Competing for the 'indigenous' slot: layered histories and positionings in peninsular Malaysia

Authors

• Rusaslina IdrusFollow

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

Publication Title

Sojourn

Recommended Citation

Idrus, Rusaslina, "Competing for the 'indigenous' slot: layered histories and positionings in peninsular Malaysia" (2022). Research Publications (2021 to 2025). 8077.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2021_2025/8077

Divisions

arts

Funders

UM Research [Grant No: RP005C-13HNE]

Volume

37

Issue

1

Publisher

ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute