Dr Brett Hough
Dr Brett Hough, Lecturer
Biography
Qualifications
Contact Details
Subjects Taught
Supervision of Research
Students
Research
Interests
Publications
Biography
I undertook undergraduate studies at the Australian National University, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Central Java and Monash University gaining a BA (Hons) in Anthropology and Indonesian Studies in 1988. In 1989 I began a PhD in the Department of Indonesian and Chinese Studies at Monash, which involved two years of fieldwork in Bali. My thesis is an ethnographic study of the College of Indonesian Arts, Denpasar. In particular, I examine the College and the processes of institutionalisation and bureaucratisation within the wider context of nationalism, the cultural politics of the New Order State and the incorporation of Bali into the nation-state of Indonesia. As part of my research in Bali I also studied topeng (mask dancing) with I Ketut Kantor in Batuan. I am engaged in ongoing research on several Balinese related topics, and am the Australian representative of the ARTI Foundation.
Since 1994 I have been lecturing in the Anthropology program and supervising Honours, MA and PhD students. I currently hold a joint appointment in the Anthropology Program (School of Political & Social Inquiry) and the Indonesian Studies Program (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics).
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Qualifications
2000 PhD - Monash University - Title of Thesis: The College of Indonesian Arts, Denpasar: Nation, State and the Performing Arts in Bali
1988 B.A. Hons (H1) - Monash University - Title of Thesis: Images of Gender: Negotiation and Process
Formal qualifications being undertaken
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Contact details
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W1023 Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus |
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(03) 9905 2962 (international: 61 3 9905 2962) |
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(03) 9905 5437 (international: 61 3 9905 5437) |
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Mailing Address: | Dr
Brett Hough Indonesian Studies School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Faculty of Arts Monash University VIC 3800 Australia |
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Subjects Taught
1st Semester
ANY3230/ASM4230 Culture and Conflict in Indonesia (next taught in 2006 )
ANY4100/ASM4100/5100 Violences (next taught in 2005)
INS2020/3020 Islam in Indonesia (new subject for 1st Semester 2005)
2nd Semester
ANY1020 Culture, Power and Globalisation
ANY2170/3270 Visualising Cultures: Film and Ethnography
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Supervision of Research Students
Current PhD Supervision
- 2004 Vidhya Perkasa (Co-Supervision with Assoc. Prof. Don Miller) "Poverty in a Chinese Community in West Java, Indonesia: Survival, Identity, and Social Face" (Under examination)
- 2004 Richard Barber (Associate-Superviser with Dr Rachel Fensham) "Theater in a 'Theatre State': A Study in the Social, Political and Cultural Context of the Makhampom Theatre Group, Thailand"
PhD Theses Examined
- 2001 I Wayan Subagia "Towards a Culturally Relevant Teaching-Learning Process for the Teaching of Science in Balinese Schools: The Application of Balinese Epistemologies to the Teaching of Science" La Trobe University
Masters Supervision
- 2000 Safrudin Amin "Daily Forms of Cultural Resistance in Aceh"
- 1998 Wita Krisanti - MA Part II (66%) Co-supervision with Dr Michael Stevenson "The Politics of Economic Nationalism in Indonesia"
- 1998 Lugina Setyawati - MA Part II (66%) Co-supervision with Dr Barbara Hatley "The Government Policy Regarding Prostitution: A Study of Policy Making and Its Implementation in Indonesia"
Masters These Examined
- 2004 Budiadi Sudarto (100%) "Which One Is the Boat People? I Came by Airplane": Gay Asian Men Talk about Their Experiences of Ethnicity and Sexual Identity in Melbourne" School of Political & Social Inquiry, Monash University
- 2001 Nani Thomas (75%) "Urban Curse or Rural Blessing: Television Reception and Rural Audience in Java" School of Asian Languages & Studies, Monash University
- 2001 Paula Kelly (100%) "The Years My Voice Broke: The Films of Nick Broomfield" School of Literary, Visual & Performance Studies, Monash University
Current Honours Supervision
2004
Indonesian Studies
- Joel Backwell "Pisau Dengan Dua Sisi: The Effect Of Donor Dependence On Human Rights NGOs In Indonesia"
- Rebecca Burchell "Before And After May 1998: Chinese Indonesians And The 'Imagined Community'" (HIIA)
- Christopher Morris "Environmnetal law enforcement in Indonesia"
- Daniel Peterson "The Bali Bombing: Jihad, Matyrdom and Islamic Extremism"
- Georgia Sedgwick "'Spaces For Representation': The Struggle For The Streets In Post-New Order Indonesia" (H1)
Asian Studies
- Stephen Parr "Islamic Separatism in the Philippines"
Anthropology
- Sue Stoner "Anthropology, Conflict and Violence: the Ethics of Intervention "
- Ranjani Padmanabhan "Gender, Law and Human Rights"
Previous Honours Supervision
2002
- Helen Ciccolallo "Representations of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Australian and Indonesian Print Media" (HIIA)
- Catherine Petrass "Beyond Violence: Symbolism and Conflict in West Papua"(HI)
- Pidor Kabay "The Rationalisation of Genocidal Violence in Cambodia"(HI)
- Anuja Kumar "Nationalism and the Sikh Separatist Movement in India"(HII)
2001
- Edward Yates "Terror and Resistance in East Timor: A study of violence, terror and agency" (HI)
2000
- Tracy Aspin "Lives of Illusion" (HI)
1998
- Emma Pennel "Headhunting as a Symbol of Ethnic Identity" (HI)
- Jasmine Cheng "Ritual, Ceremony and Pilgrimage in Contemporary Western Society: A Case Study of the Death and Life of Diana, Princess of Wales"(HIII)
1995
- Sean Ling "A Question of Autonomy: The Potential for Indigenous Imagination in the Formation of a National Indian Culture (HIIA)
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Research interests
I am keen to supervise students on the following topics:
- the performing arts of Bali and Java
- ethnographic film making
- conflcit and violence
Current research
In 1st semester 2003 I spent part of my study leave at The International Institute for Asian Studies(IIAS) in Leiden, the Netherlands. During the time there I worked on a number of projects, including one on conflict in Bali, and another investigating the need for a Balinese Performing Arts archive. I'm in the process of reworking material from my research on STSI (now ISI) in light of developments since 1998 and the publication of several recent books on Balinese Performing Arts. I'm also thinking about a project focussed on the the Dutch documentary film-maker Joris Ivens and the making of Indonesia Calling.
