Culture In Indonesia

Author : Graham Saunders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781857335880

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Indonesia - Culture Smart! by Graham Saunders Pdf

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken "Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel "... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel "...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer "...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine "...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times

Author : Claire Holt
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9793780576

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Culture and Politics in Indonesia by Claire Holt Pdf

In these studies, scholars from the United States and Indonesia identify some of the cultural roots of Indonesian political behavior. The authors, representing the fields of anthropology, history, and political science, explore the ways in which traditional institutions, beliefs, values, and ethnic origins affect notions of power and rebellion, influence political party affiliations, and create new modes of cultural expression. Using two different but contemporary approaches, the authors show what can be learned about Indonesia through use of the Western concepts of "culture" and "politics". Professors Lev, Liddle, and Sartono illustrate how much can be gained from presenting Indonesian life in Western terms, while Professors Abdullah and Anderson contrast Indonesian and Western ideas. In an Afterword, Clifford Geertz reflects on the questions raised in these essays by discussing the tense relationships between Indonesian political institutions and the cultural framework in which they exist. CLAIRE HOLT was, until her death in 1970, Senior Research Associate of the Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University. In Indonesia she served as assistant to the late Dr. W.F. Stutterheim, the noted archaeologist and cultural historian. She lectured extensively in Europe, the Far East, and the United States on Indonesian culture, and worked as a researcher and training specialist for the US Department of State.

Author : M.H.T. Sutedja-LIem
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004253513

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Heirs to World Culture by M.H.T. Sutedja-LIem Pdf

This volume brings together new scholarship by Indonesian and non-Indonesian scholars on Indonesia’s cultural history from 1950-1965. During the new nation’s first decade and a half, Indonesia’s links with the world and its sense of nationhood were vigorously negotiated on the cultural front. Indonesia used cultural networks of the time, including those of the Cold War, to announce itself on the world stage. International links, post-colonial aspirations and nationalistic fervour interacted to produce a thriving cultural and intellectual life at home. Essays discuss the exchange of artists, intellectuals, writing and ideas between Indonesia and various countries; the development of cultural networks; and ways these networks interacted with and influenced cultural expression and discourse in Indonesia. With contributions by Keith Foulcher, Liesbeth Dolk, Hairus Salim HS, Tony Day, Budiawan, Maya H.T. Liem, Jennifer Lindsay, Els Bogaerts, Melani Budianta, Choirotun Chisaan, I Nyoman Darma Putra, Barbara Hatley, Marije Plomp, Irawati Durban Ardjo, Rhoma Dwi Aria Yuliantri and Michael Bodden.

Author : Culture Smart!,Jessica Jemalem Ginting,Graham Saunders
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787028975

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Indonesia - Culture Smart! by Culture Smart!,Jessica Jemalem Ginting,Graham Saunders Pdf

Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Indonesia, stretching across three time zones and situated on one of the world s great maritime trade routes, has a rich and varied culture. Culture Smart! Indonesia describes the many different cultural backgrounds that make up this rainbow nation, helping you to better understand the values that underpin its diverse society. It reveals how modern Indonesians view themselves and go about their daily lives, and gives advice on how to navigate unfamiliar situations. Armed with essential cultural information and tips on effective communication, readers are better placed to have a more meaningful and successful experience in this fascinating country. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Author : Indonesia. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013338259

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Cultural Policy in Indonesia by Indonesia. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Pdf

UNESCO pub. Study of cultural policy in Indonesia - covers the institutional framework and administrative aspects, traditional culture, folklore, language, literature, archaeology, museums, fine arts, the mass media, etc.

Author : Ariel Heryanto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134044078

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Popular Culture in Indonesia by Ariel Heryanto Pdf

This book examines popular culture in Indonesia, bringing material on Indonesia’s media and popular culture to an English readership for the first time. It includes analysis of important themes including citizenship, gender, class, age and ethnicity, showing how developments in Indonesian society more generally are inextricably linked to popular culture.

Author : Tineke Hellwig,Eric Tagliacozzo
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780822392279

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The Indonesia Reader by Tineke Hellwig,Eric Tagliacozzo Pdf

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a larger Muslim population than any other. The Indonesia Reader is a unique introduction to this extraordinary country. Assembled for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the Reader includes more than 150 selections: journalists’ articles, explorers’ chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoons, drawings, letters, speeches, and more. Many pieces are by Indonesians; some are translated into English for the first time. All have introductions by the volume’s editors. Well-known figures such as Indonesia’s acclaimed novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz are featured alongside other artists and scholars, as well as politicians, revolutionaries, colonists, scientists, and activists. Organized chronologically, the volume addresses early Indonesian civilizations; contact with traders from India, China, and the Arab Middle East; and the European colonization of Indonesia, which culminated in centuries of Dutch rule. Selections offer insight into Japan’s occupation (1942–45), the establishment of an independent Indonesia, and the post-independence era, from Sukarno’s presidency (1945–67), through Suharto’s dictatorial regime (1967–98), to the present Reformasi period. Themes of resistance and activism recur: in a book excerpt decrying the exploitation of Java’s natural wealth by the Dutch; in the writing of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879–1904), a Javanese princess considered the icon of Indonesian feminism; in a 1978 statement from East Timor objecting to annexation by Indonesia; and in an essay by the founder of Indonesia’s first gay activist group. From fifth-century Sanskrit inscriptions in stone to selections related to the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 tsunami, The Indonesia Reader conveys the long history and the cultural, ethnic, and ecological diversity of this far-flung archipelago nation.

