Making a living between crises and ceremonies in Tana Toraja : the practice of everyday life of a South Sulawesi highland community in Indonesia / by Edwin de Jong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jong, Edwin Bernardus Paulus de, 1970- author.

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 284.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde ; 284

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toraja (Indonesian people)--Social life and customs.

Toraja (Indonesian people).

Ethnology.

Tana Toraja (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.

Tana Toraja (Indonesia).

Ethnology--Indonesia--Tana Toraja.

Indonesia--Tana Toraja.

Physical Description:

xiv, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Danvers, Massachusetts: Brill, 2013.

Summary:

"The practice of everyday life in Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia) is structured by a series of public events, of which funerals are the most important. Even after Indonesia was hit by an economic crisis in the late 1990s, thousands of extravagant funeral ceremonies, requiring huge expenditures, were still organized each year. To understand the paradoxes and complexities of Torajan livelihoods, Edwin de Jong develops an approach that goes beyond existing economically biased perspectives on livelihoods by including both the cultural and the economic realm, positioned in the socio-political world with a transnational perspective, placed against a historical background, while not losing sight of diversity and individual creativity. It also advances the ethnography of Tana Toraja and the comparative study between numerous similar societies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Crisis and ceremonies : an Intriguing Paradox

Makassar : a transit city

Tana Toraja : a social Labyrinth

Crisis and ceremonies : an intriguing paradox

Construing everyday life

Small places and large issues

Outline of this study

Torajan Livelihoods : the cultural dynamics of economic life

Reconceptualizing livelihoods

Livelihood styles : beyond agency and social structure

Livelihood style defined

Livelihoods and social space : networks, Kinship and houses

Social relationships and networks

Networks of Kin

Beyond Kinship : House Societies

Moving beyond local boundaries

'A sense of place'

A conception of transnationalism

Where do we go from here?

The larger Torajan world : migrant networks and organizations

Torajans on the move

Before merantau

After merantau

The Torajan migrant world after 2000

Different settings, same outcome : two Torajan diasporas compared

Migrant networks and organizations

(Trans)migrants in the city : the case of Makassar

Makassar : Microcosm of the eastern seas

Arriving in the city and finding shelter

Living and working in Makassar

Social relations and networks

Communication between the urban migrants and the homeland

The homecoming myth : metaphor or reality?

Conclusions

The Torajan homeland

Early Sa'dan Toraja society : disunity and diversity

A society of houses

Tongkonan federations and constellations

The making of a colonial Toraja

Torajan politics under the New Republic

The emergency of Tana Toraja

Transformation of the Torajan political system : the Feudal authority replaced

Decentralization and local autonomy : the comeback of traditional adat leaders

Centralization and standardization : adat depoliticized

Contesting political power

Decentralization and regional autonomy in Indonesia : the revival of adat

Return to the lembang Movement

Failure of the lembang movement

The lembang revised and re-divided

A 'Greater' or a Fragmented Toraja?

Social distinction and ritual performance

Torajan order and status

The making and re-making of a tongkonan

Siri' makes the world go round

Tournaments of value

Tongkonan, Funerals and Christianity

Income and expenditure pattems in a changing economy

Economic development in Tana Toraja : booms and busts

Early economy of the highlands

The Torajan economy under colonial rule

Economic transition : steady growth and commercialization

Economic fluctuations in Tana Toraja 1997-2003

Village economies in the early twenty-first century

Gross village cash incomes

Local household income activities

Spreading activities beyond the village borders

Livelihood sources of various wealth groups in Palipu' and Kondo'

Expenditure patterns

The economic crisis as experienced in the two villages

Palipu' during the economic crisis : crisis or godsend?

Kondo' during the economic crisis : flourishing ceremonies

Concluding remarks

Torajan livelihood styles

Identifying livelihood styles in Palipu' and Kondo'

Livelihood styles in Palipu'

Translocals : the household of Rannu and Lucia Lomo'

Entrepreneurs : the household of Ne'Angke'

Established locals : the household of Ne'Kedeng

Outcasts : the case of Sande's household

Livelihood styles in Kondo'

Locals : Pong Fitri's household

Gengsi seekers : Pong Pading's household

Siri' protectors : the household of Ne'Rombe

Transnationais : the household of Marthen Bai

Some concluding remarks on livelihood styles in Tana Toraja

Living with the dead

Moving toward a global Tongkonan

The homeland : social space and place

A layered society

Life and death : a double Helix

Appendix 1 : Cluster analysis

Appendix 2 : Variables in the Cluster analysis for Palipu' and Kondo'

Appendix 3 : Clusters of Households after relocation procedure

Appendix 4 : Cluster analysis of Palipu' and Kondo'

Glossary of Indonesian and Dutch Terms

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-323) and index.

ISBN:

9789004252400

9004252401

OCLC:

833147230