L Bakker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Bakker |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Bakker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKKER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2054-2168 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Plants for the Ancestors
Plants for the ancestors that entail the traditional knowledge and beliefs of the Mentawaians on Siberut Island, is exclusive traditional knowledge of the indigenous people of Mentawai. Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is one of the most fascinating knowledge sources and valuable to preserve and explore for future regional importance as many types of ethno botanical products remain unexplored. When viewing western medicine supplied at the p…
Not a Gangster, a Preman
Can gangsters be good, or can good people use gangster methods? In Indonesia, as in many other countries, the scale between these two is fluid. This article concerns the life history of Farry Malonda, who balanced these two extremes throughout his career. Farry’s past activities as a fulltime preman -a tough guy, a criminal, not adverse to using violence- landed him a reputation that helped him to develop legitimate business activities and social…
Read, learn and be amazed
Custom and violence in Indonesia's protracted land conflict
Indonesia has a long and ongoing history of conflict over land between mining and plantation corporations and communities claiming adat (customary) land rights. National law recognizes adat as a source of rights, but in a way that makes it nearly impossible to claim land based on adat rights. This legal status and corporate land control strategies give rise to strong feelings of injustice among communities claiming adat land. In recent years, suc…
Environmental Management of Coal Mining Areas in Indonesia
This article examines the complexity of supervising the environmental management of coal mining operations in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We found that the current cross-sectoral and multi-level arrangement of mining supervision leads to uncertain regulations on supervising the environmental management of coal mining operations. This study also shows that incomplete provisions lead to a legal vacuum at the implementation level. Inconsistent, ambi…
Performing Peace
Indonesia has a large number of civil society militia organisations that profess to safeguard peace and security in society. Generally associated with specific ethnic or religious groups, these civil militias police their territories and threaten (and sometimes apply) violence in order to discipline wrongdoers. Their actions influence social order and peace, and while many are usually low profile and have limited impact, actions that bring maximu…
Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia
ists, sociologists, and anthropologists studying Indonesian politics, as well as a wider less-specialist audience interested in contemporary Indonesian society
Truand ou bandit social
En Indonésie, à la suite des réformes gouvernementales mises en place après 1998, se développe un courant particulier d'activisme. Des causes comme les droits indigènes et les droits fonciers des pauvres sont alors défendues par des groupes dont l'image est résolument plus violente que celle des ONG. Généralement désignées par le terme ormas, ou organisations de masses, ces associations manient deux registres : celui de la responsabilité sociale …
Gangster or social bandit
In Indonesia, following post-1998 government reforms, a specific strain of activism has developed that sees typical NGO subjects, such as indigenous rights and land rights of the poor, championed by groups that have a decidedly more violent image than NGOs do. Usually registered as ormas, or mass organizations, these groups combine a repertoire of democracy and social responsibility with established cultural notions of "strong men" who defend the…
Anthropology and inclusive development
Smallholder bargaining power in large-scale land deals
What capacity do smallholders have to influence key decisions in large-scale land deals to their own advantage, in particular in their own localities? Though the cards are stacked against them, micro processes on the ground show great variations. We put the magnifying glass on local power dynamics to explore both opportunities and constraints to the bargaining power of smallholders as they resist land deals or struggle for (better terms of) inclu…
Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia
By providing various fascinating first-hand accounts of how citizens negotiate their rights in the context of weak state institutions, Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia offers a unique bottom-up perspective on the evolving character of public life in democratizing Southeast Asia. Readership: All interested in politics and governance in Southeast Asia, as well as scholars concerned with citizenship in postcolonial states
Space and Legal Pluralism
Cutting off the King's head
Central to the ‘liberal political tradition’ is the legitimacy of violence enacted by the state. While, since the Cold War, the horizons of security have broadened beyond the national boundaries of states, the sovereign state acting as the principal security agent remains the central tenet of the modern world order. Yet in much of the contemporary world, if the provision of security were ever the sole preserve of states this is no longer the case…
