Lines in the forest - Internal territorialization and local accommodation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (1865-1979)

Author: Wadley, Reed L.

Source: South East Asia Research, Volume 11, Number 1, 1 March 2003 , pp. 91-112(22)

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Abstract:

The history of internal territorialization in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, reveals the interplay between state and local concepts of territory. Both colonial and national authorities sought to divide natural resources and ethnic groups through boundary making, and local peoples have accommodated and challenged state concepts of territory in their competition over natural resources. This history highlights a common situation in which local people incorporate state boundary concepts in order to make claims on resources in a way the state recognizes. Yet indigenous concepts of territory and resource claims persist as local people seek multiple, practical ways of securing rights to resources, and as the power of the state fluctuates over time.

Keywords: BOUNDARIES; TERRITORY; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COLONIALISM; INDONESIA; BORNEO

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000003101297151

Publication date: 2003-03-01

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South East Asia Research publishes articles based on original research or fieldwork on all aspects of South East Asia within the disciplines of archaeology, art history, economics, geography, history, language and literature, law, music, political science, social anthropology and religious studies. This peer-reviewed journal is published four times per year by IP Publishing in cooperation with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). SOAS is the leading centre in this field in Europe and one of the most prestigious centres of South East Asian Studies in the world.
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