Transnational Migration and the Gender Politics of Scale: Indonesian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia     

Rachel Silvey 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2004,25(2):141-155

Recent research has begun to explore the dynamics of transnational migration from a feminist perspective, and studies of migrant domestic workers have played a prominent role in pushing forward this work. Emerging simultaneously, but largely separately, are explicit debates within geography about the politics of scale, the social construction of scale, and the gender dimensions of scale. This article develops an analysis of the gender politics of the production of scale, specifically, the ‘transnationalisation’ of Indonesian activist approaches to overseas migrant domestic workers' issues. Based on fieldwork in an Indonesian community in West Java that has recently become a sending area for migrants to Saudi Arabia and interviews with activists representing Indonesian migrant women, the article examines the various gender‐specific ways in which migrant women's rights activists construct and deploy the scales of the body, the nation and the transnational. It argues that activist approaches to migrant domestic workers' rights and the ways in which activists mobilise migrant women's narratives represent sophisticated feminist theoretical approaches to scale. By identifying and exploring the scale theory embedded in activist strategies, the analysis highlights the imbrication of feminist theory with practice, and underscores activists' agency in producing the meanings of specific scales. In so doing, the article is aimed more broadly at elaborating the ambivalent relationship between feminist activism/theory and transnationalism.  相似文献   

Palaeosecular variation in Java and Bawean Islands (Indonesia) during the Brunhes chron     

A. Elmaleh  J.-P. Valet  X. Quidelleur  A. Solihin  H. Bouquerel  T. Tesson  E. Mulyadi  A. Khokhlov  A. D. Wirakusumah 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,157(1):441-454

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全球性汉语热的区域反应－近年来印尼华文的教育     

陈秀容 《世界地理研究》2002,11(1):105-110

二战后，印尼曾经兴旺发达的华文教育事业于1960年代中期被禁止。中断了32年的华文教育使印尼严重缺乏汉语人才。1990年代逐渐兴起的全球性的“汉语热”推动了印尼华文教学的发展。本文从政治、经济、文化诸因素分析近年来印尼华文教育、教学的变革，并指出目前的华文教学热潮对印尼华人族群争取保持自己文化的合法权益、对促进印尼经济与文化建设以及中印（尼）两国关系的发展，都有着特别重要而深远的意义。  相似文献   

Early Cretaceous tectonic events implied in the time-lag between the age of radiolarian chert and its metamorphic basement in the Bantimala area, South Sulawesi, Indonesia     

Koji  Wakita  Munasri  Jan  Sopaheluwakan  Iskandar  Zulkarnain Kazuhiro  Mlyazaki 《Island Arc》1994,3(2):90-102

Abstract The Bantimala Complex of South Sulawesi consists mainly of mélange, chert, basalt, ultramafic rocks and high pressure type metamorphic rocks. Well-preserved radiolarians were extracted from 10 samples of chert, and K-Ar age dating was done for muscovite from five samples of schist of the Bantimala Complex. The radiolarian assemblage from chert is assigned middle Cretaceous (late Albian-early Cenomanian) age, while the K-Ar age data from schist range from 132 Ma to 114 Ma except for one sample with rare muscovite. The radiolarian chert is unconformably underlain by schist in the Bantimala Complex. The stratigraphie relationship and the time lag of these two kinds of age data from chert and underlying schist suggest short-time tectonic events immediately followed by a quick waning tectonism in this region during the Albian-Cenomanian transgression.  相似文献   

Mantle structure beneath Indonesia inferred from high-resolution tomographic imaging   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

Sri Widiyantoro  Rob van der  Hilst 《Geophysical Journal International》1997,130(1):167-182

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Coastal flood management in Semarang,Indonesia     

Muh Aris Marfai  Lorenz King 《Environmental Geology》2008,55(7):1507-1518

Semarang is one of the biggest cities in Indonesia and is nowadays suffering from coastal flooding. Land subsidences, high water tide, and inadequate structural measures play important roles in the coastal inundations. Structural and non-structural methods for controlling coastal flooding including dykes, drainage systems, pump stations, polder systems, coastal-land reclamations, coastal planning and management, public education, as well as the establishment of an institutional framework for disaster management have been implemented in the Semarang coastal area. Although some improvements have been made, the current flood management system has generally failed to address a wide range of coastal inundation problems. Some improvement actions have been proposed including stakeholders involvement on the disaster mitigation. For a long period coastal management, accelerated sea level rises due to global warming should also be taken into account.  相似文献   

