Shown but not Shared, Presented but not Proffered: Redefining Ritual Identity among Warlpiri Ritual Performers, 1990-2000
Françoise Dussart

253-266

Little has been written on the construction and projection of indigenous social identity in public (‘non-restricted’) ritual among Aboriginal Australians. Elsewhere, I have analysed nearly half a century of such public rituals (1946-1990) among the Warlpiri of Yuendumu in Central Australia, concentrating on the shifting forces of gender and kinship. This paper focuses on the key moments motivating senior Warlpiri women, since the 1990s, to reconfigure their ritual participation and roles in inter-indigenous ceremonial events. I analyse how these women participate in inter-Aboriginal performances, exhibiting the iconic and sensory virtues of the Dreaming and weaving new forms of political identity, shaped by the pressures of neo-colonialism, with female ambassadors of other Aboriginal groups. I argue that in this performative process women are reconfiguring the meanings of Aboriginalities and rearticulating their connectedness to one another, a connectedness rooted in their beliefs and responsibilities towards the Dreaming.

Islamic Radicalism Online: The Moloccan Mission of the Laskar Jihad in Cyberspace
Birgit Braüchler

267-285

The Internet has become an important instrument for the information politics of radical Muslim groups. This paper focuses on one of the Islamist groups that have emerged in Indonesia recently—the Communication Forum of the Followers of the Sunnah and the Community of the Prophet (FKAWJ). The FKAWJ sent its fighters, the so-called Laskar Jihad or Jihad troop/fighters, to Ambon in April 2000 to help their Muslim brothers against the ‘Christian attackers’ in the Moluccan conflict—a conflict that was also extended into cyberspace by several actors. Describing the Internet presence of the Laskar Jihad, I give an example of how Islamism is being transferred into cyberspace. The position of the FKAWJ concerning the situation in the Moluccas is outlined as well as other (online) strategies used. Through these strategies the cyber actors create an image and construct an identity that is congruent with their offline philosophy but extends its reach. It is evident that the online level is highly interconnected with the offline level. When analysing contemporary Islamism it is essential to take both levels into account.

From Racing to Rugby: All Work and No Play for Gogodala Men of Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Charles Wilde

286-302

In this article, I analyse how Gogodala men in Western Province approach the sport of rugby league football as an extension of the practice of canoe racing. Despite colonial changes and mission attempts to redeem canoe racing by labelling them ‘cultural games’, canoe races continue to embody clan relations and demonstrate inner masculine strength, collective clan power and a local work ethic. Although there has been a general lack of attention given to studies of sport in Papua New Guinea, a discourse has emerged that analyses sports competitions as either a modern form of play and a replacement for past ritual activities or as a contemporary exemplar of warfare and other eradicated practices. As the Gogodala have not practised headhunting or warfare for over one hundred years, I want to contribute to this discussion by exploring how contemporary canoe racing and rugby league form an integral part of conceptualisations of work and dala ela gi, or ‘the male way of life’.

SOAPBOX FORUM: ATSIC AND BEYOND: ANTHROPOLOGY, ADVOCACY AND BUREAUCRACY

Introduction: ATSIC and After
Jeremy Beckett

303-305

Indigenous Affairs at a Crossroads
Jon Altman

306-308

ATSIC Undone: Some Local and National Directions
Diane Austin-Broos

309-311

Difficulties, Desires and the Death of ATSIC
Gillian Cowlishaw

312-315

Evidence-based Policy? Anthropology’s Challenge Post-ATSIC
Julie Finlayson

316-319

ATSIC and Accountability: Frameworks for Aboriginal Governance
Gaynor Macdonald

320-323

Abolishing ATSIC in the Enabling State
Barry Morris

324-328

Obituary: Peter Hinton, 1939-2004

329-330

Book Review Essay. The Heritage of Hindmarsh Island. Review of Margaret Simons The Meeting of the Waters: The Hindmarsh Island Affair
Julie Marcus

331-343

Book Reviews

Chadwick Allen Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts [Michael Jackson]

344

Alex Argenti-Pillen Masking Terror: How Women Contain Violence in Southern Sri Lanka [Michael Humphrey]

345

Judy Atkinson Trauma Trials, Recreating Song Lines: The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous Australia [Leonie Cox]

347

Susan Debra Blum and Lionel M. Jensen (ed.) China off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom [Alan Smart]

348

William Cummings Making Blood White: Historical Transformation in Early Modern Makassar [David Bulbeck]

349

Tony Day Fluid Iron: State Formation in Southeast Asia [Carol Warren]

351

Greg Gow The Oromo in Exile: From the Horn of Africa to the Suburbs of Australia [Liban Wako Adi]    

352

Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster [Peter Hinton]

354

Helen Morton Lee Tongans Overseas: Between Two Shores [Kerry James]

355

Valentina Napolitano Migration, Mujercitas and Medicine Men: Living in Urban Mexico [Anthony Marcus]

356

Jean Marc Pidjo La Mwa Teama Mwalebeng et Le Fils du Soleil [Helen Johnson]

358

Stephen Pyne Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia [Deborah Bird Rose]

360

Wildred Shröder Ich reiste wie ein Buschmann (Zum Leben und Wirken des Australienforschers Erhard Eylmann). Life and Scientific Work of the Pioneer of Australian Culture Erhard Eylmann [Ute Eickelkamp]

361

Michael French Smith Village on the Edge: Changing Times in Papua New Guinea [Martha Macintyre]

364

Book Notice

Sharon Bohn Gmelch (ed.) Tourists and Tourism: A Reader

365

Erratum

365

TAJA Index, Vols.13-15, 2002-2004

366