Awards and grants
- Dharma Siswa Scholarship (1989-90)
- APRA Scholarship (1989-1991)
Publications
Publications
Book Chapter in Commercial Book
1999 "Education for the Performing Arts: Contesting and Mediating Balinese Identity" in Bali: Staying Local in the Global Village: Bali in the Twentieth Century , R. Rubinstein and L. H. Connor (Eds), pp. 231-263. University of Hawaii Press.Edited Collection
1994 Intercultural Exchange Between Australia and Indonesia, edited in conjunction with Dr. Barbara Hatley. Annual Indonesia Winter Lecture Series, No 18, Monash Asia Institute. (67 pages)Working Paper
1992 "Contemporary Balinese Dance Spectacles as National Ritual" CSEAS Working Paper No 74. (34 pages)
Articles
forthcoming "Macbeth in Bali: The Arti Foundation and the practice of pelestarian"
forthcoming "Hak cipta: Copyright and the Right to Copy"
Reviews
1998 Review of The Peoples of Bali, A. Hobart, U. Ramseyer, A. Leemann, RIMA 32 (2):300-304.
1997 Review of Images of Power: Balinese Paintings Made for Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead, Hildred Geertz , Oceania 67(3):268-270
1997 Review of Being Modern in Bali: Image and Change, Adrian Vickers (Ed.), RIMA 31 (1):267-270
1993 Review of Balinese Worlds, Frederik Barth and Bibliography of Bali, David Stuart-Fox, Asian Studies Review Vol.17, No.2.
Conference Papers
2000 "New Order Institutionalisation and Bureaucratisation of the Performing Arts" Bali in Reformasi: Religious Change and Socio-Political Transformation, Denpasar, Bali (July 11-13).
1996 "Practice, Patronage and Professionalisation: The State of the Performing Arts in Contemporary Bali" 20th Anniversary Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, La Trobe University (8-11 July).
1995 "Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia, Denpasar and the Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi"Third International Bali Studies Workshop, University of Sydney (3-7 July).
1994 "Frederik Barth's Balinese Worlds" Bali Update Workshop, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU (3-4 February).
1993 "The Ethics of Intercultural Exchange" CSEAS and the Australia-Indonesia Association of Victoria Annual Winter Lecture Series on the theme of Intercultural Exchange between Australia and Indonesia
"Topeng Pajegan: Performing 'Masculinity' in Balinese Ritual" Australian Anthropological Association Annual Conference
1992 "Contemporary Balinese Dance Spectacles as National Ritual" Asian Studies Association of Australia 9th Biennial Conference, University of New England
Performances
2001 Out of the Archipelago , organised in conjunction with the Melbourne Indonesian Consortium conference Autonomy and Disintegration in Indonesia (7-8 July); ASAA Indonesia Council Open Conference (10-11 July) and the Australian Society for Indonesian Language Educators' Conference (10-12 July).
2000 Lutung Kasarung, dance-drama performance produced by the School of Music and Conservatorium, Monash University.
1996 Wangbang Widaya , dance-drama performance produced by the Department of Asian Languages and Studies and the Department of Music, Monash University.
1995 Ramayana dance performance, produced by the Department of Music, Monash University.
1994 Loro Jonggrang dance-drama performance produced by the Department of Music, Monash University
1993 Gerr drama performance produced by Department of Asian Languages and Studies.
1991 Sumpah Pelapa Gajah Mada drama performance produced by the modern theatre group Sanggar Putih for the 1991 Bali Arts Festival.
1991 Derap Persada Nusantara dance/drama performance produced by the College of Indonesian Arts, Denpasar for the 1991 Day of National Resurgence Ceremony in Jakarta on 20 May.