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Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas

This article discusses and analyses relations between Indonesia and Malaysia from the relational dynamism between people and the state. Theoretically, the relations can be narrated through identity formation approach in the context of ‘authoritative-defined social reality’ and ‘everyday-defined soci...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Kamarulnizam, Anuar, Abdul Rahim, Hara, Abubakar Eby
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2022
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29018/1/JIS%2018%202022%20191-217.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.290182023-01-31T08:57:48Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29018/ Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas Abdullah, Kamarulnizam Anuar, Abdul Rahim Hara, Abubakar Eby JZ International relations This article discusses and analyses relations between Indonesia and Malaysia from the relational dynamism between people and the state. Theoretically, the relations can be narrated through identity formation approach in the context of ‘authoritative-defined social reality’ and ‘everyday-defined social reality’. The reality of Indonesia-Malaysia relations in the last twenty-five years was very much defined by authoritative or elitist views, which have dominated and controlled the everyday discourses. However, elitist groups’ reality-defined perspective does not paint the whole picture of relations. This article argues that it is crucial to analyse the relations in the context of ‘everyday-defined social reality’ especially from the common people’s perspective such as workers, traders, activists, novelists, religious groups, artists, and families, who experience the reality of the relations. This ‘social reality’ can be observed in the dynamism of cross border relation between people-to-people, as has been shown in our case studies, in the border areas of Kalimantan Barat and Sarawak as well as Kalimantan Utara-Sabah. It shows complex but generally positive pictures in understanding relations between two countries. It is therefore expected that the awareness and understanding of this ‘everyday-reality’ can contribute to a better understanding of relations between the two countries. Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29018/1/JIS%2018%202022%20191-217.pdf Abdullah, Kamarulnizam and Anuar, Abdul Rahim and Hara, Abubakar Eby (2022) Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas. Journal of International Studies (JIS), 18. pp. 191-217. ISSN 1823-691X
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Abdullah, Kamarulnizam
Anuar, Abdul Rahim
Hara, Abubakar Eby
Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas
description This article discusses and analyses relations between Indonesia and Malaysia from the relational dynamism between people and the state. Theoretically, the relations can be narrated through identity formation approach in the context of ‘authoritative-defined social reality’ and ‘everyday-defined social reality’. The reality of Indonesia-Malaysia relations in the last twenty-five years was very much defined by authoritative or elitist views, which have dominated and controlled the everyday discourses. However, elitist groups’ reality-defined perspective does not paint the whole picture of relations. This article argues that it is crucial to analyse the relations in the context of ‘everyday-defined social reality’ especially from the common people’s perspective such as workers, traders, activists, novelists, religious groups, artists, and families, who experience the reality of the relations. This ‘social reality’ can be observed in the dynamism of cross border relation between people-to-people, as has been shown in our case studies, in the border areas of Kalimantan Barat and Sarawak as well as Kalimantan Utara-Sabah. It shows complex but generally positive pictures in understanding relations between two countries. It is therefore expected that the awareness and understanding of this ‘everyday-reality’ can contribute to a better understanding of relations between the two countries.
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author Abdullah, Kamarulnizam
Anuar, Abdul Rahim
Hara, Abubakar Eby
author_facet Abdullah, Kamarulnizam
Anuar, Abdul Rahim
Hara, Abubakar Eby
author_sort Abdullah, Kamarulnizam
title Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas
title_short Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas
title_full Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas
title_fullStr Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas
title_full_unstemmed Contesting authority discourses in defining relations between Indonesia and Malaysia: A case study in the Kalimantan border areas
title_sort contesting authority discourses in defining relations between indonesia and malaysia: a case study in the kalimantan border areas
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia Press
publishDate 2022
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29018/1/JIS%2018%202022%20191-217.pdf
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