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In the Shadow of the Palms

In the Shadow of the Palms

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Sophie Chao examines the multispecies entanglements of oil palm plantations in West Papua, Indonesia, showing how Indigenous Marind communities understand and navigate the social, political, and environmental demands of the oil palm plant. Sophie Chao is Discovery Early Career Research Award Fellow and Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney and the editor and coeditor of several books, including Conflict or Consent? The Oil Palm Sector at a Crossroads and Oil Palm Expansion in Southeast Asia: Trends and Implications for Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples. Prologue  ix
Introduction  1
1. Pressure Points  33
2. Living Maps  51
Interlude: Lost in the Plantation—The Dream of Yustinus Mahuze  75
3. Skin and Wetness  77
4. The Plastic Cassowary  95
Interlude: Metamorphosis—The Dream of Yosefus Samkakai  115
5. Sago Encounters  117
6. Oil Palm Counterpoint  143
Interlude: The Empty Sago Grove—The Dream of Agustinus Gebze  165
7. Time Has Come to Stop  167
8. Eaten by Oil Palm  183
Interlude: Black Waters of the Bian—The Dream of Elena Basik-Basik  201
Conclusions  203
Epilogue: Endings—The Author's Dream  219
Acknowledgments  221
Notes  227
References  269
Index  311

“The stories Sophie Chao tells in this amazing book are mesmerizing, and her interpretation of them is clear and powerful. She makes a major contribution to the intersection of multispecies and posthumanist scholarship and critical BIPOC studies in ways that could shape imaginations both in and beyond the academy. Brilliant, insightful, and meticulous, In the Shadow of the Palms will be an influential and important book.”
“Raising fundamental questions about ethnographic practice, theory, and activism, Sophie Chao offers a truly new examination of human-plant relations that pushes us forward in how we imagine, understand, and narrate these forms of relation. This excellent and beautifully written book, which is at points both heart-wrenching and joy producing, makes a field-changing contribution to anthropology, human-animal studies, political ecology, environmental humanities, and postcolonial studies.”

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Weight 1 oz
Dimensions 1 × 6 × 9 in