Potential of noken as part of a creative economy in improving the economy of indigenous Papuans

Abstract

As a traditional indigenous product from Papua that is recognized by the world through UNESCO as world heritage and intangible property, noken must be able to improve the economy of the people of Papua. The purpose of writing this article is to determine the extent of the potential of noken as part of the creative economy in improving the economy of the people of Papua. It had arranged with qualitative descriptive writing types and literature study methods by reading, recording and exploring study materials sourced from journals, books, articles, magazines, newspapers and other documents in printed or electronic form which were then evaluated and analyzed. The results obtained from this writing that in terms of the creative economy, noken has enormous potential as part of it because it is realized through ideas and high creative power. In terms of increasing the Noken economy, it also has excellent potential to guarantee the welfare of indigenous Papuans. To support both of them, an active role of the government is needed as a forum to guarantee and channel ideas of indigenous Papuan creations.