Category: Bima Satria Putra

  • Alifuru World: Stateless Histories, Decolonial Futures

    Alifuru World: Stateless Histories, Decolonial Futures

    Discussion with Ferdiansyah Thajib & Hypatia Vourloumis on the forthcoming book Anarchy in Alifuru: The History of Stateless Societies in the Maluku Islands by Bima Satria Putra Putra’s book traces the histories of the Alifuru peoples – those who refused incorporation into the state formations of Ternate, Tidore, colonial empires, and the modern Indonesian nation-state.…

  • Anarchy in Alifuru

    Anarchy in Alifuru

    Anarchy in Alifuru: The History of Stateless Societies in the Maluku Islands Bima Satria Putra In the sprawling seas of the Maluku Islands lies a forgotten history – not of kings and sultans, but of people who lived without them.  Anarchy in Alifuru reclaims the stories of the stateless societies of eastern Indonesia, revealing a world…