Organized Violence and the State
In this article I consider the rise of violent ormas—civil mass organizations—in Indonesian society. Using examples from Jakarta, East Kalimantan, and the Minahasa, I show that such groups deploy a discourse combining democracy, identity, and the willingness to use violence to mobilize local society against (real or perceived) threats to its well-being. I show that while popular support allows the ormas to become powerful in local settings, such …
Illegality for the general good? Vigilantism and social responsibility in contemporary Indonesia
This article analyses the impact of ormas - mass organizations - as non-state violent actors in the politics and economy of Indonesian regional society. The central element is the question whether threats of violence as well as the actual performance of violence by non-state actors serve the 'general good' that the state, and therefore these non-state actors appropriating its authority, stand to protect or rather the particular interests of those…
Between Land Grabbing and Farmers' Benefits
Rapid growth of oil palm cultivation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia has increased both the pace and size of land transfers from farmers to big companies and city-based investors. This process has been widely conceptualised as 'top-down land grabbing' but this perspective largely neglects the agency of the farmers. This paper seeks to shed light on the agency of farmers with respect to how they respond to land transfer schemes. Through a study of l…
Justice in Indonesia
In this article we argue that efforts in Indonesia to improve access to justice for the disadvantaged would greatly benefit from a pragmatic approach that takes local circumstances of custom, values and social relations into account at least as much as legal reform and bureaucratic transparency. We maintain that in post-Suharto Indonesia ‘justice’ can be conceptualised as the inverse of injustice and is manifested in terms of sovereign interests.…
Trade, Transnationalism and Ethnic Infighting
Nunukan, the northernmost district of the Indonesian province of Kalimantan, is literally on the outskirts of the Indonesian state. Its long and narrow territory stretches from the Sulawesi Strait in the east to the rugged mountainous interior of the highland plateaus of northern Borneo's interior in the west. The district shares a very long international border with the Malaysian states of Sabah (to the north) and Sarawak (to the west). Nunukan …
Trade, Transnationalism and Ethnic Infighting Borders of Authority in Northeast Borneo
Haug, Michaela
Anthropos , Seite 250 - 251
Localities of Value
The Space Between
Foreign images in Mentawai
Human cultures and groups, when defining themselves, compare themselves with others. Names used to denote other groups often refer to characteristics associated with these groups, frequently in a way that expresses the superiority of the naming group or the strangeness or even danger of the named group. Derogatory terms such as 'barbarians', 'head-cutters' or simply 'edible ones' are examples of names referring to dangerous traits. The number of …
Intruders in sacred territory
n Contains fulltext :\n 54842.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Smallholder bargaining power in large-scale land deals
What capacity do smallholders have to influence key decisions in large-scale land deals to their own advantage, in particular in their own localities? Though the cards are stacked against them, micro processes on the ground show great variations. We put the magnifying glass on local power dynamics to explore both opportunities and constraints to the bargaining power of smallholders as they resist land deals or struggle for (better terms of) inclu…
Illegality for the general good? Vigilantism and social responsibility in contemporary Indonesia
This article analyses the impact of ormas - mass organizations - as non-state violent actors in the politics and economy of Indonesian regional society. The central element is the question whether threats of violence as well as the actual performance of violence by non-state actors serve the 'general good' that the state, and therefore these non-state actors appropriating its authority, stand to protect or rather the particular interests of those…
The Space Between
Between Land Grabbing and Farmers' Benefits
Rapid growth of oil palm cultivation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia has increased both the pace and size of land transfers from farmers to big companies and city-based investors. This process has been widely conceptualised as 'top-down land grabbing' but this perspective largely neglects the agency of the farmers. This paper seeks to shed light on the agency of farmers with respect to how they respond to land transfer schemes. Through a study of l…
Cutting off the King's head
Central to the ‘liberal political tradition’ is the legitimacy of violence enacted by the state. While, since the Cold War, the horizons of security have broadened beyond the national boundaries of states, the sovereign state acting as the principal security agent remains the central tenet of the modern world order. Yet in much of the contemporary world, if the provision of security were ever the sole preserve of states this is no longer the case…
