Why am I interested in sociology of food in Indonesia?

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My Biodata

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Nazrina Zuryani - alias Inez

Place and Date of Birth: Jakarta, 23rd February 1965

Nationality: Indonesian

Occupation: Government employee at Ganesha University of Education
(Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha). Lecturer in Faculty of
Technic and Vocational/FTK in Singaraja, Bali

Home Address: Jalan Cekomaria, Gang Melati No. 3 Peninjoan, Peguyangan Kangin, Denpasar Utara 80115, Bali, Indonesia
Phone/fax: +62 361 463076
E-mail: Nazrina@indosat.net.id
Mobile phone: +6281805321414 or +6281337301823

Marital Status: Married with 2 children

Education/qualification:
- PhD in Sociology and Anthropology at Newcastle University in Australia, dissertation

entitled: Empowerment and Development Initiatives: Two villages from the European Union

project in North Bali; graduated on 15/10/2007.
- MA in Demography from National Centre for Development Studies/NCDS the Australian

National University, Canberra, graduated on 23/04/1996.
- S1 degree, Bachelor in Education in Home Economics from Institute of Teachers Training and

Education/IKIP Jakarta with GPA: 3,1 and graduated on 26/01/1989.

Languages and Degree of Indonesian – Mother Tongue
Proficiency: English – Excellent
French – Elementary

Professional and Community Association:
2004 – 2006 TASA (The Australian Sociologist Association). Presenting
2 papers during TASA Conferences in La Trobe University
Melbourne (2004) and University of Tasmania (2005).
2004 – 2005 PPIA (Indonesian-Australian Student Society) Newcastle
University, Public Relation Officer.
1995 – 1998 PSW (Pusat Studi Wanita) or Women’s Studies Centre,
Vice-chairperson of STKIP Singaraja in collaboration with the Ministry

for the Role of Women, Republic of Indonesia.
1995 – 1998 ARAHE (Asian Regional Association for Home
Economics). As a representative of Bali and Nusa
Tenggara.

Training and Non-formal Education:
08/02/ to 09/02/2005 Participation to “Leadership and Communication Course”
as well as “Operation Course” for UNU (University of Newcastle Union)

crew.
14/01/ to 15/02/2002 Participant for “Introductory Academic Program” to enter
the PhD candidature at the Newcastle University.
04/10/ to 05/11/1999 Undertook a short training on “Women, Gender and
Development” under Indonesia Australia Spesialised Training Project

(IASTP) phase II scholarship at NCDS – ANU Canberra.
1992 – 1993 Participant for English for Academic Purposes Course in
IALF Bali for 6 and 3 months in preparation to AusAID Master’s degree

scholarship.
May – June 1984 Hotelier Apprenticeship Program for 2 months. Joint
program between PHRI (National Hotel and Restaurant Association),

Trisakti Tourism Academy and Sari Pacific Hotel Jakarta, following this

course, I received an award as the second best participant.

Publications and Sound Research Report:
2007, PhD Dissertation entitled: “Empowerment and Development Initiatives: Two
villages from the European Union project in North Bali”. The abstract can be seen
in website http://nazrina.zuryani.googlepages.com.

2006, Nazrina Zuryani and Terry Leahy. “Structural Impediments to the Empowerment
of Women within Organisations in Northern Bali” RIMA (Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs) Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 113-142.

2003-2006, Work in Progress presentations during PhD preparation (in campus and off
campus), there are 2 topics in the proceedings and CDs for TASA/The Australian Sociologists Association conferences in 2004 (http://www.tasa.org.au/conference/2004/docs/TASA%202004%20conference%20handbook%20-%20final.pdf), both topics were delivered in La Trobe University, Melbourne and in 2005 presented a paper in the University Tasmania.
2004, Zuryani, Inez. “Leaders of Community Development in North Bali,
Their Views on Gender Equity”.
2004, Terry Leahy and Nazrina Zuryani. “Environmental Sustainability and An
EU Irrigation Project”.
2005, Zuryani, Nazrina (TASA conference in University of Tasmania).
Structural Impediments to the Empowerment of Women within Organisations in

Northern Bali, it was then published in RIMA as above.

