NEOLIBERALISM AND RECONFIGURATION OF THE DIASPORA IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA
Journal Title: Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
In most studies on globalization and transnationalism, diaspora is positioned in a conflicting and antagonistic relationship with the nation-state regime. Nevertheless, the global ascendancy of neoliberalism as a market-based mode of governing populations has brought certain changes to the relationship between the diaspora and home countries which call for further research. This essay investigates the implications of neoliberalism for diasporic kinship ties by examining emergent discourses in contemporary Indonesia that constitute an elite-led project on diasporas known as the Indonesian Diaspora Network (IDN) Global. Based on a social constructionist analysis of data gathered from activities, media reporting, and promotional materials associated with IDN Global, this essay argues that neoliberal reconfigurations of Indonesian diasporic identities manifest in two ways: unequal representation between manual workers and professionals and change of rhetoric on kinship ties as a strategic asset. Such findings reveal a more complicated and calculative relationship between the Indonesian diaspora and the Indonesian home country that complicate the valorization of diaspora against national regimes.
Authors and Affiliations
Inditian Latifa
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP545082
- DOI 10.17510/paradigma.v9i1.267
- Views 92
- Downloads 0
HULU KE HILIR: JARINGAN DAN SISTEM PERNIAGAAN SUNGAI KERAJAAN SRIVIJAYA
The Kedukan Bukit inscription was written in 682 AD. It is considered as the oldest inscription related to the kingdom of Srivijaya and an authentic proof of the advanced maritime culture of Srivijaya. This argument is s...
REPRESENTASI SIPIL-MILITER DAN KONSTRUKSI MASKULINITAS PADA FILM JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN (2015)
Jenderal Soedirman (2015) is a historical film that reveals the story of General Soedirman during the guerrilla war to maintain the Indonesia’s independence. The film was sponsored directly by the army (Kartika Eka Paksi...
TERJEMAHAN BERANOTASI DONGENG LE FILS À LA RECHERCHE DE SA MÈRE KE DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA
Annotated translation is a study that provides annotations or notes on the chosen equivalents of a number of translated words as a form of translator’s accountability. Using a comparative model, this qualitative study ai...
TWEET!! PERSIDANGAN BURUNG SINGAPURA
Religions have become the main topics in the novels by a prolific Singaporean author, Isa Kamari (born in 1960). His understanding and interpretation of religions have begun to develop with the writing of his first novel...
TERJEMAHAN BERANOTASI KOMIK PSYCHIATRIC TALES KARYA DARRYL CUNNINGHAM KE DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA
This thesis is an annotated translation consisting of a translation and translator’s arguments for choosing the equivalents of a number of translation units which are deemed to cause translation problems. The source text...