Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land : A Social Movement Ethnography.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, David E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice--Indonesia--Case studies.

Environmental justice.

Land tenure--Indonesia.

Land tenure.

Plantation workers--Political activity--Indonesia.

Plantation workers.

Plantations--Indonesia.

Plantations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2024.

Summary:

Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement have reclaimed collective control of their land and cultivated diverse agricultural forests on it, repairing the damage done over nearly a century of abuse. Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land is their story. David E. Gilbert offers an account of the ways these workers-turned-activists mobilized to move beyond industrial agriculture's exploitation of workers and the environment, illustrating how emancipatory and ecologically attuned ways of living with land are possible. At a time when capitalism has remade landscapes and reordered society, the Casiavera reclaiming movement stands as an inspiring example of what struggles for social and environmental justice can achieve.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Dramatis Personae

Introduction: Land Back

Part I. Dispossession

1. Under the Gun

2. Primitive Enclosures

3. The Plantation Lifeworld

Part II . Reclaiming

4. From Dissent to Occupation

5. Organizing the Movement

6. Diversifying the Land, 1998–2016

7. The Predatory Work That Remains

8. Reclaiming Solidarities

Conclusion: Going Beyond

Acknowledgments

Appendix I. History of the Collective Land, 1997

Appendix II. Indonesian Peasant Union (Serikat Petani Indonesia) Charter Documents, 1998

Appendix III. Counter-Mapping

Notes

References

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520397774

0520397770

OCLC:

1405190677