Organized Violence and the State
In this article I consider the rise of violent ormas—civil mass organizations—in Indonesian society. Using examples from Jakarta, East Kalimantan, and the Minahasa, I show that such groups deploy a discourse combining democracy, identity, and the willingness to use violence to mobilize local society against (real or perceived) threats to its well-being. I show that while popular support allows the ormas to become powerful in local settings, such …
Environmental Management of Coal Mining Areas in Indonesia
This article examines the complexity of supervising the environmental management of coal mining operations in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We found that the current cross-sectoral and multi-level arrangement of mining supervision leads to uncertain regulations on supervising the environmental management of coal mining operations. This study also shows that incomplete provisions lead to a legal vacuum at the implementation level. Inconsistent, ambi…
Anthropology and inclusive development
Intruders in sacred territory
n Contains fulltext :\n 54842.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Gangster or social bandit
In Indonesia, following post-1998 government reforms, a specific strain of activism has developed that sees typical NGO subjects, such as indigenous rights and land rights of the poor, championed by groups that have a decidedly more violent image than NGOs do. Usually registered as ormas, or mass organizations, these groups combine a repertoire of democracy and social responsibility with established cultural notions of "strong men" who defend the…
Justice in Indonesia
In this article we argue that efforts in Indonesia to improve access to justice for the disadvantaged would greatly benefit from a pragmatic approach that takes local circumstances of custom, values and social relations into account at least as much as legal reform and bureaucratic transparency. We maintain that in post-Suharto Indonesia ‘justice’ can be conceptualised as the inverse of injustice and is manifested in terms of sovereign interests.…
Foreign images in Mentawai
Human cultures and groups, when defining themselves, compare themselves with others. Names used to denote other groups often refer to characteristics associated with these groups, frequently in a way that expresses the superiority of the naming group or the strangeness or even danger of the named group. Derogatory terms such as 'barbarians', 'head-cutters' or simply 'edible ones' are examples of names referring to dangerous traits. The number of …
A micromorphological study of pedogenic processes in an evolutionary soil sequence formed on Late Quaternary rhyolitic tephra deposits, North Island, New Zealand
Art and Art Trade in Siberut, Mentawai Archipelago Part 2
(2002). ART AND ART TRADE IN SIBERUT, MENTAWAI ARCHIPELAGO PART 2: THESE ARE MY FEET! LOCAL CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL (E)VALUATION: MENTAWAIAN OBJECTS AS ART OR INVENTION. Indonesia and the Malay World: Vol. 30, No. 88, pp. 336-356
Stylistic Canon, Imitation and Faking
Intruders in sacred territory
n Contains fulltext :\n 54842.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Foreign images in Mentawai
Human cultures and groups, when defining themselves, compare themselves with others. Names used to denote other groups often refer to characteristics associated with these groups, frequently in a way that expresses the superiority of the naming group or the strangeness or even danger of the named group. Derogatory terms such as 'barbarians', 'head-cutters' or simply 'edible ones' are examples of names referring to dangerous traits. The number of …
Localities of Value
The Space Between
Haug, Michaela
Anthropos , Seite 250 - 251
Trade, Transnationalism and Ethnic Infighting
Nunukan, the northernmost district of the Indonesian province of Kalimantan, is literally on the outskirts of the Indonesian state. Its long and narrow territory stretches from the Sulawesi Strait in the east to the rugged mountainous interior of the highland plateaus of northern Borneo's interior in the west. The district shares a very long international border with the Malaysian states of Sabah (to the north) and Sarawak (to the west). Nunukan …
Trade, Transnationalism and Ethnic Infighting Borders of Authority in Northeast Borneo
Between Land Grabbing and Farmers' Benefits
Rapid growth of oil palm cultivation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia has increased both the pace and size of land transfers from farmers to big companies and city-based investors. This process has been widely conceptualised as 'top-down land grabbing' but this perspective largely neglects the agency of the farmers. This paper seeks to shed light on the agency of farmers with respect to how they respond to land transfer schemes. Through a study of l…
Justice in Indonesia
In this article we argue that efforts in Indonesia to improve access to justice for the disadvantaged would greatly benefit from a pragmatic approach that takes local circumstances of custom, values and social relations into account at least as much as legal reform and bureaucratic transparency. We maintain that in post-Suharto Indonesia ‘justice’ can be conceptualised as the inverse of injustice and is manifested in terms of sovereign interests.…
Illegality for the general good? Vigilantism and social responsibility in contemporary Indonesia
