ETHNIC IDENTITY AND LAND UTILIZATION: A CASE STUDY IN RIAU, INDONESIA
Abstract
This article looks at the economic and social position of first- and second- generation
transmigrants of Javanese origin in the northwestern part of the Province of Riau,
Sumatra, in the aftermath of the 1997/98 monetary crisis. The article is based on the
findings of a study undertaken by the author in 2001 in the context of the International
Labour Organization's InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security called
‘Indonesia: Improving Security After the Crises’. Data were collected in two villages
in a transmigration settlement near Pasir Pangarayan, Riau, where several thousand
transmigrant families had been resettled during the 1980s.
Keywords: Ethnic identity, Transmigrants, Land use, Labour, Palm oil, Riau
transmigrants of Javanese origin in the northwestern part of the Province of Riau,
Sumatra, in the aftermath of the 1997/98 monetary crisis. The article is based on the
findings of a study undertaken by the author in 2001 in the context of the International
Labour Organization's InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security called
‘Indonesia: Improving Security After the Crises’. Data were collected in two villages
in a transmigration settlement near Pasir Pangarayan, Riau, where several thousand
transmigrant families had been resettled during the 1980s.
Keywords: Ethnic identity, Transmigrants, Land use, Labour, Palm oil, Riau
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