Thesis (M.A.), Australian National University, 1983. / Title from start screen (viewed Sept. 2, 2004). "January 1983.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Münster (Westfalen), 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294).

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Professional Javanese gamelan musicians and the way they think about and make music have been extensively studied by ethnomusicologists. This thesis shifts the analytical focus to the experience and practice of players in 'gamelan associations' for whom music is neither their primary occupation nor main source of income. It addresses two issues: firstly, who are these musicians and what does their way of playing and conceiving of music tell us about gamelan, and secondly, what opportunities and benefits does participation in these groups afford them. The first section sets out the details and context of fourteen gamelan associations in Surakarta. It examines local terminology for different forms of musicianship, their practice in relation to factors such as recompense for playing, ability, repertoire, and training, and discusses the combination of rehearsal and social gathering which I claim is fundamental to these groups. I argue that, whilst there is significant diversity among gamelan associations and their members, they represent a unified category of musicians distinct from those who are officially employed to play and that the specific benefits they obtain from playing derive from this non-professional status. The second section sets out these benefits in five chapters, relating respectively to gamelan's implication in discourses of community at local and state level, expressions of cultural ownership, the display and negotiation of personal authority, access to power, and the production of public sound. I argue that these connections mean that participation in gamelan associations is not simply recreational but a potentially powerful way for Solonese people to create meaning and influence for themselves amidst the competing models of modernity and rapid political change of contemporary Indonesia.

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Controlling and eliminating malaria in Indonesia is a challenging endeavour. Evidence-based strategic plans should be critically formulated to overcome a complex mosaic of infection risk across the 5000-km-long archipelago of thousand islands and distinctive habitats. This project aimed to thoroughly explore the challenges and opportunities for controlling/eliminating malaria and present the application of malaria cartographic tools to allow malaria control agencies and their partners to comprehensively assess the prospects for reaching pre-elimination, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of future strategies against the baseline generated. First, the historical context of malaria in Indonesia and important methods of control and their impact in the context of the political systems that supported them was comprehensively described. A series of distribution maps of twenty Anopheles malaria vector mosquitoes in Indonesia were also produced, supported by comprehensive reviews of each species’ bionomics and susceptibility to insecticides. Then, the application of malaria cartographic tools for malaria control/elimination in Indonesia was explored. The first high spatial resolution (1 x 1 km) baseline endemicity maps of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria were generated, together with corresponding estimates of population at risk and clinical burdens of each species in 2010. Low malaria prevalences of these parasites were predicted in western areas, with high prevalences in eastern Indonesia. Over 132 million people in Indonesia lived at risk of P. falciparum transmission with 70% of them in areas of unstable transmission and 30% in stable transmission. There were an estimated 7.7 million P. falciparum clinical cases across the populations at risk. Meanwhile, nearly 130 million people lived at risk of P. vivax malaria with 79% living in unstable and 21% in stable transmission areas. This infection caused 1.5 million estimated clinical cases in 2010. Both estimates were 30-fold and 6-fold higher than routinely reported numbers, respectively. Finally, this project revealed the substantial multi-faced problems that impede current efforts towards the pre-elimination agenda. High rates of undiagnosed clinical cases, insufficient competence of malaria microscopy, inadequate primaquine dosing against P. vivax malaria infections, insufficient evidence of vector control interventions, wide diversities of vector mosquitoes and their bionomics, mosquito resistance against insecticides and inadequate malaria surveillance systems are challenging the task of controlling and eliminating malaria. A diverse range of strategies enabling locally-specific approaches must be implemented for controlling and eliminating malaria in Indonesia. Strategic recommendations are listed and future research priorities are proposed for further study.

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published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Comparative Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts