Genealogies of Extraction: De-facto Development Zones in the Indonesian Borderlands

Michael Eilenberg; Thomas Christian Mikkelsen

Genealogies of Extraction: De-facto Development Zones in the Indonesian Borderlands

School of Culture and Society - Department of Anthropology

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Abstract

Taking departure from the failure of a planned but never realised special economic zone (SEZ) in the Indonesian borderland city of Tarakan, we argue that this planned SEZ would paradoxically not have been the island of sovereign exception often associated with SEZs, but rather a zone where central government would have had comparably more control than they have in the surrounding borderlands. This leads us to argue that the entire borderland surrounding Tarakan can be considered a de facto development zone in itself. Additionally, the de facto development zone is multigenerational, having been through a number of booms and busts, triggering both migrations and environmental ruination, while central state authority and interest have waxed and waned accordingly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Development Zones in Asian Borderlands
Editors	Michael Eilenberg, Mona Chettri
Place of publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Publication date	May 2021
Pages	253-277
ISBN (Print)	9789463726238
Publication status	Published - May 2021

Series	Asian Borderlands

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Development Zones in Asian Borderlands. ed. / Michael Eilenberg; Mona Chettri. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2021. p. 253-277 (Asian Borderlands).

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Genealogies of Extraction: De-facto Development Zones in the Indonesian Borderlands

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