A Legendary History in Witihama, Eastern Adonara, Indonesia
An Enduring Context for Disagreement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16819948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R H Barnes (0000-0001-5064-7839, Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 7-31 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Moussons (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1620-3224 • E-ISSN: 2262-8363 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/moussons.1732 |
| OpenAlex | W1588334500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
An anthropological literature dealing with conflict such as has afflicted Indonesia in recent years is beginning to emerge. The present article is one of a series dealing with different incidents and forms of conflict and violence in a region of eastern Indonesia. It furthers a discussion on contested claims for precedence. Such claims in Indonesia are often made by means of legends of origin. Descent groups claiming outside origin may, nevertheless, demand political power from those claiming to be autochthonous. The latter may or not concede those functions to others, but they commonly assert a mystical authority based on local origin. In Witihama, eastern Adonara, two branches of Lama Tokan clan dispute their relative status. One, which has long provided political leadership, claims to have originated in the Moluccas. The other, which attempts to preserve its mystical authority, deems itself to have originated at the top of the Boleng volcano, but its autochthonous origin is disputed by others. This particular dispute has parallels elsewhere. Unlike other incidents in the past, it seems both peaceable and permanent
Clan · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Mysticism · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Cultural Identity and Heritage · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy
Genealogy and Topogeny
Ngaju Religion
The Economic and Administrative History of Early Indonesia
Keragaman dan Persatuan Masyarakat di Witihama, Adonara
Community Diversity and Unity in Witihama, Adonara
‘Austronesian Cosmopolitanism’ and Indonesia as a Politico-Economic System
An outbreak of violence in eastern Adonara, Indonesia, in 1934
From Bali to Lampung on the Pasisir
The stranger‐king or Dumézil among the Fijians ∗
Hinduism and Islam in Indonesia
On Value
A Ritual Resurgence in Eastern Indonesia
Hongi Hinga and its implications; A war of colonial consolidation in the Timor residence in 1904
Fransiskus/Usman Buang Duran; Catholic, Muslim, communist
Alliance and warfare in an Eastern Indonesian principality. Kédang in the last half of the nineteenth century
Political Systems of Highland Burma
Reflections on "hierarchy"; and "precedence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |