NEWSLETTER BFI

[Bandung Fe Institute]

NEWSLETTER BANDUNG FE INSTITUTE (BFI)
May 11th 009

CONTENTS:
01. BFI is moving.
02. Diversity of Traditional Social Rules & Ancient Burreaucratic
System in Indonesian Archipelago
03. New Book for Indonesian Readers: "Complex Indonesian Outlook 2008"
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01. IMPORTANT: BFI is moving.
By May 15th 2009, Bandung Fe Institute base will move from the current
office to the new address, as follows:

BANDUNG FE INSTITUTE
Jl. Sarimadu No. 99
Sarijadi Bl. 25
Bandung 40164
West Java - Indonesia

Should you want to have correspondence or visit, a detail map you
might want to be printed of the new place is available here:
http://bfinews.blogspot.com/2009/05/bfi-is-moving.html

02. Diversity of Traditional Social Rules & Ancient Burreaucratic
System in Indonesian Archipelago A new research related to the
Diversity of Traditional Social Rules & Ancient Burreaucratic System
in Indonesian Archipelago has been reported as the new BFI Working
Paper Series. There are many royal states ever been established,
spreading across the Nusantara archipelago from northern Sumatra to
inland Papua, since its early history. However, beside of their
various sizes, Indonesian ancient royals having various model of
governmental system which is featured in its bureaucratic structure.
As the artifact of ancient human organization, the ancient royal
bureaucracies is emerging structures that represent how the people
organizing their life as an attempt to fit with its environment as
well as their cognitive concept about power. In this work, we outline
a network analytical framework for the study the ancient bureaucracies
and showing some empirical finding related to network characteristic
of Indonesian ancient royal bureaucracies. However, by suggest some
interesting direction for further research; we open the door for the
study of ancient royal government in more quantified way that can be
giving new insight to governmental studies.

The paper is written in English with complete appendix related to the
structure and brief historical description of each ancient and
traditional kingdoms. You should be a registered visitor to download
the full text. The paper is downloadable for free in:
http://www.bandungfe.net/?go=xph&&crp=49d29aba

03. New Book for Indonesian Readers: "Complex Indonesian Outlook 2008"
New Book on Indonesian Complexity is now available in local book
stores in all Indonesian region! The book entitled "SOLUSI UNTUK
INDONESIA" is a book for Indonesian readers presenting a perspective
on complexity while observing and comprehending Indonesia. The book
compiles research conjectures while proposing a new perspective for
Indonesians while sees their own country in a great expectation gives
an enrichment for the development of social sciences for the
betterment of the country and the whole humanity.

In the book the proposal for new "Wawasan Nusantara" (the way
Indonesian look at Indonesia) is presented. The age of complexity
should have changed the way we look and observe in order to be able to
have alternative solutions for the betterment. The book is now
available in your local (Indonesian) book stores, or you might want to
contact the publisher to have one (c.p.Yohanis: +62 21 70227545 for
rapid service) or just contact us.

If you speak Indonesian, you might want to see the glance view of the
book contents in the following URL: http://bfinews.blogspot.com/2008/04/buku-solusi-untuk-indonesia.html

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BFI Administration
Bandung Fe Institute
Sarijadi Blok 5 No. 151
Bandung 40151
JAWA BARAT
INDONESIA
ph./fax: +62 22 2018232
http://www.bandungfe.net