Volume 16 Number 2 ISSN 2314-1234 (Print) Page October 2020 ISSN 2620-5882 (Online) 103—122 Decolonizing Agrarian Knowledge and the Emergence of Indonesian Critical Agrarian Studies AHMAD NASHIH LUTHFI Sekolah Tinggi Pertanahan Nasional Yogyakarta Email:
[email protected] Abstract Agricultural production growth has been the main priority in agrarian development Keywords: in Indonesia but its ends and means have been varied. In the colonial era, an export- agrarian oriented colonial plantation system resulted in the transformation of the Indonesian development; land tenurial system. In the post-colonial period, Soekarno’s regime pursued agrarian critical development seeking to strengthening people’s land rights through its land reform agrarian policies. Land rights were seen as the basis for agricultural production. Soeharto’s studies; New Order regime implemented its Green Revolution policy by developing knowledge agricultural mechanization and extensification which managed to improve decolonization agricultural production, but it gave greater privileges to the rural elite class and caused dependence on foreign inputs and aid. All agrarian policies were supported by knowledge produced through the research of influential institutions and individuals, including critical responses against the impacts of the transformation of land tenure. In this context, knowledge in agrarian studies with its critical perspectives were re- shaped as part of the process of knowledge decolonization. Abstrak Peningkatan produksi pertanian merupakan perhatian utama dalam pembangunan Kata kunci: agraria di Indonesia dengan tujuan dan cara yang berbeda-beda pada berbagai masa. dekolonisasi Pasa masa Kolonial, peningkatan produksi pertanian ditujukan untuk kepentingan pengetahuan; kolonial melalui sistem perkebunan yang meluas dan berakibat pada transformasi pembangunan sistem tenurial Indonesia secara mendasar.