Eastern Part Of Indonesia Research Articles

From Head-hunter to Organ-thief: Verisimilitude, Doubt, and Plausible Worlds in Indonesia and Beyond

In the last few years, occult head-hunters – elusive figures that have haunted communities and the public imagination in Indonesia since at least colonial times – appear to have adopted a novel and troubling tactic. Instead of decapitating their victims and using the heads in construction rituals as they are said to have conventionally done, head-hunters are now allegedly harvesting their victims’ organs to sell them on the global market of body parts. Based on a comparison of ethnographic material from North Maluku, a province in the eastern part of Indonesia, and news reports in regional and national papers, I trace how accounts about headhunting have morphed with narratives about organ theft. I argue that this plasticity is not a merely a change in symbolic ideas of the occult that reflects changing political and economic realities. Rather, I propose that their turn to organ theft enrols head-hunters in a contemporary and global ‘travelling package’ that includes and entangles organ trafficking practices, media accounts, political imaginaries, and social anxieties within the same field of reality and possibility, a field of verisimilitude in which fiction and fact, rumour and reality, are fundamentally blurred. The article proposes a ‘more-than-representational’ approach to the organ-stealing head-hunter that sees him not just as a representation of particular political and historical circumstances but as a co-producer of these circumstances, of particular political worlds and their attendant scales of anxiety. This approach, I argue, challenges the epistemological distinction between symbolic representation and political reality that informed (but also incommoded) the analyses of headhunting rumours in the 1980s and 1990s – and that continues to inform anthropological analyses of ‘the occult’ more generally.

PS 18-01 RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION IN EAST INDONESIA COMMUNITIES

Objective: Indonesia, although is generally enjoying relatively steady progress in development, some parts of the country is said to have undergone unequal development. Many people agreed that eastern part of Indonesia is still underdeveloped compared to its western counterpart. It is interesting to see how the inequality have affected a health outcome. This study examines risk factors associated with hypertension among communities in Eastern Indonesia. Design and Method: This study uses data collected from Indonesia Family Life Survey East 2012. The IFLS East is a large-scale multi topic household and community survey of living conditions that covers Eastern provinces in Indonesia, namely: Nusa Tenggara Timur, Kalimantan Timur, Sulawesi Tenggara, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Papua Barat and Papua. It interviewed around 10.000 individuals in 2.500 households. Social, economic, education and health information are collected through structured questionnaires, alongside with health measurements that include health, wealth, waist and hip circumference measurements as well as blood pressure measurement using digital sphygmomanometer. Results: The study found that 5.950 people who were measured for hypertension, 24% of them had higher blood pressure. Age, sex, body mass index, marital status, and education are among characteristics associated with the hypertension. Conclusions: East Indonesia specific information is very important to fill information gap about East Indonesia, and hopefully this will provide strong evidence for improvement of design and provision of health service.

Volcanostratigraphic Approach for Evaluation of Geothermal Potential in Galunggung Volcano

he geothermal systems in Indonesia are primarily associated with volcanoes. There are over 100 volcanoes located on Sumatra, Java, and in the eastern part of Indonesia. Volcanostratigraphy is one of the methods that is used in the early stage for the exploration of volcanic geothermal system to identify the characteristics of the volcano. The stratigraphy of Galunggung Volcano is identified based on 1:100.000 scale topographic map of Tasikmalaya sheet, 1:50.000 scale topographic map and also geological map. The schematic flowchart for evaluation of geothermal exploration is used to interpret and evaluate geothermal potential in volcanic regions. Volcanostratigraphy study has been done on Galunggung Volcano and Talaga Bodas Volcano, West Java, Indonesia. Based on the interpretation of topographic map and analysis of the dimension, rock composition, age and stress regime, we conclude that both Galunggung Volcano and Talaga Bodas Volcano have a geothermal resource potential that deserve further investigation.

A Decision-Making Model for Community-Based Food Industry to Support Poverty Alleviation in East Indonesia: Case Study of East Sumba Regency

Provinces in the eastern part of Indonesia still have high percentage of residents living below the poverty line. However, some provinces are the producers of food commodities. The One Village One Product (OVOP) movement has been proven to be able to reduce the poverty level and can be implemented in East Indonesia, especially by developing the community-based food industry. The objective of the research is to develop a decision making model to determine the best suitable community-based food industry to be developed optimally in East Indonesia using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). We identify five criteria for the model from the literature and interviews with experts, namely resources, demand, supporting industries, strategy and competitiveness, and supports from government and other parties. We apply the model for the case of East Sumba regency of the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, to select from alternatives, namely cassava, banana, corn and peanut-based food industries. The results show that banana-based industry is chosen as the best-suitable community-based food industry, mainly due to the uniqueness of the banana-based product and high production of banana in the area.

