<![CDATA[This article examines the politics of recognition in agrarian conflict affecting the Lom (Mapur) Indigenous community in Bangka Regency, Indonesia, in the context of post-extractive tin mining and oil palm expansion. It asks how the Lom community responds to its status as a legal subject after agrarian conflict and what opportunities and challenges recognition politics offers for resolving extractive disputes. Methodologically, the study employs a qualitative case study combining document analysis, participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions conducted in Air Abik and Pejam hamlets, analyzed using Miles et al.’s interactive model and Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition. The findings reveal a multidimensional crisis of recognition, in which vertical conflict with the state and corporations and horizontal fragmentation within the community jointly undermine the domains of love, rights, and solidarity. At the same time, grassroots initiatives especially the revitalization of customary councils and the “One Lom Tribe” discourse have begun to restore trust, rebuild collective identity, and articulate bottom-up aspirations for recognition. However, fragmented legal pathways, sectoral ego, and weak political commitment at the regional level continue to constrain substantive recognition. The study concludes that only an integrated recognition regime that strengthens customary institutions and harmonizes national and local regulations can secure the Lom’s customary territories and support sustainable socio-ecological governance.]]>
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