INTERSEKSI'S RESEARCH AGENDA
2003/2004 2004/2005 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009
Action Research on Conflict Prevention During General Election 2004 in Four Post-Conflict Areas: Research on Minority Rights and Multiculturalisme Phase I in: Research on Minority Rights and Multiculturalism Phase 2 in: Audio-Visual Research on Minority Rights in: Research on Minority Rights and Multiculturalism Phase 3 in:
Ambon, Maluku Wetu Telu Community, Lombok, East Nusa Tenggara Wong Tengger Community, East Java ToWana Community, Morowali, Central Sulawesi Mentawai Community, Siberut, West Sumatra
Singkawang, Central Kalimantan ToWana Community, Central Sulawesi Ahmadiyah Moslem Community, Cianjur, West Java Orang Sakai Community, Riau
Poso, Central Sulawesi Tanah Toa Kajang Community, South Sulawesi ToWani Tolotang Community, South Sulawesi Kampung Naga Community, West Java
Sampit, East Kalimantan Dayak Pitap Community, South Kalimantan Parmalim Community in Medan, North Sumatra Agama Buda Community, Lombok, West Nusatenggara
Sedulur Sikep Community, Pati, Central Java Documentary Video in Siberut
Researches on Human Rights in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Medan



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Since it was legally established as an independent legal body in 2003, interseksi has conducted several researches on various subjects in Poso, Sampit, Singkawang, Ambon, Bulukumba, Central Java, Lombok, Morowali, and South Kalimantan. In the year 2006 we are about to dispatch our research team to Hotatinggi in North Sumatra, Tolotan community in Sidrap, South Sulawesi, and some other places in the country. Currently, our researches are mainly focused at the intersection of political and cultural issues that Indonesian people are confronted with during the transitional period resulted from the demise of the old authoritarian political regime on the one hand, and the emergence of new social formations promoting more just, accountable, and democratic system on the other.

Our first research was on the role of Conflict Entrepreneurs in the violent conflicts in Maluku between the Moslems and the Christians that took place in 1999 to 2000. The research was also aimed at seeking theoretical possibilities of utilizing the concept of conflict entrepreneur in potraying various conflicts in contemporary Indonesia. This was a literature investigation research, and was sponsored by the Japan Foundation, Jakarta. We are working hard on finalizing the report on it, and are planning to extend it through field research sometime in the future.

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The second research was on Conflict Prevention during the Last General Election in Indonesia. Sponsored by the Tifa Foundation, Jakarta, this was actually a combination of field research and strategic action in preventing conflict in four post-conflict areas in Indonesia, ie., Poso in Central Sulawesi, Singkawang in West Kalimantan, Ambon in Molucas, and Sampit in Central Kalimantan. In addition to the field research, we also undertook some collaborative actions with several local NGOs in the respective areas. We published the result in a book entitled Konflik dan Pemilu. Civic Engagement dalam Pemilu 2004. Kasus Empat Daerah Pasca Konflik di Indonesia.

The third research, which was also sponsored by the Tifa Foundation, Jakarta, was on Minority Rights and Multiculturalism in Five Local Communities in Indonesia. This is a three-year project that interseksi is going to conduct in collaboration with some other parties in the various locations. The very notion of this activity is how to trace or to map the issues on multiculturalism and its lingkage to the minority rights problem faced by local communities throughout the country. The finding of our first phase research project has just been released in a book entitled Hak Minoritas. Dilema Multikulturalisme di Indonesia. The book has received some very positive reviews and has been used as a teaching material in some universities in Indonesia.

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In 2006/2007 we organized a further reseach on minority rights and multiculturalism in Indonesia. It consisted of two interrelated activities: policy research and field research in four, in Gramscian terminology, subaltern communities throughout the country. Our focus was on the processes of minoritization the local communities have to deal with in their entire life. We have just published the result of the research on a book entitled Hak Minoritas. Multikulturalisme dan Dilema Negara Bangsa. We believe the book will make positive contribution to the efforts of advocating minority rights and to the advancement of discourses on multiculturalism in the country.

In 2007/2008 our research on minority rights issues will be focused to East Indonesian regions.

We are going to put some excerpts of our research reports on this site. Please check it out later. Summary of our finding will be available for downloading here soon too .