Morphological And Anatomical Structure Of Red Fruit (Pandanus Conoideus Lam.)

<p>Red fruit <em>(Pandanus conoideus </em>Lam.) is one of the plant species in Pandanacea family. Moreover, it is also used as food, medicines, and dyes in Eastern part of Indonesia. For the local people in Papua, however, it is difficult to grow the red fruit using seed propagation due to the seed dormancy. In this study, we investigated the morphological and anatomical structure of the red fruit seeds. We conducted the study by observing the morphological and anatomical structure of the red fruit seeds and its seed dormancy. The study revealed that the red fruit drupe was divided into exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp layers. Anatomical analysis indicated that the seed coat consisted of parenchyma and lignin-walled cells. The inner layer of the seed coat was covered by mucilaginous, blockage and per carp. The endosperm consisted of starch containing parenchyma cells and small sized embryos that contained small parenchyma cells.</p>

Disaster-friendly sundanese traditional building construction

Indonesia is one country that is highly prone to earthquakes because it is located at the juncture of four tectonic plates, namely the Asian continental shelf, the continental shelf of Australia, the Indian Ocean plate and the Pacific plate. In the southern and eastern parts of Indonesia there is a volcanic belt that extends from the island of Sumatra, Java and Nusa south eastern Sulawesi, the sides in the form of old volcanic mountains and the lowlands are mostly dominated by swamps. The condition of potential and proneness to disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and landslides. Indonesian society have a local knowledge for facing disasters. Local communities in particular areas have local knowledge for facing disasters. Such knowledge is commonly kept by members of the communities and applied to their environments, including houses. This research aims to describe disaster-friendly Sundanese traditional building construction. It employs the evaluation method, by comparing Sundanese traditional house construction to the standards of disaster-friendly construction. The results indicate that the Sundanese traditional building constructions have been qualified as disaster-friendly buildings.

Coral Reef Development as an Indicator of Seal Level Fluctuation: A Preliminary Study on Pleistocene Reef in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi

DOI:10.17014/ijog.3.1.53-66Pleistocene reefs in eastern part of Indonesia are abundantly found along the coast as raised reef. They express highly tectonized and/or uplifted area characterized by several terraces. Therefore the reef size is narrow. This research is located at Bira District of Bulukumba Regency or it lies at the southern tip of South Sulawesi Peninsula. The objective of this research is to define depositional environment based on coral development. Several methods were applied such as intersect lines which were perpendicular to the cliff, geochemical and petrographic analyses, as well as paleoenvironment interpretation. Three facies are described at the Pleistocene reef, namely 1) Reef Front Facies, 2) Reef Core Facies, 3) Back Reef Facies. Based on facies association and organism accumulation, the depositional environment of Pleistocene reef is interpreted to be developed in a small reef complex on an unstable basement. The reef has experienced at least 3 (three) times of sea level fluctuation.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN MADRASA: EXPLORATION FROM MUSLIM MINORITY OF WEST PAPUA

Muslim minority educational development was left behind to explore. The existing researches on the publication are only about Muslim majority. Therefore, it is a need to discover the existence of Muslim minority in the eastern part of Indonesia. This research was conducted in West Papua Province. In-dept interview and non-participant observation were conducted to collect data. Focus group discussion was circulated to ensure data triangulation. This study shows that environment neighborhood is one of the factors to consider in curriculum formation. Educational establishment is the breakthrough to fulfill the need of religious education. In addition, the standard to achieve is not only the national average but also there is vision to inaugurate social harmony and cultural situation. Finally, this article concludes that educational management board and teacher panel tried to perceive and hear the sound of milieu. This practice shows a progress of improvement and enhancement in improving relevant curriculum.

