Research Article
The Mapur Bangka Ethnic in between Conflict and Politics of Recognition in the Postextractive Era
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-10-2022.2326371, author={Iskandar Zulkarnain and Jamilah Cholillah and Ahmad Nazriansyah and Jacky Rahmat}, title={The Mapur Bangka Ethnic in between Conflict and Politics of Recognition in the Postextractive Era}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Law, Social Sciences, and Education, ICLSSE 2022, 28 October 2022, Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICLSSE}, year={2023}, month={1}, keywords={agrarian conflict social rupture split recognition}, doi={10.4108/eai.28-10-2022.2326371} }- Iskandar Zulkarnain
Jamilah Cholillah
Ahmad Nazriansyah
Jacky Rahmat
Year: 2023
The Mapur Bangka Ethnic in between Conflict and Politics of Recognition in the Postextractive Era
ICLSSE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-10-2022.2326371
Abstract
The Mapur tribe is an ethnic minority on the island of Bangka. Geographically, the Mapur customary area is insignificant, with a small population of fewer than 1000 people. As an ethnic minority, power rests on history and past social memories. The history of tin mining since the New Order and social memory as tough people and custodians of the collectivity in crossing history placed them as regulators of access and control to tin resources. However, history and social memory have begun to be eroded by prolonged tenure conflicts. The palm oil business has faded from the dream of prosperity. Resistance and the politics of recognition as indigenous peoples continue to be fought for. This study aims to measure the visibility of recognition as an effort to resolve ethnic-based agrarian conflicts. Axel Honneth's recognition theory is used as a problem analysis tool. This research was designed qualitatively with a case study. This study finds the results of the journey of the Mapur ethnic being involved in extractive industry conflicts, mutually exclusive of each other, creating a social rupture, and then being united through the aspiration of "one Mapur" recognition. Recognition as "one Mapur" that flows from below becomes social capital determining the success of the struggle for recognition as MHA. However, the biggest challenge for recognition is that the politics of recognition is divided and makes grassroots aspirations vulnerable to being diverted to other interests.
