Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology
Across many parts of Indonesia, investment in oil palm has brought accelerated forms of land acquisition and market engagement for communities, signalling far-reaching implications for equity and well-being of current and future generations. This paper uses a conjunctural feminist political ecology...
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| author | Elmhirst, R. Siscawati, M. Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika Ekowati, D. |
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| description | Across many parts of Indonesia, investment in oil palm has brought accelerated forms of land acquisition and market engagement for communities, signalling far-reaching implications for equity and well-being of current and future generations. This paper uses a conjunctural feminist political ecology approach to explore gendered and generational engagements with oil palm in Indonesia. The paper compares four communities in East Kalimantan that form part of an ongoing study of the gendered impacts of large-scale and independent smallholder investments in oil palm in the context of corporate zero deforestation commitments in West and East Kalimantan. We show how different pathways of engagement with oil palm – adverse or otherwise – reflect the interplay between modes of incorporation into oil palm systems with landscape history, gender, life stage and ethnic identity. Whilst our findings complicate singular 'victim' narratives, they also challenge the 'cruel optimism' that is accompanying the current oil palm boom. |
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| spelling | CGSpace951742025-09-25T13:01:37Z Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology Elmhirst, R. Siscawati, M. Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika Ekowati, D. gender oil palms youth forests anthropology Across many parts of Indonesia, investment in oil palm has brought accelerated forms of land acquisition and market engagement for communities, signalling far-reaching implications for equity and well-being of current and future generations. This paper uses a conjunctural feminist political ecology approach to explore gendered and generational engagements with oil palm in Indonesia. The paper compares four communities in East Kalimantan that form part of an ongoing study of the gendered impacts of large-scale and independent smallholder investments in oil palm in the context of corporate zero deforestation commitments in West and East Kalimantan. We show how different pathways of engagement with oil palm – adverse or otherwise – reflect the interplay between modes of incorporation into oil palm systems with landscape history, gender, life stage and ethnic identity. Whilst our findings complicate singular 'victim' narratives, they also challenge the 'cruel optimism' that is accompanying the current oil palm boom. 2017-11-02 2018-07-03T11:02:31Z 2018-07-03T11:02:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95174 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Elmhirst, R., Siscawati, M., Sijapati Basnett, B., Ekowati, D.. 2017. Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia : insights from feminist political ecology. The Journal of Peasant Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2017.1337002 |
| spellingShingle | gender oil palms youth forests anthropology Elmhirst, R. Siscawati, M. Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika Ekowati, D. Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology |
| title | Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology |
| title_full | Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology |
| title_fullStr | Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology |
| title_short | Gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: insights from feminist political ecology |
| title_sort | gender and generation in engagements with oil palm in east kalimantan indonesia insights from feminist political ecology |
| topic | gender oil palms youth forests anthropology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95174 |
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