Email this article Developing Transnational Indigenous Solidarity: The Case of Borneo Dayak Forum
Abstract
Dayak people are an indigenous community inhabiting the Island of Borneo. They dub themselves as the natives and the inheritance of the island’s heritage and culture. Before the intrusion of colonial influences, they were prosperous and great, but now they are ironically struggling to revive and retrace their ancestral heritage in their own home. This article seeks to explain and analyze the effort of the Dayak community to advocate for their rights and culture by developing a transnational advocacy network called Borneo Dayak Forum to promote sustainable living. This network serves as a platform that Dayak people capitalize upon to influence policy-making in Indonesia in which Dayak people currently inhabit especially in Kalimantan Island. This article argues BDF has played a significant role in promoting Dayak people's agendas in achieving sustainable living, especially in the realm of the preservation of customary law and protection of indigenous lands.
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Arounsavath, Frida. (2016). "Silent Approval: The role of banks linked to the crisis faced by Borneo's indigenous peoples and their forest," Report #84.
Bolder Advocacy. (2013). "What is Advocacy?", Bolder Advocacy. (Online). Available at https://bolderadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/What_Is_Advocacy.pdf (accessed on September 17th, 2020)
Bong, K. (2019). "Gobin: Dayak Culture unique; TV1, TV2 to air Gawai documentary soon, Dayak Daily". (Online). Available at https://dayakdaily.com/gobind-dayak-culture-unique-tv1-tv2-to-air-gawai-documentary-soon (accessed on October 19th, 2020).
Cahyadi, Firdaus. (2014). Terus Alami Kriminalisasi, Saatnya Masyarakat Adat Tagih Janji Jokowi, AMAN. (Online). Available at http://www.aman.or.id/2014/10/terus-alami-kriminalisasi-saatnya-masyarakat-adat-tagih-janji-jokowi (accessed on October 19th, 2020).
Daily Express. (2016). "Dayaks of Borneo must project oneness: Jeffrey", Daily Express. (Online). Available at http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=114856 (accessed on August 15th, 2020)
Damarjati, Danu. (2017). “Gawai Dayak: Pesta Rakyat di Batas Negara”, detiktravel. (Online). Available at https://travel.detik.com/domestic-destination/d-3641524/gawai-dayak-pesta-rakyat-di-batas-negara (accessed on October 19th, 2020).
Dave. (2017). "Meet The Dayaks: (Ex-) Headhunters of Borneo", Indoneo. (Online). Available at https://www.indoneo.com/en/travel/meet-the-dayaks-ex-headhunters-of-borneo (accessed on December 16th, 2020).
Demus, Niko. (2019). Kongres Dayak Internasional, Terbentuknya Organisasi Dayak Internasional Justice Council. DIJC. (Online). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g3mQ7-W-3M (accessed on November 26th, 2020).
Himmel, Rita. (2013). The Guarani-Kaiowa and transnational activism: participation of local communities in transnational advocacy networks. University of Amsterdam.
International Labour Organization. (1989). Ratification of C169 – Indigenous and Tribal People Convention, (No.169). [Online]. Available at https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:27334714076178::::P11300_INSTRUMENT_SORT:3 (accessed on November 26th, 2020).
IWGIA. (2018). "Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia," IWGIA. (Online). Available at https://www.iwgia.org/en/indonesia (accessed on September 15th, 2020).
IWGIA. (2019). "MALAYSIA IW." IWGIA. (Online). Available at https://www.iwgia.org/en/malaysia, (accessed on September 15th, 2020).
Jayani, Dwi Hadya. (2019). “Indeks Kebebasan di Indonesia Menurun akibat Diskriminasi dan Kekerasan,” Databoks, 17 Oktober 2019, https://databoks.katadata.co.id/datapublish/2019/10/17/indekskebebasan-di-indonesia-menurun- akibat-diskriminasi-dan-kekerasan, (accessed on Desember 16th, 2019).
Johnson, Ylva. (2014). Indigenous Peoples – A Power Factor. (Online). Available at https://www.sverigesnatur.org/arkiv/urfolken-en-maktfaktor (accessed on November 26th, 2020).
