ABSTRACT This article evaluates the development of decentralization in Indonesia over the last two decades. The significance of ethnic and cultural politics in Indonesia’s contemporary decentralization is examined by focusing on the role of Bugis leadership in the establishment of new districts in Sulawesi. By employing ethnographic tools of enquiry, the article argues that the Bugis settlers play their roles and pursue their interests through the process of forming new provinces and districts. Empirically, they continue to pursue and assert their interests through the commodification of their cultural values in decentralized Indonesian regions. However, the Bugis roles in governance denote a contradictory pattern. On the one hand, they are reluctant to be ruled, and even to a certain extent resist being ruled or led by non-Bugis in their homeland, while on the other hand, they make use of traditional principles of assimilation, penetration and domination – téllu cappâ (three tips) – to pursue power and authority outside their homeland. In Indonesia’s changing political landscape, the Bugis see decentralization as a good opportunity to exert their authority.

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当代印度尼西亚权力下放中的武吉士和他们的“Téllu Cappâ”

摘要 本文评估了过去二十年印度尼西亚权力下放的发展。通过关注武吉士领导层在苏拉威西岛建立新区中的作用，研究了民族和文化政治在印度尼西亚当代权力下放中的重要性。通过使用民族志调查工具，文章认为武吉士定居者通过形成新的省和地区的过程发挥了他们的作用并追求他们的利益。从经验上讲，他们通过在分散的印度尼西亚地区将文化价值观商品化，继续追求和维护自己的利益。然而，武吉士在治理中的角色代表了一种矛盾的模式。一方面，他们不愿被统治，甚至在一定程度上抗拒被本国非武吉士统治或领导，另一方面，他们利用同化、渗透和支配的传统原则——téllu cappâ（三个秘诀）——在家乡之外追求权力和权威。在印度尼西亚不断变化的政治格局中，武吉士将权力下放视为行使权力的好机会。