Satellite Communication and Long Distance Education

Since Indonesia introduced communication satellite for telecommunication network, the satellite has brought a number of advantages for national development in various areas, such as telephone network, mass media development, business, education, politics, security and national defence as well as regional and international cooperation. In education, satellite communication could be used for long-distance learning as implemented by 13 state universities in eastern parts of Indonesia. It is also possible to develop the Open University System in teaching and learning process, particularly since the internet technology has been intensively used

Distribusi perokok berdasarkan berbagai latar belakang demografi (Menurut data Susenas 2001 dan 1995)

Smoking habit is a pleasure for a person and may be dangerous for the others. The main ingredient of cigarette, kretek and cigar is tobacco. Tobacco has been known to contain a lot of chemical substances including nicotin, alkaloids, safrol, ammonia and tar whichare harmful to health. This study was carried out to depict smokers among community in any characteristics of demographic background. The data of smoking habit among peoples of 15 years old or above were collected from the National Health Survey (Survey Kesehatan Nasional) and Household Health Survey (SKRT) 2001 and 1995. More than 12.000 respondents had been interviewed. The result showed that during the last five years the proportion of smokers was increasing in all age groups among male but decreasing among female. Smokers were most prevalence in low educated population and in rural areas. The prevalence was also found to be higher in Sumatera compared to those in Java or eastern part of Indonesia. It is suggested that serious measures should be taken against the campaign of tobacco company including strengtheninglaw enforcement and enhance punishment to the people or company violating the tobacco regulation.

Students’ Readiness to Enter Tourism Industry

Sahid Institute of Tourism is one of the higher educations that facilitate scholarship program for students from Eastern part of Indonesia. It has more than 150 students from NTT, Papua, Gorontalo, and Ternate. At the end of their bachelor study, the students are expected to operate well in tourism industry. This research is a pilot study to investigate students’ perception on their readiness to enter tourism industry and to find out whether there is significant difference in the perception. A sample of 15 students are taken out of 76 Nusa Tenggara Timur students who are about to graduate. The sample is taken using random sampling method. A questionnaire is carried out to obtain primary data. The questionnaire consists of two parts; profile of the respondent and perception on their readiness to enter tourism industry. Six components of employability skills included. Overall students perceive that they are ready to enter tourism industry. The respondents perceive that they are ready in problem solving, independent learning, use of technology, and teamwork. They feel almost ready in use of foreign language and planning-organizing. It is found out there is no significant difference in their perception in terms of study program and gender. It is suggested that further investigation is needed.

Heavy burden of intestinal parasite infections in Kalena Rongo village, a rural area in South West Sumba, eastern part of Indonesia: a cross sectional study.

BackgroundIntestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are one of the major public health problems, especially in the rural area of developing countries with low socio-economic status and poor sanitation. The study was aimed to determine the prevalence of IPIs among the inhabitants of a rural area in South West Sumba, eastern part of Indonesia.MethodsA cross-sectional study was done in Kalena Rongo village, South West Sumba in April 2014. Stool samples were collected and examined for IPIs using direct smear method.ResultsFaecal samples were collected from 424 of 473 inhabitants of the village, age 2 months to 80 years. About 95.5 % (405/424) of the participants had any IPIs. The most prevalent parasites found were Ascaris lumbricoides 65.8 % (279/424), Trichuris trichiura 60.4 % (256/424), hookworms 53.5 % (227/424), Blastocystis hominis 34.4 % (146/424), Entamoeba histolytica 17.9 % (76/424), and Giardia lamblia 4.5 % (19/424). The villagers used no latrine and defecated in their backyard. Clean water sources were scarce and far from the village.ConclusionsIn Kalena Rongo village, the rural area in eastern part of Indonesia, the finding of IPIs was conspicuous and therefore expressed the poor hygiene and absence of proper sanitation in the area. Integrated efforts, such as improving infrastructure to provide clean water source and educating the inhabitants for appropriate hygienic lifestyle are needed.

INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS IN MARKETING PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSPECTIVE (Survey on TourismDestinationDevelopmentinThree Colorsof LakeKelimutu, Ende, East Nusa Tenggara Province)

The tourism industry also affects a tourist-destination country in term of cross-cultural understanding. To support the tourism activity in a tourist destination, it is necessary to have a good destination marketing strategy. Destination Marketing is a communication process with potential visitor to influence their tour destination. Destination Marketing possessed major role in the process of implementation. It does so, by its effort to communication the value, vision and mission and it competes to promote tourism destination. The potential Indonesian tourism industry will continue to suffer if the image of Indonesia, as a safe and comfortable country, is not correctly conveyed with the right strategy. It is time for the government to develop, communicate and promote tourism destination in other parts of Indonesia, especially in eastern parts of Indonesia. The research questions of this case study of integrated marketing communications from the perspective of public relations regarding potential tourist destination in one of eastern parts of Indonesia: Lake Tiga Warna Kelimutu, the Residence of Ende, the Province of Nusa Tenggara Timur are: Is there any effect of word of mouth communication on the attractiveness of tourist destination?, Is there any effect of marketing public relation on the attractiveness of tourist destination?, Is there any effect of destination marketing management on the attractiveness of tourist destination? , Is there any effect of Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) on the attractiveness of tourist destination?, Is there any effect of marketing public relations (MPR) on the attractiveness of tourist destination?, Is there any effect of Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) on destination marketing management?, Is there any effect of tourism infrastructure on the attractiveness of tourist destination?, Is there any effect of supporting tourism industry on the attractiveness of tourist destination?, Is there any effect of the attractiveness of tourist destination on customer satisfaction?, and Is there any effect of customer satisfaction on behavior intention?

