Ecological Destruction in Indonesia: Reflecting on the Experience of East Kalimantan and Bangka Belitung

Ardianto, Hendra Try; Alfirdaus, Laila Kholid; Manalu, Sonya Rapinta; Kushandajani, Kushandajani

doi:10.4108/eai.21-10-2019.2294380

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“…Underlaying Huggan and Tiffin's ideology which states the latecapitalist world of the twentieth century proposes an ecological crisis that roots in the modern-materialistic civilization and causes men 'the butcher of Earth', Indriyanto in his article explains postcolonial ecocriticism has addressed the aftermath of colonialism in the human intrinsic values (Indriyanto, 2019). This modernity has contributed to ecological destruction, for example, the area of land in East Kalimantan is permitted for the exploitation of natural resources which reaches 13.83 million hectares, even though the total land area of East Kalimantan province is only 12.7 hectares (Ardianto, et. al., 2020).…”

Section: Postcolonial Ecocriticismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nature and People Connection in the Three Selected Indonesian Short Stories

Suryani,

Yarkovska

2024

Kredo J. Ilm. Bhs. dan Sastra

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Asia tidak pernah bebas dari masalah penindasan, marjinalisasi, dan eksploitasi dalam hal ras, politik, ekonomi, gender, dan lain-lain yang dilakukan oleh orang Barat terhadap orang Timur. Pada abad ke-21, perspektif ini telah meluas ke kekuasaan manusia terhadap alam. Isu kerusakan alam dalam beberapa dekade terakhir merupakan hasil dari eksploitasi manusia atas alam yang melibatkan relasi kuasa dan marjinalisasi kaum tertindas dalam konsep kolonialisme. Kerusakan alam, eksploitasi alam, dan marjinalisasi kaum tertindas dalam konteks Asia ditampilkan dalam tiga cerpen Indonesia yang berjudul Pekik Burung Kedasi di Tepi Kahayan (Crying Cuckoos over the Kahayan), Cenning Rara, dan Pohon Pongo (Pongo’s Caring Tree). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mematahkan persepsi Eropa terhadap Asia bahwa Timur adalah wilayah yang terbelakang dan tidak berbudaya serta tidak mampu memimpin dirinya sendiri dalam isu-isu penyelamatan dunia. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kepustakaan. Melalui pendekatan poskolonial ekokritik, hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa (1) cara pandang Eropa terhadap Asia yang tidak berbudaya, tidak berpendidikan, dan tidak mampu menyuarakan pemikirannya adalah menyesatkan, (2) masyarakat Asia memiliki hubungan yang kuat dengan alam dan dapat disejajarkan dengan Eropa untuk membangun dunia dengan cara menyelamatkan alam.Asia has never been free from issues of oppression, marginalization, and exploitation in terms of race, politics, economy, gender, etc. that Westerners have inflicted on Easterners. In the twenty-first century, this perspective has expanded to human power over nature. The issue of natural destruction in recent decades is the result of human exploitation of nature involves power relations and marginalization of the oppressed in the concept of colonialism. The destruction of nature, natural exploitation, and marginalization of the oppressed in the Asian context is shown in three Indonesian short stories entitled Pekik Burung Kedasi di Tepi Kahayan (Crying Cuckoos over the Kahayan), Cenning Rara, and Pohon Pongo (Pongo’s Caring Tree). The purpose of this paper is to break the European perception of Asia that the East is a backward region with uncultured people who are unable to lead themselves in world-saving issues. This study uses library research. Through the ecocritical postcolonial approach, the results state that (1) the European perspective on Asia as uncultured, uneducated, and unable to voice their thoughts is misleading, (2) Asians have a strong relationship with nature and can be aligned with Europe to build the world through saving nature.

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Section: Postcolonial Ecocriticismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nature and People Connection in the Three Selected Indonesian Short Stories

Suryani,

Yarkovska

2024

Kredo J. Ilm. Bhs. dan Sastra

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“…East Kalimantan is the largest producer of coal in Indonesia. Until 2018, coal production capacity in East Kalimantan covered almost 60 percent of national coal production (Extractive Industries Transparency, 2020, Ardianto et. al, 2019).…”

Section: East Kalimantanmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Currently, the production decreases, yet Bangka Belitung remains putting tin mining as the backbone of its economy, in addition to tourism. In 2018, Bangka Belitung produced 70,000 tons of tin ore (Ardianto, 2019), involving PT. Timah, Tbk, a state-owned company, as the main operator, which produced about 40 percent of tin, and the rest 60 percent is by private companies owned by foreign businessmen from China, India, Japan, and Taiwan (Ibrahim, Haryadi & Wahyudi, 2018;Stocklin-Weinberg, 2017;Ibrahim, Haryadi, & Wahyudi, 2018, p. 365) both offshore and onshore.…”

Section: Bangka Belitungmentioning

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The politics of local government environmental evaluations: Assessing bureaucracy in post-Reformasi Indonesia

Alfirdaus

Manalu

2020

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This article argues that bureaucracy plays politics in Indonesia, not only during the electoral periods, but also in public service. Using the case of environmental evaluation in local government, where natural resources comprise most of the local economy, this article discusses the politics of bureaucracy in undergoing daily governing processes. The environment and natural resource businesses are two opposing fields. Environmental evaluation becomes a contentious area and is usually highly political. This article identifies the bureaucracy’s politicisation in environmental evaluation as occuring in at least in two forms—in measurement and in project implementation. In terms of measurement, bureaucracy tends to use minimum standards, while in project implementation, there are some occasions where bureaucracy tends to sub-contract the work to the third party, usually NGOs, especially in relations to sensitive issues, so that it is politically safer for them, once the result is not as pleasing as expected. This article uses some cases in Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Java, and Bangka Belitung, and applied case study as research approach.

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Ecological Destruction in Indonesia: Reflecting on the Experience of East Kalimantan and Bangka Belitung

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Nature and People Connection in the Three Selected Indonesian Short Stories

Nature and People Connection in the Three Selected Indonesian Short Stories

The politics of local government environmental evaluations: Assessing bureaucracy in post-Reformasi Indonesia

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