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This article explores how notions of loss and absence are constituted through Indonesian eksil (exile) life narratives including their development of private collections of leftist literature, personal diaries, obituaries and personal documents, in order

Based on ethnographic fieldwork on the production, dissemination and consumption of non-Balinese and non-Indonesian ethnic arts, this paper focuses on 'mis-placed' boomerangs as an example of the emerging juxtaposition of different ethnic aesthetics in the Balinese art market. The ethnographic investigation provides insights into the socio-economic dynamics of art markets and reveals a complex interplay of the interlocking aspects of the performance of cultural identity associated with artistic skilfulness and efficiency of production of Balinese and other ethnic arts which leads to willing participation in 'supply chain capitalism'. Focusing the analysis on how, where and for whom these objects might be perceived as 'in' or 'out of place', the article ponders how authentication becomes a process of constant negotiation, shifting from production of imagined cultural essentialism to reproduction of ethnic aesthetics that celebrates the juxtaposition of divergent cultures. The article contributes to debates about Balinese culture and its representation, pointing to the importance of the political and economic forces in these contestations and to the unequal power relations present not only between Balinese and international traders but also between Balinese producer-distributors and the Balinese cultural nationalists who claim authority over Balinese culture.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork on the production, dissemination and consumption of non-Balinese and non-Indonesian ethnic arts, this paper focuses on 'mis-placed' boomerangs as an example of the emerging juxtaposition of different ethnic aesthetics in the Balinese art market. The ethnographic investigation provides insights into the socio-economic dynamics of art markets and reveals a complex interplay of the interlocking aspects of the performance of cultural identity associated with artistic skilfulness and efficiency of production of Balinese and other ethnic arts which leads to willing participation in 'supply chain capitalism'. Focusing the analysis on how, where and for whom these objects might be perceived as 'in' or 'out of place', the article ponders how authentication becomes a process of constant negotiation, shifting from production of imagined cultural essentialism to reproduction of ethnic aesthetics that celebrates the juxtaposition of divergent cultures. The article contributes to debates about Balinese culture and its representation, pointing to the importance of the political and economic forces in these contestations and to the unequal power relations present not only between Balinese and international traders but also between Balinese producer-distributors and the Balinese cultural nationalists who claim authority over Balinese culture.

Who's suffering? professional care and private suffering -- A labour of love? suffering in relation in informal care for the dying -- The practice of secrecy as a moral economy of care : affect, fragility and intergenerational suffering -- Racialisation and othering as everyday harm : embodiment, adoption, affect -- Practice of radical affectivity : evoking suffering as a healing modality -- Suffering survivorship : dilemmas of survival, wilful subjects, and the moral economy of dying -- Conclusion : suffering and caring assemblages

"This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to chart how various forms of violence - domestic, military, legal and political - are not separate instances of violence, but rather embedded in structural inequalities brought about by colonialism, occupation and state violence. The book explores both case studies of individuals and of groups to examine experiences of violence within the context of gender and structures of power. It argues that gendered violence is particularly important to consider in this region because of its complex history of armed conflict and authoritarian rule, the diversity of people that have been affected by violence, as well as the complexity of the religious and cultural communities involved. The book focuses in particular on textual narratives of violence, visualisations of violence, commemorations of violence and the politics of care"--