Cai Hua

1999 Daba/Na Shaman. Color video, 40 minutes. Available on PAL or NTSC for £60/$110 plus postage from International Video Sales, Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1P 5HS, UNITED KINGDOM. A Study Guide is also available.

 

Duncan, Christopher R.

2001 Savage Imagery: (Mis) representations of the Forest Tobelo of Indonesia.  The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 2:45-62.

2001  Anthropological Research on Internally Displaced Persons and Ethnic Conflict in North Maluku. (In Indonesian.) Paper presented at the National Islamic Theological Seminary, Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia.

2001  Anthropological Approaches to Reconciliation in North Maluku (In Indonesian.) Paper presented at the GMIH Theological Seminary, Tobelo, Maluku Utara, Indonesia.

2002  The Aftermath of a Civil War. Inside Indonesia. Jan-April:27-28. Also available at URL http://www.insideindonesia.org.

2002  Unwelcome Guests: Relations between Local and IDPs in North Maluku. Paper presented at the Third International Symposium of the Journal of Antropologi Indonesia: Rebuilding Indonesia, A Nation of 'Unity and Diversity:' Towards a Multicultural Society, Udayana University, Den Pasar, Indonesia.

2002  Forest-Dwelling Communities and Regional Development in Halmahera. (In Indonesian). Paper presented at the Seminar on the Role of Local Culture in Conserving Natural Resources in the Age of Regional Autonomy, The Sanro Foundation, Tobelo, Maluku Utara, Indonesia.

2002 Forest-Dwelling Communities and Modernization. (In Indonesian.) Paper presented at the Dodia Foundation, Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia.

2003  Confusing Deadlines: IDPs in Indonesia. Forced Migration Review 17:35-36. Also available at URL: http://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR17/fmr17.15.pdf

2003  Apa yang Terjadi Setelah Berhentinya Perang? Masa Depan Pengungsi Maluku Utara di Sulawesi Utara. Conflict Management and Democratic Dialog in Indonesia Website. Southeast Asian Studies Program, Ohio University. Available at URL: http://www.scripps.ohiou.edu/news/cmdd/Artikel_cd.htm

2003 Untangling Conversation: Religious Change and Identity among the Forest Tobelo of Indonesia. Ethnology 42:307-22.

2003  The Politics of Going Home: The Future of North Moluccan Internally Displaced Persons. Paper presented at "Violence Eastern Indonesia: Causes and Consequences," University of Hawaii, May 16-18, 2003. (to be published in a proposed edited collection on violence in Eastern Indonesia.

2003  Unwelcome Guests: Tension, Strife, and Ethnic Conflict between Locals and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Paper presented at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, New York.

2003  Does the Truth Matter?: Writing Ethnography about Communal Violence and Suffering. Paper presented at the Anthropology Seminar of the Department of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London.

2003  Remembering to Forget: Christianity and Social Memory Among the Forest Tobelo of Halmahera, Eastern Indonesia. Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

2003  Untangling Conversion: Among the Forest Tobelo of Indonesia. Ethnology 42: 307-22.

2005  Tamu Tak Diundang: Pengungsi dan Orang Lokal di Sulawesi Utara. Antropologi Indonesia. Forthcoming.

n.d. Uninvited Guests: Relations Between Internally Displaced Persons and Their Hosts in North Sulawesi. Submitted to Journal of Refugee Studies.

n.d.  The Other Maluku: Chronologies of Conflict in Maluku Utara. For submission to Indonesia.

Abstract: The conflict in Ambon and Maluku has received a large amount of media and academic attention. In contrast, the violence in North Maluku (August 1999 - June 2000) has received less coverage and then only at its most violent points. It has largely been ignored by the academic community.  This seeming lack of interest despite the fact that the killing of Muslims in Tobelo has often been cited as the "spark" that lead to the call for a Jihad in the region and the subsequent arrival of the Laskar Jihad. This paper, based on eighteen months of fieldwork in Muslim and Christian communities in North Maluku and among North Moluccan IDPs in North Sulawesi, looks at the course of the violence as seen through local accounts. It reviews chronologies of the conflict and incorporates, often contradictory, accounts from all sides. More importantly, it examines how these events, and associated rumors, were interpreted and utilized on teh ground by local leaders and local communities to influence the course of the violence.

   ms. Does the Truth Matter? Writing and Ethnography of violence and suffering. To be published as a Goldsmiths Working Paper in Anthropolgy.

   other projects currently underway:

     ms. Reconciliation and Reinvention: The Resurgence of Tradition in Tobelo.