Natural hazards in Central Java Province,Indonesia: an overview   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Muh Aris Marfai  Lorenz King  Lalan Prasad Singh  Djati Mardiatno  Junun Sartohadi  Danang Sri Hadmoko  Anggraini Dewi 《Environmental Geology》2008,56(2):335-351

Central Java Province, Indonesia, suffers from natural hazard processes such as land subsidence, coastal inundation, flood, volcanic eruption, earthquake, tsunami, and landslide. The occurrence of each kind of natural hazard is varied according to the intensity of geo-processes. It is necessary to learn from the historical record of coastal inundation, flood, volcanic eruption, earthquake, tsunami, and landslide hazards in Central Java Province to address issues of comprehensive hazard mitigation and management action. Through the understanding about the nature and spatial distribution of natural hazards, treatments can be done to reduce the risks. This paper presents the natural hazard phenomena in Central Java Province and provides critical information for hazard mitigation and reduction.  相似文献   

印度尼西亚红土型镍矿   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

HE Can  肖述刚  TAN Mu-chang 《云南地质》2008,27(1):20-26

红土型镍矿分布在环太平洋亚热带-热带多雨地区。镍矿体产于趟基性岩上部的红土风化壳中,受地形控制明显,成因类型为红土型硅酸镍氧化矿,以褐铁矿型和腐岩型为主,矿石质量和可利用性均较好。  相似文献   

REDD+ finance in Brazil,Indonesia and Vietnam: Stakeholder perspectives between 2009-2019     

《Global Environmental Change》2021

Financing REDD+ is complex, due to the need to seek answers not only to the question of who should finance REDD+, but also who should benefit from it. This paper examines the perceptions of REDD+ stakeholders in Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam on different aspects of financing: who should finance REDD+ and who should receive REDD+ benefits for what. Our findings show these issues are political, driven by economic considerations at national level and – despite the narrative of inclusive, participatory decision making – are largely determined by governments. Lack of finance was thereby not always considered by national policy actors to be the most significant challenge during 2010–2019; rather other issues – like lack of knowledge on REDD+ by relevant actors; ineffective coordination between state agencies, the private sector and civil society; unclear tenure rights; ineffectively addressing the main deforestation drivers; low law enforcement capacity; and unclear benefit-sharing mechanisms – have also been perceived to impede REDD+ implementation and payment distributions.  相似文献   

The variable impact of ENSO events on regional dengue/DHF in Indonesia          下载免费PDF全文

Paula Arcari  Nigel Tapper 《Singapore journal of tropical geography》2017,38(1):5-24

Although studies have demonstrated significant associations between ENSO events and dengue fever, few have explored regional impacts on dengue fever of separate events. This study explores the impacts of two ENSO events on regional patterns of dengue/ dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) incidence in Indonesia. Data consist of monthly cases of dengue/DHF from 1992 to 2001 for each of Indonesia's 27 provinces, and monthly figures for rainfall, rainfall anomalies, temperature, relative humidity and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). We conducted Pearson correlation analyses for each independent variable against dengue/DHF incidence, using a direct month‐by‐month correlation and applying a lag of between one and six months to each variable with respect to dengue/DHF incidence. Based on the SOI value, we identified two ENSO events between 1992 and 2001. To explore each event, we created two dummy variables and in regression analyses for eight provinces. The variance of between 12.9 per cent and 24.5 per cent in provincial dengue/DHF incidence is explained by two or three climate variables in each of the provinces (p < 0.01 to 0.1). During the 1997/98 event, the explained variance increased by between 7 per cent and 15 per cent in provinces whose climate regimes were most affected by this event. This study demonstrates that indicators of ENSO such as the SOI may assist in the forecast of potential dengue/DHF incidence and distribution in Indonesia.  相似文献