2002, Nazrina Zuryani, “Islam and Bali”, main article in English language magazine
‘Bali Echo: Tourism, art and culture magazine’, No. 062/XI/Dec-Jan 2003, PT
Wijaya Grandmedia Publisher, Denpasar.

2001, Nazrina Zuryani. “Peranan Wanita dalam Pembangunan yang Berwawasan
Kemitrasejajaran dengan Pendekatan Jender di Provinsi Bali”. Unpublished research report entitled: ‘Women’s Role in Development with Equal Partnership Orientation and Gender Approach in the Bali Province’. The research funded by Women Research Center, Directorate of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.

2001 – 1994, Nazrina Zuryani, published some research reports in campus such as in
Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan or Journal of Education, published by FKIP Universitas Udayana, Journal or Majalah Ilmiah Aneka Widya, published by Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Singaraja and Aneka Widya IKIP Negeri Singaraja.

1993, Nazrina Zuryani. Pendidikan Kejuruan di Bali dalam Akreditasi or ‘Vocational
Education in Bali under Accreditation’, Forum Komunikasi Pendidikan Teknolo-gi & Kejuruan Publisher (No. 001 Th I, Juli 1993 pp.40-42) IKIP Negeri Jakarta.

1991, Contributor for 3 articles on Balinese women in a book “Srikandi/women heroes” the stories of 159 successful women in Indonesia. PT Ciptawidya Publisher Jakarta.

1990 – 1984, Actively involved in formulating, editing, writing or contributing in
book/magazine publication such as Yayasan Studi Proklamasi Publisher, for example a book entitled: “Agama dan Kekerasan” or ‘Religion and Violence’ published in 1984, Komputer dan Elektronika Magazine (No. 8 Th III, Juli 1985, p. 58 entitled “Disentuh Sang Komputer” or ‘Touch by Computer’), InfoKomputer Magazine (edition April and July 1987), SWA sembada Magazine (No. 6/VI September 1990, pp 128 – 130 entitled “Anak Nelayan Jadi Milyuner” or ‘A Fisherman Son Became Milyarder’).

Career Summary:
I have a wide experience in women in development (WID) related issues since I moved from Jakarta to Bali in 1990. Beside my major experience as a lecturer in home economics and demography with the ANU and recently in the women’s empowerment with Newcastle University, I conducted many research and published some articles (in magazines, newspaper, books and journals) from 1984 up to now.

As part of my profession as an educator in Bali, I have undertaken many survey studies and interventions in the Balinese villages. These works involved a great deal of work in the establishment, support and strengthening of women’s group and organizations. Some interventions were made available by the University in Singaraja I work with, other programs were part of the projects I was employed. Such as, in 1998, I was appointed as a local consultant for the WID unit at the North Bali Groundwater Irrigation and Water Supply project funded by the European Union and Ministry of Public Work. In 1999, I undertook a need assessment on “gender sensitive” measurement for the HIV/AIDS care and prevention program in Bali financed by AusAID.

Before coming to Bali in the mid of 90’s, I had training and experience in media production, information technology and hospitality industry.

Career Details:
June 1990 up to now: Employee of Directorate of Higher Education,
Ministry of National Education, Republic of Indonesia as a lecturer

at presently called: Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Ganesha

University Singaraja.
April – December 1990: Employed by Cipta Widya Swara Publisher Jakarta
as a Co-author of a book of “SRIKANDI” or “158 Women Heroes”

for the 1991 edition.
March 1998 – May 1990: Employed by Ganesa Foundation Jakarta as a
manager for a publication of a directory project “Informasi

Pendidikan Komputer & Informatika se Indonesia” which is a

directory related to Informatics and Computer Schools in

Indonesia, edition 1990.
November 1989 – May 1990: Employed by Tridaya Hotel and Tourism Academy
Jakarta as a part-time lecturer in the Hotel Department.
August 1988 – October 1989: Employed by Kelompok Kompas Gramedia as their
part-time reporter and advertisement staff for InfoKomputer

magazine.
June – August 1984: Employed by Sari Pacific Hotel Jakarta as a
waitress in Jayakarta Grill Restaurant.

Hobby and Interests: Meeting with people in the sense of community
involvement, reading books, traveling, cooking and sewing.