The Potential of Delivering Clean Locally Available Limitless Rice Husk Energy in the Celebes Island Indonesia

For the Celebes Island, the world's eleventh-largest island laying in the eastern part of Indonesia, consisting of six developing provinces, inhabited by around 19 million populations, the energy availability seems still to be a challenge. Depending merely on the conventional fossil sources, to cope with this challenge, should be less appropriate as their limitation and detrimental environmental impacts. The role of these unclean conventional limit power sources can be potentially shifted into an alternative clean sustainable energy generation based on locally available rice husk. The aim of this study is to assess the potential, the environmental aspect and the economical attractiveness on the application of rice husk as the electricity generation in the Celebes Island. It proposes a model of a direct boiler combustion power plant model based on the rice husk biomass, combined with the statistical data on the annual paddy production obtained from the Department of Agriculture to assess the energy potential. The environmental assessment is conducted by calculating the lifecycle carbon-dioxide equivalent and the economical assessment is performed by employing the model of the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE). The result shows that the potential of the rice husk energy in this island is around 815 GWH annually under the proposed power plants, around ten percent of the current electricity use. The potential of the carbon dioxide emission generated by the proposed biomass power plants is less than five-percent of the total carbon dioxide emitted by current power plants installed. At a low feedstock cost, a low installation costs and a low discount rate, it is possible to obtain the LCOE of the biomass lower than the electricity production costs of some existing power sources, the electricity price under subsidy and the biomass purchased price under a government regulatory (Feed-in-Tariff (FIT)).

Perceived food security status – a case study of households in North Luwu, Indonesia

Purpose– The purpose of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic impact on perceived household food security in the North Luwu District of South Sulawesi Province in the eastern part of Indonesia. In Indonesia, 87 million people are presently vulnerable to food insecurity. Thus, the United Nations Development Programme’s primary millennium development goal for Indonesia is to halve the number of people who suffer from hunger by 2015. It is clear that food security at the household level is crucial to achieving this target.Design/methodology/approach– In total, 371 household heads were interviewed. The households’ perceptions of their food security status were captured by asking the household head the following question: “How do you perceive your household’s food security status during the last month”? Respondents could select from the following options: insecure, somewhat insecure, somewhat secure, secure and highly secure. Here, the household head’s answer is regarded as the household’s subjective food security status (SFSS). We then applied descriptive analysis and an ordered logit model to determine the socioeconomic factors that influence SFSS.Findings– As expected, in both analyses, household income and formal level of education have a strong relationship to SFSS. However, this study finds that food nutrition knowledge also shows a significant role in enhancing the probability that household SFSS will be in a better food security category. This could be a breakthrough in improving household food security status given the lack of formal education.Practical implications– Neighborhood resource-based food preparation counseling programs are essential. Existing food programs for Indonesian households should be reoriented and incorporated into the non-formal educational curriculum and should be carried out at the family level or in small groups to ensure that the message of the program is delivered effectively. In the short term, for non-farm households, the government should provide targeted households with crash programs such as revolving funds for household-level business activities. For farm households, ensuring that farming infrastructures, facilities and technologies are adequate and affordable is crucial to sustaining their production process.Originality/value– This is the first study to investigate the perceptions of household heads on their food security status in Indonesia. Most prior studies on household food security in Indonesia were conducted in response to Indonesia’s 1997 economic crisis and focused predominantly on Java, in the western part of Indonesia; there is little existing research on the eastern part of Indonesia. Moreover, this study is the first to emphasize the significant role of food nutrition knowledge in increasing the probability of household heads’ perceptions on their food security status being in a better category.

