Buruh Siluman: The making and maintaining of cheap and disciplined labour on oil palm plantations in Indonesia

Hariati Sinaga

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_9

Buruh Siluman: The making and maintaining of cheap and disciplined labour on oil palm plantations in Indonesia

Hariati Sinaga

School of Strategic and Global Studies

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Increasing attention has been paid to working conditions on Indonesian oil palm plantations. Reports have documented decent work deficits on plantations in Indonesia that are associated with cheap and disciplined labour as an important feature of the plantation labour regime. This chapter focuses on female labour on oil palm plantations. Drawing on insights from feminist theories, the coloniality/modernity school of thought, as well as literature on racial capitalism, this chapter argues that female labour on plantations, often called buruh siluman, plays a central role in the making and maintaining of these kinds of labour relations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities
Subtitle of host publication	Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	175-193
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030689445
ISBN (Print)	9783030689438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_9
Publication status	Published - 17 May 2021

Keywords

Female labour
Indonesia
Labour relations
Palm Oil

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Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities: Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Springer International Publishing AG, 2021. p. 175-193.

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