'They have not progressed enough': Development's negated identities among two indigenous peoples (orang asli) in Indonesia and Thailand
'They have not progressed enough': Development's negated identities among two indigenous peoples (orang asli) in Indonesia and Thailand
This paper is ethnographically concerned with two different orang asli communities: the Meniq living in Southern Thailand and the Orang Sakai in Riau, Indonesia. The focus is on the different discursive rhetorics of development in the two nation-states. These rhetorics have been absorbed by the two indigenous groups to form part of their own modern cultural discourses within their respective countries. These rhetorics of development define the indigenous groups as somewhat lacking in culture and provide them with new understandings of themselves that devalue their customary way of life. The post-development indigenous identity work (such as the development of an ethnocultural identity) will therefore usually be constructed through these negated developmental foundations.
indiegnous Peoples, Development, Thailand/Indonesia, social change, orang asli
267-289
Porath, Nathan
3ec6e51c-ceb8-46e2-8fd0-71a416f0f095
June 2010
Porath, Nathan
3ec6e51c-ceb8-46e2-8fd0-71a416f0f095
Porath, Nathan
(2010)
'They have not progressed enough': Development's negated identities among two indigenous peoples (orang asli) in Indonesia and Thailand.
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 41 (2), .
Abstract
This paper is ethnographically concerned with two different orang asli communities: the Meniq living in Southern Thailand and the Orang Sakai in Riau, Indonesia. The focus is on the different discursive rhetorics of development in the two nation-states. These rhetorics have been absorbed by the two indigenous groups to form part of their own modern cultural discourses within their respective countries. These rhetorics of development define the indigenous groups as somewhat lacking in culture and provide them with new understandings of themselves that devalue their customary way of life. The post-development indigenous identity work (such as the development of an ethnocultural identity) will therefore usually be constructed through these negated developmental foundations.
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Published date: June 2010
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indiegnous Peoples, Development, Thailand/Indonesia, social change, orang asli
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