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In the period since former president Suharto was deposed (1998) and the New Order regime weakened its grip, Indonesia has generated more than a million internal refugees fleeing communal violence or its threat. The term ethnic cleansing is increasingly being used to describe the violent reclaiming of territory and expulsion of 'outsiders.' Examining this process disrupts the prominent image of indigenous people as victims of violence perpetrated by vicious regimes, corporations, or land-grabbing settlers. It forces academics and activists who have analyzed and, indeed, promoted 'resistance' and 'empowerment' by indigenous people to confront the violently embodied outcomes that can ensue, even while they hold on to the hope of peaceful resolution. It also lays bare the dilemma posed by what Lusa Malkki calls the 'sedentarist metaphysic': the value often placed on that which is native and in place, over that which moves about, or comes from outside. Indigenous knowledge advocates stress the deep ties between indigenous people and their unique terrain, arguing that displacement can amount to ethnocide. Taken up by indigenous people, sedentarist assumptions can be used to justify ethnic exclusion and support differential rights based on hierarchies of belonging. Highlighting the limits of sedentarism, the paper argues for more inclusive alternatives. 1 Photograph, 33 References. (Original abstract - amended)

A revised version of a study originally presented at the Duquesne History Forum in Pittsburgh on 18 Nov 2000, examines the fate of Magyars in Yugoslavia's Vojvodina region, which has been largely ignored by the American media. It is contended that "ethnic cleansing" in Vojvodina has completely transformed the ethnic/nationality profile of the region. "Cleansing" methods used by the Serbs to remove, but not necessarily eliminate, members of non-Serbian ethnic groups are described. It is noted that the agricultural region of Vojvodina was part of historic Hungary prior to the end of WWI, when the Serbian alliance with the Entente transformed the region into part of a newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, & Slovenes. The diverse demographic & ethnic composition of Vojvodina is described, along with the four phases of the "ethnic cleansing" carried out by the Serbs since 1918. It is concluded that the prospects of the Magyars in Vojvodina will continue to be grim unless their struggle for local self-government & cultural autonomy receives international support. 2 Tables. J. Lindroth

This book looks at the phenomenon of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans over the last two hundred years. Carmichael brings together a vast array of primary and secondary sources to produce a concise and accessible argument.