 

Abstract: The recent spate of communal violence in various parts of Indonesia has contributed to a resurgence of interest in customary tradition (adat). This paper will look at the revival of adat in the eastern Indonesian Providence of North Maluku that was engulfed by communal violence between Christian an Muslim communities in 1999-2000. The inability of government institutions to prevent the outbreak of violence has led people to search for alternative forms of conflict resolution, and in the post-conflict period, many people, particularly the elite, have turned to previously marginalized adat as a source fro reconciliation. It has come to be seen as a zone of interaction free of religious bias. This process has been taking place throughout the province; from the revival of once moribund sultanates to renewed interest in local languages. In particular, I look at the resurgence of adat among the the Tobelo people where the local elite hope that by focusing on tradition, rather than religion, they can overcome some of the tensions that contributed to the outbreak of violence, as well as prevent it from happening again. This paper looks at some of the efforts being made to reinvent and refashion Tobelo tradition, including the addition of Tobelo language courses to the school curriculum, the "rivival" of pre-Christian/pre-Islamic dance forms, and an increasing interest in older forms of land tenure. (submitted as an abstract to the 2003 American Anthropological Association and also to be presented as at Cornell Brown Bag seminar, 2 October 2003.)

 

    ms. An article on changing interpretation of Sasi in Halmahera.

 

Abstract: An article looking at local controversies over the practice of sasi in Halmahera. Sasi is a form of common property regulation in central Maluku that has been a frequent topic of academic research. Although not previously present in Halmahera, the local church has tried to import a revised version of sasi into Halmahera. However, in the Halmahera case, it is not about regulating common property, but about preventing the theft of crops. It has been introduced by a number of ministers with Ambonese backgrounds. There have been mixed reactions to the practice, such that it has become a frequent topic of debated at church councils (leading to the commissioning of a master thesis on the topic) and within some local communities. There are a range of controversies surrounding the implementation of sasi, including from accusations of blasphemy, and attempts by the church to increase its coffers (as people involved must pay for the use of sasi with ten percent of their harvest). This article will look at this controversy, local uses of sasi in North Halmahera, as well as other local beliefs dealing with the protection of crops (i.e. matakau, o bugi-bugo, etc.)

 

Future Planned Projects Based on RAI Fellowship Research:

 

    - An article about the effect of communal violence on family planning in Halmahera.

 

    - An article about cannibalism and local explanations during the 1999-2000 violence.

 

    - Book plans: The goal is to eventually publish a book length monograph on the violence and displacement in North Maluku.

 

Hakim, Roxanne P.

1996 Vasava Identity in Transition: Some Theoretical Issues. Special Issue on Resettlement, July 15. Economic and Political Weekly of India 31:1492-99. Mumbai: Sameeksha Trust.

1996 Post-graduate Workshop on "Anthropology and Advocacy," Goldsmiths College, University of London.

1997 Mistrusting Refugees: A Book Review. Critique of Anthropology Journal.

1997 Identity, Resettlement and Perceptions of Change: The Vasava Bhils of Gujarat. Submitted to Development and Change. The Hague.

1997 Resettlement and Rehabilitation in the Context of Vasava Culture: Some Reflections. In The Dam and the Nation: Displacement and Resettlement in the Narmada Valley, J. Dreze, M. Samson, and S. Singh, eds. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (Paper presented at the Narmada Forum Workshop held at the Centre for Development Economics, University of Delhi, India, December 1993; paper presented at the Anthropology Department Seminar series on Personhood and the Experience of Change, Goldsmiths College, University of London; a revised version was presented in the Seminar in Contemporary South Asia, University of Oxford.)

1997 Resettlement and Perceptions of Change: The Vasava Bhils of Gujarat. Oxford Development Studies. Forthcoming. (Paper presented at a seminar series on Personhood and the Experience of Change, Goldsmith College, University of London, and at the Seminar in Contemporary South Asia, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, February and May 1997).

