ABSTRACT
The last century has witnessed a major change in the way we practice agrifood relations and governance. Whereas the agriculture of today, particularly in countries like Indonesia, is still governed by a Foucauldian disciplinary institution through incentives, taxation and formal procedures, there is currently a transition towards a ‘free’ agricultural society characterized by market signals, inclusiveness, virtual technology and morality. This mode of governance is in reality far from ‘free’, but instead relies on a dispersed power such as that depicted by a Deleuzian ‘society of control’. Using a historical narrative of Indonesia’s agriculture, this chapter documents the seamless transitions of Indonesia’s agri-environmental governance from disciplinary to control, and the multiplicity that consequently emerges within the assemblage.
