Living rubber, dead land, and persisting systems in Borneo; Indigenous representations of sustainability

Dove, Michael R.

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“…In his investigations, Dove (1985;1998;, describes that as a developing country, Indonesia is among countries that see development as desired and needed changes, thus traditional cultures hindering the development will be marginalized or even eliminated. It is fallacy.…”

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Land of Hope and Land of the Lost: Study of Power Relations and Local Wisdom Ethnic Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia

Nurdin

Damayanti

2018

IJMMU

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This paper examines the marginalization of indigenous lands belonging to Lampung ethnic group and changes in power relations between Java and Lampung ethnic groups. Lampung has been the destination area of colonization since 1905 and was followed by transmigration of Javanese. The turnout of population from Java in Lampung was a part of the program of development distribution and poverty alleviation in Indonesia. The impact of the arrival of Javanese to Lampung is the marginalization of indigenous lands in Lampung. The lands in Lampung have been largely controlled by the new comers and the plantation companies growing in Lampung. The relationship between Javanese and Lampung ethnic groups has also given an effect to this marginalization. The research used qualitative method with ethnographic approach. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and participative observation. The results of this investigation indicate that the marginalization of land belonging to Lampung ethnic group occurs in such a way that not realized by the Lampungnese or may due to the change of the views of Lampungnese on the meaning of "power". A power over a land has no longer described the real power, but the power in the political system and the local bureaucracy does. Lampung ethnic group also experienced extinction in the culture, except the identity of the "self-esteem" which has been actualized in form of power in local politics.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Land of Hope and Land of the Lost: Study of Power Relations and Local Wisdom Ethnic Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia

Nurdin

Damayanti

2018

IJMMU

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“…Such food-oriented hospitality is embedded in local notions of exchange and generosity and demonstrates symmetrical social relations and kinship ties (cf. Dove 1998, Evans 1922, Tsing 1993. In contemporary village life in Tempulong, whenever a hunter kills an animal, a portion of it, no matter how small, is shared with all extended family members.…”

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Stories and Maps, Images and Archives: Multimethod Approach to the Political Ecology of Native Property Rights and Natural Resource Management in Sabah, Malaysia

Doolittle

2008

Environmental Management

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The study of human-environmental relations is complex and by nature draws on theories and practices from multiple disciplines. There is no single research strategy or universal set of methods to which researchers must adhere. Particularly for scholars interested in a political ecology approach to understanding human-environmental relationships, very little has been written examining the details of ''how to'' design a project, develop appropriate methods, produce data, and, finally, integrate multiple forms of data into an analysis. A great deal of attention has been paid, appropriately, to the theoretical foundations of political ecology, and numerous scholarly articles and books have been published recently. But beyond Andrew Vayda's ''progressive contextualization'' and Piers Blaikie and Harold Brookfield's ''chains of explanation,'' remarkably little is written that provides a research model to follow, modify, and expand. Perhaps one of the reasons for this gap in scholarship is that, as expected in interdisciplinary research, researchers use a variety of methods that are suitable (and perhaps unique) to the questions they are asking. To start a conversation on the methods available for researchers interested in adopting a political ecology perspective to human-environmental interactions, I use my own research project as a case study. This research is by no means flawless or inclusive of all possible methods, but by using the details of this particular research process as a case study I hope to provide insights into field research that will be valuable for future scholarship.

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“…If these rituals are not observed, Dayaks say, the repercussions are visited on the entire community in the form of pestilence, epidemics, climatic extremes, accidents and deaths. For more discussion on indigenous interpretations of sustainability, see Dove (1998), Dove and Kammen (1997).…”

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Remote Sensibilities: Discourses of Technology and the Making of Indonesia’s Natural Disaster

Harwell

2000

Development and Change

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During the extended El NinÄ o drought of 1997-8, fires devastated Indonesia's forests, creating a vast shroud of smoke that reached as far as mainland Southeast Asia. This article examines the interpretation of these fires Ð their causes, damages and solutions Ð by the Indonesian government, international donors, environmental activists and local farmers. It explores the contexts and consequences of these discourses of disaster, and specifically investigates the central role of remote technology Ð a`hegemonic' representational tool, in some circumstances creatively appropriated to serve new democratic agendas. A narrow focus on remotely sensed data is not strictly a methodological but also a political choice, one which obscures alternative experiences of disaster and produces solutions that do not address long term social and political processes leading to the fires. What is missing from most current analyses of the fires, and from remote assessments in general, is a textured understanding of social landscapes and the role they play in creating fire hazards.

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Living rubber, dead land, and persisting systems in Borneo; Indigenous representations of sustainability

Cited by 42 publications

References 31 publications

Land of Hope and Land of the Lost: Study of Power Relations and Local Wisdom Ethnic Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia

Land of Hope and Land of the Lost: Study of Power Relations and Local Wisdom Ethnic Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia

Stories and Maps, Images and Archives: Multimethod Approach to the Political Ecology of Native Property Rights and Natural Resource Management in Sabah, Malaysia

Remote Sensibilities: Discourses of Technology and the Making of Indonesia’s Natural Disaster

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