Karana. (2013). Dayak Community Forms Borneo Dayak Forum, Tempo. (Online). Available at https://en.tempo.co/read/510426/Dayak-community-forms-borneo-Dayak-forum (accessed on October 16th, 2020).
Keck, Margaret E., & Sikkink, Kathyrin. (1998). Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Cornell University Press, New York.
Kusnandar , Viva Budy. (2019). “Inilah Deforestasi di Indonesia Periode 1990-2017”, Katadata. (Online). Available at https://databoks.katadata.co.id/datapublish/2019/08/20/inilahdeforestasi-di-indonesia-periode- 1990-2017, (accessed on November 15th, 2020).
Lyons, Christina L. (2018) Dayak Tiga Negara Bersatu, Dayak Dreams. (Online). Available at http://Dayakdreams.com/borneo/Dayak-tiga-negara-bersatu-1/ (accessed on October 19th, 2020).
Minority Rights Group International. (2020). “Dusun, Murut, Kedayan, Iban, Tutong, Penan,”, Minority Rights Group International. (Online). Available at https://minorityrights.org/minorities/dusun-murut-kedayan-iban-tutong-penan (accessed on December 19th, 2020).
Minority Rights Group International. (2018). "Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in Sarawak," Minority Rights Group International. (Online). Available at https://minorityrights.org/minorities/indigenouspeoples-and-ethnic-minorities-in-sarawak/ (accessed on March 3rd, 2020).
Minority Rights Group International .(2018). World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Dayak," Minority Rights Group International. (Online). Available at https://minorityrights.org/minorities/Dayak/ (accessed on April 3rd, 2020)
Miso Putra Dayak. (2017). “Pernyataan Sikap Masyarakat Adat Dayak Meratus,” AMAN. (Online). Available at http://www.aman.or.id/2017/04/pernyataan-sikap-masyarakat-adat-Dayak-meratus/ (accessed on September 21st, 2020).
Naturskyddsforeningen (2016). Swedish banks are linked to shoveling in Borneo. [Online]. Available at https://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/nyheter/svenska-banker-kopplas-till-skovling-i-borneo (accessed on October 19th, 2020).
Prihatini. Dina. (2017). Kongres Dayak Internasional Pertama di Dunia Dibuka, 5 Menteri Didaulat Bicara. (Online). Available at https://travel.okezone.com/read/2017/07/26/406/1744212/kongres-dayak-internasional-pertama-di-dunia-dibuka-5-menteri-didaulat-bicara (accessed on November 26th, 2020).
Safutra, Ilham. (2019). “Napak Tilas Tumbang Anoi bukti Dayak Borneo Bersatu”, Jawa Pos. (Online). Available at https://www.jawapos.com/jpg-today/22/07/2019/napak-tilastumbang-anoi-bukti-dayak-borneo-bersatu (accessed on November 22nd, 2020)
Sawyer, S., & Gomez, Edmud T. (2012). The Politics of Resource Extraction: Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corpoations, and the States. Palgrave Macmillan. United States.
Sirait, Martua T., (2009). Indigenous People and Palm Oil Plantation Expansion in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Amsterdam University.
Sutriyanto, Eko. (2019). “Tokoh Adat Dayak Kalsel Bahas Meratus, Ini Kesepakatan yang Dihasilkan,”, Tribunnews.com. (Online). Available at https://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2019/01/16/tokoh-adat-Dayakkalsel-bahas-meratus- ini-kesepakatan-yang-dihasilkan (accessed on September 21st, 2020).
Wahidin. (2018). Konferensi Tumenggung Internasional untuk Memperkuat Peran Ketumenggungan Adat Dayak. (Online). Available at https://pontianak.tribunnews.com/2018/11/27/konferensi-tumenggunginternasional-untuk-memperkuat-peran-ketumenggungan-adatDayak?page=2 (accessed on November 19th, 2020)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.jgf.2021.001.01.1
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2021 Global Focus
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Publisher:
Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya
Editorial Address:
Jl. Veteran, Malang 65145
Tel. (+62) 341-575755
Fax. (+62) 341-570038
e-mail : globalfocus@ub.ac.id
website : globalfocus.ub.ac.id
Global Focus is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