Internet Access Using Ethernet over PDH Technology for Remote Area

There was still is gap among people living in city and in remote area to get information access, especially who lived in the Eastern part of Indonesia. People living in such remote area usually were isolated from town by natural condition like rivers, valleys, hills and so on.. Therefore, telecommunication infrastructure for remote area using cooper was not effective and efficient way to build. The issue was how information and communication technology could penetrate such areas. This research aimed to propose technology that could be implemented to overcome the difficulties. Ethernet over Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (EoPDH) was one of many techniques that provided Ethernet connectivity over non-Ethernet networks. EoPDH was a standardized methodology for transporting native Ethernet frames over the existing established PDH transport technology. To provide last milefor the local people, use of Mesh Wireless Local Area Network was made and connected to internet gateway via Ethernet over PDH based microwave radio link. The test showed that The Ethernet frames were successfully transported to remote area with good quality of service such as throughput, response time, and transaction rate.

Capacity Building in Reformation: Study on Bureaucracy of West Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract A newly established institution needs formulation and rules to run the organization. West Sulawesi was designed as a provincial government administration. As a new establishment, there were many problems and difficulties. Therefore, this research will explore how governmental administration empowers its human resources. This study was conducted in West Sulawesi province, the eastern part of Indonesia. Qualitative approach was employed in the study process. In-depth interview and non-participant observation were conducted in finding and collecting data. The research required a nine months process to finalize. Triangulation through focus group discussions and peer reviews were among activities to ensure data validation. The study shows that in the first phase, training and socialization were employed to stimulate and enhance skill and expertise. Several groups were found to have attended courses to enhance administrative capacity. On the other hand, they have started to serve the people. These two formulations were activated to encourage officers to expand their competence. Finally, this research conclude that during reformation in bureaucracy, many activities and exercises needed to be implemented to stimulate the government officials in order to accelerate the new institution.

Ammatoan Indigenous Religion and Forest Conservation

This article is concerned with the indigenous religious-based forest conservation of the Ammatoans of Sulawesi in the eastern part of Indonesia. It explores the Ammatoans’ religious ideas of social actors that extend beyond human beings. Ammatoans understand that the cosmos is inhabited by not only human but also other non-human beings such as the land, forest, plants, animals, and so forth. Non-human beings do not only live together but also share the life with human beings in this world. Both human and non-human beings are equally perceived to be persons/subjects constitutive of intersubjective relationships. Such religious perception of intersubjective relations governs Ammatoans’ everyday behaviors and practices, including those of forest conservation. Ammatoans’ forest conservation practices include sets of regulations and punishments that are strictly enforced. Ammatoans’ religious ideas and practices of forest conservation illustrate what scholars have called “religious ecology.”

Connectivity Analysis of Port in Eastern Indonesia

Most of the national transport using sea transportation, especially the eastern part of Indonesia. Characteristics of geography on land and sea and the existing infrastructure in eastern Indonesia supports the transport more efficient use of sea transport. However, the cost of logistics in eastern Indonesia is more expensive than the West. The effort to improve the connectivity between ports in Indonesia, particularly Eastern Indonesia is believed to be able to reduce the cost of logistics that exist today. The aim of this study is to analyze the connectivity between ports in eastern Indonesia. The analysis is using Gravity method. The results of this study are expected to know how to rate density of connectivity ports eastern Indonesia. Based on the existing level of connectivity density, the analysis regarding the pattern of connectivity between ports in eastern Indonesia become more efficient and policy recommendations needed to improve the connectivity between these ports have conducted.

The Morphology of Urban Waterfront Tourism: The Local Identity Portray in Melaka and Makassar

Waterfront has become vitally important to many historic cities in Southeast Asia since last two decades. The city of Melaka proved to be a successful city as a heritage one that has been well preserved and aesthetic feeling of the attractive old town waterfront in Malaysia. The city of Makassar as historic coastal city started considering waterfront as vital aspect by revitalizing its shores as a waterfront change the face of the city into attractive as a commercial and leisure city in the eastern parts of Indonesia. The authors discuss aspects of urban morphology and tourism to get the city identity by explaining the differences and the similarities of the changing urban waterfront and waterfront tourism between the two cities identity. This study uses a qualitative approach through observation and in-depth interviews with stakeholders in Makassar and Melaka. The analysis and findings revealed that waterfront development in both cities have focused on tourism as a catalyst which have resulted in conflicts between commercial viability and meeting the needs and aspirations of the local residents. As waterfront redevelopments are becoming a trend across the region, both cities are seen to be struggling in ensuring that their approach is able to create a waterfront that portrays the local identity in a contemporary manner.