Indonesia, Vol. 080, October 2005
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Item Editorial Note, Indonesia, volume 80, (October 2005)(Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Item Contributors, Indonesia, volume 80, (October 2005)(Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Item Table of Contents, Indonesia, volume 80, (October 2005)(Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Item The Other Maluku: Chronologies of Conflict in North MalukuDuncan, Christopher R. (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Christopher Duncan studies the violence in North Maluku that took place between August 1999 and June 2000 in Tobelo (Halmahera), taking into account local perceptions of the conflict, which in many cases pitted Christians against Muslims, and its evolution over time. The essay presents competing chronologies of the North Maluku violence based on accounts from victims and perpetrators and examines how interpretations of these clashes were utilized by local leaders and communities to influence the course of events.Item Pilkada in East Sumba: An Old Rivalry in a New Democratic SettingVel, Jacqueline (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)As part of Indonesia’s decentralization process, direct elections of regional heads, gubernur and bupati, have been introduced. These elections are referred to by the abbreviation Pilkada. With enhanced regional autonomy and the increased budget, the position of bupati has become very attractive. Those aspiring to become bupati must now compete to win the votes of the electorate. This article investigates a campaign in East Sumba and the candidates’ strategies under these new conditions. It seeks to discover whether the entrenched political-administrative elites generally succeed in capturing this latest institution of democracy, too, or if a direct election opens up opportunities for new candidates. This essay thus contributes to the debate on the development of democracy in Indonesia by examining the case of pilkada in East Sumba.Item Review of Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911Rodgers, Susan (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Item Urban Patterns and Polities in Malay Trading Cities, Fifteenth through Seventeenth CenturiesGuillot, Claude (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Claude Guillot studies maps and histories of three walled Malay trading cities— Malacca, Banten, and Aceh—focusing on the ways in which their physical structures provide evidence of their social structures, especially as they show enterprising foreigners were segregated from the city centers. He concludes that this segregation, and related policies, effectively stifled the development of an urban middle class or its equivalent.Item Review of Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West JavaMrázek, Jan (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Item Review of Durga's Mosque: Cosmology, Conversion and Community in Central Javanese IslamFeener, R. Michael (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)Item Review of The Collapse of a Colonial Society: The Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World WarIngleson, John (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2005-10)