Author : Jill Forshee
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066849855

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Culture and Customs of Indonesia by Jill Forshee Pdf

Indonesia comprises more than 17,000 islands stretching on either side of the equator for nearly 4,000 miles and hundreds of ethnic groups. This book reveals the remarkable social, religious, and geographical differences that exist from island to island. It also reveals local people's own ideas of their identities and pasts.

Author : Krishna Sen,David T. Hill
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9793780428

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Media, Culture, and Politics in Indonesia by Krishna Sen,David T. Hill Pdf

Media, Culture, and Politics in Indonesia is about the institutions and policies that determine what Indonesians write, read, watch, and hear. It covers the print media, broadcast radio and television, computers and the internet, videos, films and music. This book argues that the texts of the media can be understood in two broad ways: 1. as records of a "national" culture and political hegemony constructed by Suharto's New Order and 2. as contradictory, dissident, political and cultural aspirations that reflect the anxieties and preoccupations of Indonesian citizens. Media, Culture, and Politics, now brought back to life as a member of Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, explains what has escaped state control, not only by self-conscious resistance, but also because of the ownership patterns, technologies, and modes of consumption of media texts and institutions. The role of the media in the downfall of Suharto is examined and the legacy of his New Order is analyzed. This dynamic and innovative text is suitable for all students of Indonesian languages and culture, Asian studies, Southeast Asian studies, cultural studies, media studies, and contemporary politics. Krishna Sen is Professor of Asian Media and Dean of the Humanities Research Centre at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia David T. Hill is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Fellow of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

Author : C. (Kees) van Dijk,Jean Gelman Taylor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004253612

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Cleanliness and Culture by C. (Kees) van Dijk,Jean Gelman Taylor Pdf

Recent years have shown an increase in interest in the study of cleanliness from a historical and sociological perspective. Many of such studies on bathing and washing, on keeping the body and the streets clean, and on filth and the combat of dirt, focus on Europe. In Cleanliness and Culture attention shifts to the tropics, to Indonesia, in colonial times as well as in the present. Subjects range from the use of soap and the washing of clothes as a pretext to claim superiority of race and class to how references to being clean played a role in a campaign against European homosexuals in the Netherlands Indies at the end of the 1930s. Other topics are eerie skin diseases and the sanitary measures to eliminate them, and how misconceptions about lack of hygiene as the cause of illness hampered the finding of a cure. Attention is also drawn to differences in attitude towards performing personal body functions outdoors and retreating to the privacy of the bathroom, to traditional bathing ritual and to the modern tropical Spa culture as a manifestation of a New Asian lifestyle. With contributions by Bart Barendregt, Marieke Bloembergen, Kees van Dijk, Mary Somers Heidhues, David Henley, George Quinn, and Jean Gelman Taylor.

Author : Andrew N. Weintraub
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136812293

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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia by Andrew N. Weintraub Pdf

Islam is a religion but there are also popular cultures of Islam that are mass mediated, commercialized, pleasure-filled, humorous, and representative of large segments of society. This book illuminates how Muslims (and non-Muslims) in Indonesia and Malaysia make sense of their lives within an increasingly pervasive, popular culture of Islamic images, texts, film, songs, and narratives.

Author : Virginia Matheson Hooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029779959

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Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia by Virginia Matheson Hooker Pdf

In power since 1965, Indonesia's New Order government has formulated distinctive policies for cultural development. What effect have these policies had on individual artists and on art forms? This collection of fifteen essays explores the theme in the areas of literature, drama, film, television, painting, contemporary art, architecture, music, and language. The essays touch on current debates about the role of the artist in Indonesian society and discuss recent trends in the various genres.

Author : Maksimus Regus
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110696073

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Human Rights Culture in Indonesia by Maksimus Regus Pdf

Drawing on human rights discourse and a study of the difficulties faced by religious minority groups (using the Ahmadiyya minority group as a case study), this book presents three interconnected challenges to human rights culture in Indonesia. First, it presents a normative challenge, describing the gap between philosophical and normative principles of human rights on one side and the overall problems and critical issues of human rights at national and local levels on the other. Second, it considers the political problems in developing and strengthening human rights culture. The political challenge addresses the ability (or inability) of the state to guarantee the rights of certain individuals and minority groups. Third, it examines the sociological challenge of majority-minority group relationships in human rights discourse and practices. This book describes the background of human rights in Indonesia and reviews the previous literature on the issue. It also presents a comprehensive review of the discourses about human rights and political changes in contemporary Indonesia. The analysis focuses on how human rights challenges affect the situation of religious minorities, looking in particular at the Ahmadiyya as a minority group that experiences human rights violations such as discrimination, persecution, and violence. The study fills out its treatment of these issues by examining the involvement of actors both from the state and society, addressing also the politics of human rights protection.

Author : Cathie Draine,Barbara Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Culture shock
ISBN : 1870668618

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Culture shock! by Cathie Draine,Barbara Hall Pdf

Author : Jane Hinchey
Publisher : Redback Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Indonesia
ISBN : 9781925630060

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Indonesia by Jane Hinchey Pdf

Indonesia is the world's largest island country, with 17,508 islands, of which about 6,000 are inhabited. Find out what life is like in Indonesia. Discover Indonesia's ethnic diversity and how people live, work and play. Learn about the events that shaped this fascinating country. Learn all about Indonesia including: - Government - History - Ethnic diversity - Landscape and climate - Religions and festivals - Cultural traditions - Transport systems - Languages - Cuisine And find out more about Indonesia's relationship with Australia.