| Abstrakt: |
Recent transformations in corporate-driven agrarian capitalism are putting plantations at the center of scholarly debates once again. Most importantly, although out-grower production of palm oil is essential for the functioning of the core plantations, they were formally classified as ordinary villagers and not as company workers, which enabled corporations to avoid any kind of responsibility for them. By drawing comparisons between current operations of palm oil corporations and plantation economies of the colonial era, the authors delve into the power-laden landscapes of violence that arise in the plantation zone and their variegated world-making effects. [Extracted from the article] |