1998 From Corn to Cotton: Changing Indicators of Food Security Amongst Resettled Vasavas. In Reconstructing Livelihoods: Towards New Approaches to Resettlement, M. Cernea and C. McDowell, eds. Oxford: Bergahn Books. Forthcoming. (Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Displacement and Resettlement entitled Reconstructing Livelihoods: Towards New Approaches to Resettlement, held at University of Oxford, United Kingdom, September 1996.

 

Kirsch, Stuart

1996 Acting Globally: Eco-politics in Papua New Guinea. Journal of the International Institute (Newsletter, The University of Michigan) 3, 3:1, 14-25. (Reprinted in Active Voices, online journal of Cultural Survival No. 1, September, 1997), Part One of "Eco-Politics in Papua New Guinea," http://www.cs.org/.

1996 Cleaning Up Ok Tedi: Settlement Favors Yonggom People. Journal of the International Institute (Newsletter, University of Michigan) 4, 1:7. (Reprinted in Active Voices, online journal of Cultural Survival No. 1, September, 1997), Part Two of "Eco-Politics in Papua New Guinea," http://www.cs.org/.

1996 Return to Ok Tedi. Me njin 55, 4:657-66.

1996 Anthropologists and Global Alliances (Comment). Anthropology Today 12, 4:14-16.

1997 "Kotim ol" (Take Them to Court). Delta: News and Background on Ogoni, Shell and Nigeria (newsletter), No. 3, October:32-35. (Reprinted in Active Voices, online journal of Cultural Survival No. 1, September, 1997), Part Three of "Eco-Politics in Papua New Guinea," http://www.cs.org/.

1997 Is OK Tedi a Precedent? Implications of a Lawsuit. In The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes and Implications, Chris Ballard and Glenn Banks, ed. Resource Management in Asia-Pacific and National Centre for Development, Pacific Policy Paper, 25:118-40. Canberra. (To be reprinted in Legal Studies Forum, Forthcoming.)

2000 Anthropology and Advocacy: A Case Study of the Campaign against the OK Tedi Mine. Critique of Anthropology 22:175-200.

2000 An Incomplete Victory at OK Tedi. Human Rights Dialogue 2:10-11. Online edition: http://www.cceia.org/themes/hrdspring2000.html.

2001 Changing Views of Place and Time along the OK Tedi. In Mining and Indigenous Lifeworlds in Australia and Papua New Guinea, Alan Rumsey and James Weiner, eds. Pp. 182-207. Adelaide: Crawford House Press.

2002 Litigating OK Tedi (Again). In Melanesia: The Future of Tradition, James F. Weiner, Ed. Cultural Survival 26(3):15-19. Online edition: http://www/cs.org/

2003 Mining, Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights: A Case Study of the OK Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea. Working paper from a workshop on "Indigenous Peoples, Private Sector Natural Resource, Energy and Mining Companies and Human Rights," organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Indigenous Perspectives 5:60-91.

2003 Mining and Environmental Human Rights in Papua New Guinea. In Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, Corporations and Human Rights, George Jedrzej Frynas and Scott Pegg, eds. Pp. 115-136. London: Palgrave.

 

Rajah, Ananda

n.d. A "Nation of Intent" in Burma: Karen Ethno-nationalism, Nationalism and Narrations of Nation. In Political Fragmentation in Southeast Asia: Alternative Nations in the Making, Kevin Hewison and Vivienne Wee, eds. London: RoutledgeCurzon.

n.d. Burma: A State in Name and Not in Fact--Movements for Ethnic Autonomy, Centres, Peripheries and Resource Control In Political Fragmentation in SoutheastAsia: Alternative Nations in the Making, Keven Hewison and Vivienne Wee, eds. London: RoutledgeCurzon.

n.d. Review of Fear and Sanctuary: Burmese Refugees in Thailand, by Hazel J. Lang. Journal of Asian Studies forthcoming.

n.d. Review of Mon Nationalism and Civil War in Burma: The Golden Sheldrake, by Ashley South. Journal of Asian Studies forthcoming.

