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Abstract
This paper examines ten narratives of the ‘outsider’ who is received and installed inside, thus reordering precedence among an autochthonous population that has received him into their midst. Based on an opposition between the categories of ‘inside’ and ‘outside’, these diverse narratives are drawn from across the Austronesian-speaking world from Sumatra through Timor to Fiji. They illustrate one, among several, distinctive Austronesian epistemologies of origin – one often relied upon to distinguish a ruler from those who are ruled.
1This is a revised and expanded version of a paper I initially delivered at the 1st Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies held at the University of Leiden from 29 June to 1 July 1995. Though the core of the paper has remained the same over the years, I have added further instances of the installation of the ‘outsider’ inside to extend its argument. Due to these various revisions, different versions of the paper have circulated and have been variously referenced. I have continued my efforts to explore this theme in another paper that focuses on the variety of forms of installing the ‘outsider’ inside that occur in the Timor region. Entitled ‘Precedence, Diarchy and Stranger Kings in the Timor Area’, it is, as work in progress, available on my website: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/foxxj_rspas.php
Notes
1This is a revised and expanded version of a paper I initially delivered at the 1st Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies held at the University of Leiden from 29 June to 1 July 1995. Though the core of the paper has remained the same over the years, I have added further instances of the installation of the ‘outsider’ inside to extend its argument. Due to these various revisions, different versions of the paper have circulated and have been variously referenced. I have continued my efforts to explore this theme in another paper that focuses on the variety of forms of installing the ‘outsider’ inside that occur in the Timor region. Entitled ‘Precedence, Diarchy and Stranger Kings in the Timor Area’, it is, as work in progress, available on my website: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/foxxj_rspas.php
2For an outline account of the early segments of the Babad Tanah Jawi to the establishment of the kingdom of Mataram, see Fox Citation(1997).
3See Fox Citation(2002) for a discussion of research among the custodians (juru kunci) of prominent tombs on Java and on their role in preserving local historical traditions.