Keith Bettingner Notes
Notes for Geog 151
Keith Bettinger
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Capita of Indonesia is Jakarta. Jakarta is on Java.
Java is the size of California.
Java has 8% of total land area, 60% of population, & 135 million people * About Kerinci Seblat National Park * Indonesia is in South East Asia * Bettinger works on Sumatra
Kerinci Seblat National Park is on Sumatra * Kerinci Seblat National Park is 14.000 km2 (bigger than Connecticut) * 4 provinces, 15 districts & AMs * Established late 1980s – Early 19902 * Tigers, rhinos, elephants, various ecosystems, high conservation value * An obstacle to commerce * Faces threats from all sides * Formerly illegal logging * Now mainly encroachment * More than 30 proposed road project
Dutch Precursors * Small, non- territorial kingdoms of Sumatra * Dutch colonialism begins with Vereenigde Oost-Indishche Compagnie (VOC) * Cartelization, expansion, “indirect rule” * Dutch crown rule…. Standardization, bureaucratization & centralization * Dutch colonial rule creates a common colonial experience but also lasting patterns
The Rise of the Orde Baru * 1965: 30 September Movement topples Sukarno, providing an opportunity for Suharto to over * 1967: Parliament names Suharto acting president * Over the three decades Suharto’s Orde Baru brings development, stability, and the approval of the West * Suharto establishes top-down, vertically-articulated system of central control and patronage * The “centralization project”
The Fall of Orde Baru * By the late 1990s collusion, corruption, and nepotism had infected most aspects of government * Asian Economic crisis provides a catalyst for protests * Suharto loses support of the military * Suharto resigns May 21
Reformasi
* A new era of hope and optimism * 400-plus kabupatens (districts) freer and more independent * Bupatis directly elected *
Keith Bettinger
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Capita of Indonesia is Jakarta. Jakarta is on Java.
Java is the size of California.
Java has 8% of total land area, 60% of population, & 135 million people * About Kerinci Seblat National Park * Indonesia is in South East Asia * Bettinger works on Sumatra
Kerinci Seblat National Park is on Sumatra * Kerinci Seblat National Park is 14.000 km2 (bigger than Connecticut) * 4 provinces, 15 districts & AMs * Established late 1980s – Early 19902 * Tigers, rhinos, elephants, various ecosystems, high conservation value * An obstacle to commerce * Faces threats from all sides * Formerly illegal logging * Now mainly encroachment * More than 30 proposed road project
Dutch Precursors * Small, non- territorial kingdoms of Sumatra * Dutch colonialism begins with Vereenigde Oost-Indishche Compagnie (VOC) * Cartelization, expansion, “indirect rule” * Dutch crown rule…. Standardization, bureaucratization & centralization * Dutch colonial rule creates a common colonial experience but also lasting patterns
The Rise of the Orde Baru * 1965: 30 September Movement topples Sukarno, providing an opportunity for Suharto to over * 1967: Parliament names Suharto acting president * Over the three decades Suharto’s Orde Baru brings development, stability, and the approval of the West * Suharto establishes top-down, vertically-articulated system of central control and patronage * The “centralization project”
The Fall of Orde Baru * By the late 1990s collusion, corruption, and nepotism had infected most aspects of government * Asian Economic crisis provides a catalyst for protests * Suharto loses support of the military * Suharto resigns May 21
Reformasi
* A new era of hope and optimism * 400-plus kabupatens (districts) freer and more independent * Bupatis directly elected *