Foreigners Everywhere,Nationals Nowhere: Exclusion,Irregularity, and Invisibility of Stateless Bajau Laut in Eastern Sabah,Malaysia |
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| Authors: | Greg Acciaioli Helen Brunt Julian Clifton |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Anthropology and Sociology, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australiagregory.acciaioli@uwa.edu.au;3. International Federation of the Red Cross and Red?Crescent?Societies, Country Cluster Support Team, Bangkok, Thailand;4. UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis article explores impacts of national and regional policies upon the Bajau Laut, who occupy the maritime border region shared by Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It considers how maritime movements, ethnogenesis, visions for economic development and commercial interaction have evolved in the region. These processes, combined with contemporary nationalism, border securitization, and conservation render such populations both prominent as a target of governmental action and invisible in terms of provision of social services and implementation of conservation initiatives. These facets complicate issues of political belonging within the state of Sabah, the nation-state of Malaysia, and the wider ASEAN region. |
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| Keywords: | Statelessness irregular migrants, transborder political belonging marine nomadism cultural citizenship securitization Bajau Laut |
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