Competing for the 'indigenous' slot: layered histories and positionings in peninsular Malaysia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
In Malaysia, multiple discourses of Indigenous rights have long existed in different forms: Malay, Orang Asli, bumiputera, natives, pribumi, Orang Asal, aboriginal—these are all terms that can be translated as ‘Indigenous’. New international Indigenous rights discourses are layered upon these existing discourses and become reworked, as do local forms of Indigenous identity claims. In this paper, I examine and explore the potential and limits of the claims to indigeneity in peninsular Malaysia as different groups at times align and clash in their claims for the Indigenous slot. © 2021 by ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.
Keywords
Bumiputera, Indigeneity, Indigenous rights, Malaysia, Orang Asli
Divisions
arts
Funders
UM Research [Grant No: RP005C-13HNE]
Publication Title
Sojourn
Volume
37
Issue
1
Publisher
ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute