Jennifer Alexander, BA (Hons), PhD (Sydney)
Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology

Email: Jennifer.alexander@anu.edu.au

Biographical Statement

I continue to work on four previously funded ARC projects "Trading practices in Indonesia: a comparative analysis (1993-95); "Markets and the State: Java 1890-1990" (1993-95); "The Formation of Identity: an account of relations between indigenous peoples and the state in Central Borneo" (1995-96); "Trading Practices in Indonesia: a comparative approach" (1996-98).

Research Interests

My general interests are applied anthropology and economic development, comparative trading practices, and natural and human resource management throughout Southeast Asia. My current writing is on migration and resettlement; demographic, social and religious change in Sarawak and an historical account of the Jepara Furniture Industry.

Key Publications

• (2008a) The Lahanan of the Balui, 1963-2006. BRB 39:104-127.
• (2008b) Connecting the Miles TAPJA Special Issue. Vol. 9(2) [co-edited with Rosita Henry].
• (2004) Labour Practices Outside the Factory: Modern Forms of Household Production in Java. In R. Elmhirst and R Saptari (eds) Labour in Southeast Asia: Local Processes in a Globalised World, pp. 215-234.London: Routledge. [co-authored with P. Alexander]
• (2000) From Kinship to Contract? Production Chains in the Javanese Woodworking Industries. Human Organization59(1): 106-116. [co-authored with P. Alexander]
• (1987) Trade, Traders and Trading in Rural Java. ASAA, Southeast Asia Publications Series No. 15. Singapore: Oxford University Press.
• (1986) Information and Price Setting in a Rural Javanese Market. BIES 20:88-112.

Career Highlights

QEII Fellow, Macquarie University (1987-1989); Fellow Austronesian Project, Anthropology RSPAS (1989-91); Fellow, NIAS, Wassenaar (1989-1990), Visiting Professor, FSP Entwicklungssoziologie, Universität, Bielefeld, Germany (1993-1994), ARC Research Fellow, University of Sydney (1991-1997) Joint Fellow, Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University (1995-1996)