I declare that the above-mentioned information is true.

Denpasar, 2 February 2008


Nazrina Zuryani
Nazrina@indosat.net.id and/or inezrina@yahoo.com

Abstract of my dissertation

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of development interventions on the empowerment of community and women in two Northern Balinese villages that are part of the EU-financed irrigation project. It lays bare the limits of empowerment achieved as well as the pervasive presence of patriarchy across the whole economic, social and cultural spectrum.

In the area under study, a level of economic empowerment has been achieved through development interventions. Yet, its foundation is weak. Food security is problematic owing to the small size of agricultural landholdings and, in the longer term, environmental and economic sustainability is questionable on account of water scarcity and the fickleness of prices in a tourism market.

Division of labour and power are heavily skewed in men’s favour. Men enjoy custom-enshrined power both at the village and the family levels. Women on the other side are not only without power, but development interventions translate for them into an additional work burden. On top their traditional domestic chores, they have to help in agricultural tasks, participate in development-induced income generating activities (bead sewing, chips, oil, sugar and handicraft making) and take on the biggest share of the ritual tasks.

The “ability to make choices”, which defines empowerment, is dominated by the existing male village elite. Women’s development activities are limited to the enhancement of their productive generating role. When women leaders do emerge, it is through top-down social engineering or through the entreaties of patriarchal power. Capacity building is limited to acknowledging, not solving, problems in the groups. Women In Development’s officers do exist, but operate under male surveillance and have little access to funds or managerial skills.



Patriarchy is all-pervasive. Both men and women leaders claim that participatory behaviour and gender equity are part of their local village culture. As member of the Bali Aga community groups, which does not acknowledge the existence of the caste system, they view themselves as democratic, open to socio-cultural change and therefore modern. They thus reinvent tradition as part of a modern denial of a reality that is otherwise self-evident in all the data of the study.

Several lessons can be drawn. At a specific level, long term economic and ecological feasibility should be of higher concern. Special steps should be taken to minimize the environmental damage due to salinity and the scarcity of groundwater. Procedures should be devised by community consent, allowing better participation by the poor and unprivileged, men and women alike. Existing customary procedures such as those of the awig-awig could be enhanced as a starting point. In relation to women’s empowerment, the option of mixed gender development groups should be considered to complement the women-only and men-only groups that the EU has set up.

At a more general level, a better and deeper account should be taken of ecological and socio-cultural factors and mechanisms, instead of solely focusing on the economic side of development.

Customer Care in the Hospitality Industries

Outline of the lecture: CUSTOMER CARE

GREETINGS

1. How Indonesians greeted their friends
2. What is the common sense of greetings

2. FEELING GOOD TOWARD PEOPLE
1. Be yourself but positioned yourself in others
2. Courtesy and good conduct

3. CARE AND SHARE
1. Look after to each other
2. Assertive but not aggressive
3. Smart conducts

4. EVERY ONE NEEDS RESPECT
1. Talk necessarily
2. Pleased people professionally
3. Never interfere with private matters and respect their privacy

5. HANDLING COMPLAINTS
1. Complaints in objective ways
2. Subjective complaint means YOU ARE TROUBLE MAKER.

How do people regard food and beverage in Indonesia

Dear all,

Today, we are going to understand the topic of food and beverages from Indonesian perspectives.

Why food and beverages link with history, media and technology?

There are at least 3 perspectives in history of food and beverages in Indonesia.

1. Ethnic and cultural background of people
Indonesia as a nation was only celebrated their freedom some 63 years ago (independence in 1945). Before independence, most Indonesian stick together with their ethnic groups. The Acehnese stayed in Aceh and struggle for their independence, the Bataknese as well but some Bugisness (from Celebes) and Minangkabaunese (from West Sumatera) have been famous for their ability to travel and settle in other places. They call themselves as "ORANG RANTAU". As the consequences of Minang travellers, the Minang food are widely familiar in the archipelago, RUMAH MAKAN PADANG or WARUNG PADANG or the chick RESTAURANT PADANG is available from the very east (Papua) to the North-west of Aceh (Nangroe Aceh Darrusallam). These kind of people are making acceptable and palatable food with strong spices and coconut milk as the base for almost every single food accompany the rice.

