New frontiers: an enriched perspective on extraction frontiers in Indonesia

Changes in the nature, scale, and speed of natural resource extraction, especially in the last two decades, have resulted in many new resource extraction areas emerging across the world. By zooming in on Indonesia, this article shows that the underlying causes and consequences of current trends are...

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Published inCritical Asian studies Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 330 - 348
Main Authors de Jong, Edwin B. P., Knippenberg, Luuk, Bakker, Laurens
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Boundaries
Frontiers
hybridization
Indonesia
interstitial space
Mining industry
Natural resources
Indonesia
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Summary:Changes in the nature, scale, and speed of natural resource extraction, especially in the last two decades, have resulted in many new resource extraction areas emerging across the world. By zooming in on Indonesia, this article shows that the underlying causes and consequences of current trends are more complex than portrayed by the rancher-squatter model of frontiers that is still frequently used to explain these developments. We argue that a broadened frontier notion is necessary to address the multifaceted nature of the processes underway in contemporary Indonesian extraction areas, as well as beyond. We propose a perspective that pays explicit attention to four new developments that can be described by using the hybridization of space, time, actors, and rules, and are characterized by the fact that these processes create new perimeters in all four mentioned areas. In so doing, we challenge, broaden, and renew the meaning of frontiers.
ISSN:1467-2715
1472-6033
DOI:10.1080/14672715.2017.1333267