Wandering under the Oil Palm Canopy Shifting Alcohol Use in the Aftermath of Oil Palm Cultivation, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Rahmadian, Gaffari and de Jong, Edwin B. P. and Kutanegara, Pande Made (2024) Wandering under the Oil Palm Canopy Shifting Alcohol Use in the Aftermath of Oil Palm Cultivation, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 180 (2-3). 242 -273. ISSN 00062294

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Abstract

During the past two decades, Indonesia has transformed a third of its rainforest into oil palm plantations. Although attention has been paid to the environmental consequences, the connection between oil palm cultivation and the evolving use of alcohol within local communities has received little attention. Studies conducted within rural communities have demonstrated that significant environmental changes frequently result in increased drug and alcohol consumption. Through an ethnographic study of an Indonesian village, this article reveals how the changing living and working environments have not only altered people's 'place-world' but also their sense of identity and position in the world, leaving many disoriented and lost in the homogenous expanse of oil palm plantations. This has seemingly led to increased alcohol use among the village community. This finding offers a fresh and updated way to understand and interrogate the challenges with regard to present-day human-nature relations in agricultural interventions in Indonesia and beyond. Copyright © 2024 Gaffari Rahmadian, Edwin B.P. de Jong and Pande Made Kutanegara. Published with license by Koninklijke Brill BV.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: agricultural transformation – substance use – place-world – human–nature interactions – oil palm cultivation – Indonesia
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Faculty of Cultural Sciences > Anthropology Department
Depositing User: Yulistiarini Kumaraningrum KUMARANINGRUM
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2024 06:34
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2024 06:34
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/10272

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