Open AccessSovereignty and Violence
Author(s) -
Anu Lounela
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
suomen antropologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.141
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1799-8972
pISSN - 0355-3930
DOI - 10.30676/jfas.116558
Subject(s) - sovereignty , java , state (computer science) , power (physics) , popular sovereignty , political science , sociology , political economy , law , politics , computer science , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , programming language
The article explores the ongoing dispute connected with land rights in the district of Wonosobo, Central Java, within the framework of state formation and sovereignty. It is argued that in many places in Indonesia and Central Java, local landscapes have become sites of violent struggles for sovereignty more broadly. An analytical distinction between modern and traditional forms of power is made and ethnographically explored, but it is argued that, rather than being separate entities, both forms become conflated in the struggle for sovereignty in various spheres, creating hybrid forms of power.
Keywords: dispute, forest landscape, Java, power, sovereignty, state, violence