Since independence, the Javanese rules Indonesia with their philosophical conotation of UNITY in DIVERSITY or translated as BHINEKA TUNGGAL IKA. The New Order era under Suharto presidency have made many Javanese went and settled in the TRANSMIGRASI area means they settled in a newly opened land outside Java. This makes their food are more popular such as Yogyakartanese may open a restaurant of Gudeg Yogya (Jackfruits in curry) and other transmigrants have made melting pot areas as well contribute to the sociology of food in Indonesia.

Indonesia is diversed in term of ethnic groups. There are at least 13.000 ethnicities in Indonesia. Every ethnic group has their unique cultural, custom and ability to gather food. Some of them are drinking alcoholic beverages some are not. It is too simple to classify food and beverage in term of ethnic groups of Indonesian people. However, Acehnese, Malay origins (Medan, Jambi, Sumatera Barat, Palembang, Lampung), Javanese, Sundanese, Maduranese, Balinese, Bugisnese, Dayaknese, Timornese and Papuanese are among famous ethnic groups in Indonesia.

Let us preview how Malay ethnic groups eat in their special occasion:

Malay Deli (originally from Medan)
- Roti Jala (other staple food are plain rice, Biriani type of rice and casava)
- Lamb Curry
- Kerupuk means Chips made by rice or gloutinous rice powder
- Sambal Goreng (chilli paste mixed liver, prawn, veggies or even peanuts with small fish)
- Some other food accompaniments such as pickles, slices of tomatoes and cucumber.

Minangkabaunese (originally from West Sumatra)
- Plain rice
- Beef Rendang
- Gulai Pucuk Ubi/daun singkong
- Telor Balado
- Sambal Lado Hijau
- Other food accompaniments
They used to have many plates to serve many different kind of food that carried out by hands of a man (two hands can carry 22 plates all together that they call it "MAKAN BAJAMBA").

Now, how do Javanese people (from Central Java, Yogyakarta, Solo and East Java) eat in their special occasion:
- Tumpeng (yellow rice moulded in a curved cilinder form)
- Fried Chicken
- Sambal Goreng
- Urap (mixed veggies with gratted young coconut)
- Tempe Bacem
- Tahu Bacem
- Kerupuk
- Sambal Bajak

2. Geographical perspectives

From geographical perspectives, the islands of Indonesia consist of big islands and many small islands. The biggest island is Kalimantan with their Dayaknese people and has the border with Borneo and Brunei Darrul Salam. There are also other islands which give more geo-political areas such as Sumatra, Java, Nusa Tenggara Barat/NTB, Nusa Tenggara Timur/NTT, Sulawesi and Papua. Small islands near above mentioned geo-political areas can be seen in term of their food culture such as Nias in Sumatera has a unique food as they gather food from the sea and also from the in-land crops. Also Bali, a small island near Java. It has a unique mixture of Hindu Shiwa which is different with Hindu in India. In Bali people eat pork and also cow beef while in India, these kind of flesh are either unfamiliar or/and prohibited to eat.

Let us also see the different perspectives from in-land and sea-shore food culture. We already capture those islands of Indonesia, but we need to also explore more their different habit in food and beverage consumptions.

In-land people and their food and beverage consumption

Most of in-land people are cultured by their cohesion within nature and change. Why?

In-land people usually called themselves as ORANG GUNUNG. Means that they are coming from the mountain. In West Sumatera where Minangkabaunese live, many In-land people reluctant to be called "orang Padang", because "orang Padang" have the connotation from sea-shore where they can be seen as rough, aggresive and use the tricts to manipulate for financial reasons. The area of Padang is sea-shore and people manage to get many experience from the harbour and trading, so that the trickiness becoming their labels. While other areas In-land West Sumatera such as Bukittinggi has been proven to cultivate more intellectuals, ulamas and thinkers. The Minangkabau In-land people can be felt un-easy to get the label of "orang Padang" as they feel that they are not those kinds of sea-shore people.

These kind of ethnology explanations are widely spread across archipelago. In Bali for instance, some In-land people called themselves as Bali Mula or Bali Aga. They see themselves as more democratics and do not practice "Caste" or "Triwangsa or Catur Warna" system.