) - Softcover

MacLeod, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925231976 ISBN 13: 9781925231977

Publisher: Digital Publishing Centre, 2019

Synopsis

In 1991, Jason MacLeod travelled to occupied West Papua. That visit changed his life. Eight years later, in 1999, Jason made a thirty-year commitment to journey in solidarity with West Papuans as they search for nonviolent ways out of occupation. Since then he has been regularly traveling inside the country. He has walked alongside Papuan leaders as they travelled from West Papua to Washington; Port Moresby to Port Vila. It is a journey has taken him deep into the mountains and forests of West Papua; from the halls of power to the inside of police interrogation rooms. In this Backhouse Lecture, Jason shares what he has learnt about accompanying West Papuans – and to a lesser extent Aboriginal people, Bougainvilleans and East Timorese – in their struggle for self-determination. Through personal stories, he tries to make sense of this experience in ways that might speak more broadly to Quakers. This lecture is a deeply personal reflection on what one person thinks it takes to animate freedom and accompany Indigenous peoples on a journey from empire to the ‘good life.’

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About the Author

Jason MacLeod has been accompanying the struggle for liberation in West Papua since 1991. Aneducator, organiser and researcher, Jason works with local communities, campaigns and environmental and social justice movements in Australia, Asia and Oceania. He is a Quaker and descendant of crofters from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. He lives on Jagera and Turrbal Country and is a member of the Meanjin (Brisbane) Meeting.

Edition details

• Publisher: Digital Publishing Centre
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925231976
• ISBN 13: 9781925231977
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72