This article analyses the impact of ormas - mass organizations - as non-state violent actors in the politics and economy of Indonesian regional society. The central element is the question whether threats of violence as well as the actual performance of violence by non-state actors serve the 'general good' that the state, and therefore these non-state actors appropriating its authority, stand to protect or rather the particular interests of those…
Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia
By providing various fascinating first-hand accounts of how citizens negotiate their rights in the context of weak state institutions, Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia offers a unique bottom-up perspective on the evolving character of public life in democratizing Southeast Asia. Readership: All interested in politics and governance in Southeast Asia, as well as scholars concerned with citizenship in postcolonial states
Space and Legal Pluralism
Cutting off the King's head
Central to the ‘liberal political tradition’ is the legitimacy of violence enacted by the state. While, since the Cold War, the horizons of security have broadened beyond the national boundaries of states, the sovereign state acting as the principal security agent remains the central tenet of the modern world order. Yet in much of the contemporary world, if the provision of security were ever the sole preserve of states this is no longer the case…
Organized Violence and the State
In this article I consider the rise of violent ormas—civil mass organizations—in Indonesian society. Using examples from Jakarta, East Kalimantan, and the Minahasa, I show that such groups deploy a discourse combining democracy, identity, and the willingness to use violence to mobilize local society against (real or perceived) threats to its well-being. I show that while popular support allows the ormas to become powerful in local settings, such …
Anthropology and inclusive development
Smallholder bargaining power in large-scale land deals
What capacity do smallholders have to influence key decisions in large-scale land deals to their own advantage, in particular in their own localities? Though the cards are stacked against them, micro processes on the ground show great variations. We put the magnifying glass on local power dynamics to explore both opportunities and constraints to the bargaining power of smallholders as they resist land deals or struggle for (better terms of) inclu…
Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia
ists, sociologists, and anthropologists studying Indonesian politics, as well as a wider less-specialist audience interested in contemporary Indonesian society
Truand ou bandit social
En Indonésie, à la suite des réformes gouvernementales mises en place après 1998, se développe un courant particulier d'activisme. Des causes comme les droits indigènes et les droits fonciers des pauvres sont alors défendues par des groupes dont l'image est résolument plus violente que celle des ONG. Généralement désignées par le terme ormas, ou organisations de masses, ces associations manient deux registres : celui de la responsabilité sociale …
Gangster or social bandit
In Indonesia, following post-1998 government reforms, a specific strain of activism has developed that sees typical NGO subjects, such as indigenous rights and land rights of the poor, championed by groups that have a decidedly more violent image than NGOs do. Usually registered as ormas, or mass organizations, these groups combine a repertoire of democracy and social responsibility with established cultural notions of "strong men" who defend the…
Performing Peace
Indonesia has a large number of civil society militia organisations that profess to safeguard peace and security in society. Generally associated with specific ethnic or religious groups, these civil militias police their territories and threaten (and sometimes apply) violence in order to discipline wrongdoers. Their actions influence social order and peace, and while many are usually low profile and have limited impact, actions that bring maximu…
Custom and violence in Indonesia's protracted land conflict
Indonesia has a long and ongoing history of conflict over land between mining and plantation corporations and communities claiming adat (customary) land rights. National law recognizes adat as a source of rights, but in a way that makes it nearly impossible to claim land based on adat rights. This legal status and corporate land control strategies give rise to strong feelings of injustice among communities claiming adat land. In recent years, suc…
Environmental Management of Coal Mining Areas in Indonesia
This article examines the complexity of supervising the environmental management of coal mining operations in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We found that the current cross-sectoral and multi-level arrangement of mining supervision leads to uncertain regulations on supervising the environmental management of coal mining operations. This study also shows that incomplete provisions lead to a legal vacuum at the implementation level. Inconsistent, ambi…
Political science (15 works) · Asian Studies and History (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Art (7 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (7 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Business (5 works)