Affirming Dispossession: Governmentality and the Power of Positive Narratives in Indonesia’s New Rice Field Project
In 2024, President Prabowo Subianto reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to achieving national food self-sufficiency by continuing large-scale agricultural initiatives, including the establishment of 1 million hectares of new rice fields in Merauke, South Papua. While previous studies have highlighted how food estate prog...