Sato, Noriko

2002 On the Horns of the Terrorist Dilemma: Syrian Christians' Response to Israeli Terrorism. History and Anthropology 14(2):1-15.

2002 Selective Amnesia: Careful Construction of Orthodox Christian History in Syria. Paper presented at the 101st Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, November 2002.

2003 On the Horns of the Terrorist Dilemmas: Syrian Christians’ Response to Israeli “Terrorism,” History and Anthropology Vol. 14(2):141-56.

2003 Communal Education Activities: Reconstruction of Orthodox Christian History in Syria. Presented to BRISMES Annual Conference, organized by British Society for Middle East Studies.

2004 Communal Education Activities: Reconstruction of Orthodox Christian History in Syria. Paper presented at the BRISMES Annual Conference. organized by British Society for Middle East Studies.

2004 Concealing Otherness: Orthodox Christians in Syria and Their Identity. RoutledgeCurzon. Forthcoming.

2004 Indigenous Syrians or Immigrants to Syria? Syrian Orthodox Christians and Their Historical Narratives. Chronos. Forthcoming.

2004 Religious and Political Networks: al-Khoei Foundation and Other Political Minorities. Submitted to Dialogue.

2004 Political Network and Religious Authority: Iraqi Si‘i leaders and the role of the al-Khoei Foundation. AJEMES Special issue for papers presented in International Workshop: Changing Knowledge and Authority in Islam.

2004 Oriental Dance: Fantasy, Performance, and Identity. Submitted to the Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute.

2004 Conceling Otherness: The Ambivalent Position of Syrian Orthodox Christians. Presented to the BRISMES Annual Conference organized by British Society for Middle East Studies.

2004 Religious and Political Networks: al-Khoei Foundation and Other Political Minorities. Presented to the JAMES International Workshop: Changing Knowledge and Authority in Islam, Japanese Association for Middle Eastern Studies.

n.d. Concealing Otherness: Orthodox Christians in Syria and Their Identity.

 

Shneiderman, Sara, Mark Turin and the Digital Himalaya Project Team

n.d.  Digital Himalaya: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research Vol. 20-21. In Press.

n.d. Digital Himalaya: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age. In InterArchiv, von Bismark, Stoller and Wuggenig, eds. In Press.

n.d.  Haimendorf's Laptop. Newsletter of the International Institute of Asian Studies No XX. In Press.

Strang, Veronica

2000  The Side Effects of Participation in the Native Title Process. Paper presented at the Conference entitled Crossing Boundaries: Anthropology, Linguistics, History and Law in Native Title, Perth, Australia, September 2000. 2001 Grave Voices: Aboriginal Health and the Effects of Engagement in Land Rights Conflicts in Australia. Paper presented in the Social Medicine Seminars, Bristol University, November 2001.2001  David and Goliath: Aboriginal and European Heroes in an Australian Landscape. Paper presented in the Seminar Series, Department of Anthropology, Aberdeen University, November 2001.2001  Volume of Recorded Data for Aboriginal Community. Country Bla 1We: Kunjen Country on the Cape York Peninsula. Kowanyama Community Council. 2002  Hunter Gathers and the Politics of Representation: An Introduction. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, Edinburgh, September 2002.2002 Anthropology and Ethical Practices. Paper presented at a seminar at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, March 2002. n.d.  Life Down Under: Water and Identity in an Aboriginal Cultural Landscape. Goldsmiths' College Anthropology Research Papers. London: Goldsmiths' College. Forthcoming.n.d.  Raising the Dead: Reflecting on Engagement in the Naive Title Process. In Crossing Boundaries; Cultural, Legal, and Historical Issues in Native Title, S. Toussaint, ed. Melbourne: Melbourne University  Press. Forthcoming. n.d.  An Appropriate Question? The Propriety of Anthropological Analysis in the Australian Political Arena. In Anthropology and Ethics, P. Caplan, ed. London: Routledge. Forthcoming.n.d.  Moon Shadows: Aboriginal and European Heroes in an Australian Landscape. In Landscape, Memory, and History, P. Stewart and A. Strathern, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming.

ms.  Negotiating Under Siege: Defending Aboriginality in North Queensland.