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James Joseph Fox (born 29 May 1940) is an American anthropologist and historian of Indonesia.

He was educated at Harvard University (AB 1962) and Oxford University in (Social Anthropology)(B Litt. 1965, DPhil. 1968) where he was a Rhodes Scholar.[1] The title of his doctoral thesis was The Rotinese: A study of the social organisation of an eastern indonesian people

He has taught at various universities including Harvard, Cornell, Duke and Chicago. He has also taught at various European Universities including Leiden, Bielefeld and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences in 1988[2] and is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

He has conducted fieldwork in Java, Roti, and East Timor.[3]

He has also been an administrator at Australian National University at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies[4]

He is currently Professorial fellow in the ANU Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program (RMAP)[5]

Works include:-

  • 1977 Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia.[6]
  • 1980 The Flow of Life: Essays on Eastern Indonesia.[7]
  • 1980 Indonesia: The Making of a Culture. (Vol 1 of 3 volumes of Indonesia: Australian Perspectives)[8]
  • 1980 Indonesia: Australian Perspectives. Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University [3 volumes published as a single volume, with editors:J.J. Fox, R.G. Garnaut, P.T. McCawley, and J.A.C. Mackie.][9]
  • 1986 Bahasa, Sastra dan Sejarah: Kumpulan Karangan Mengenai Masyarakat Pulau Roti. Jakarta: Penerbit Djambatan.[Language, Literature and History: Collected Essays on Rotinese Society.Six essays in English on Rotinese culture and history with accompanying Indonesian translations.]
  • 1988 To Speak in Pairs: Essays on the Ritual Languages of Eastern Indonesia.[10]
  • 1992 The Heritage of Traditional Agriculture Among the Western Austronesians.[11]
  • 1993 Balanced Development: East Java in the New Order.[12]
  • 1993 Inside Austronesian Houses: Perspectives on Domestic Designs for Living.[13]
  • 1995 The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives.[14]
  • 1996 Origin, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ http://historynet.anu.edu.au/anu-emeriti-oral-history-video-project/prof-james-j-fox
  2. ^ "James Fox". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Soares, Dionisio Babo (2000), Out of the ashes : destruction and reconstruction of East Timor, Crawford House ; London : C. Hurst & Co, ISBN 978-1-85065-554-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Fox, James J; Mackie, J. A. C. (James Austin Copland), 1924-2011. (Interviewer) (2005), Jim Fox interviewed by Jamie Mackie, retrieved 18 January 2017 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n1664/html/Text/intro.xhtml?referer=1664&page=4
  6. ^ Fox, James J (1977), Harvest of the palm : ecological change in eastern Indonesia, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-38111-7
  7. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Adams, Monni (1980), The Flow of life : essays on eastern Indonesia, Harvard University Press, retrieved 18 January 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Australian National University. Research School of Pacific Studies (1980), Indonesia, the making of a culture, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, ISBN 978-0-909596-59-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Australian National University. Research School of Pacific Studies (1980), Indonesia, Australian perspectives, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, ISBN 978-0-909596-65-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Fox, James J., 1940- (1988), To speak in pairs : essays on the ritual languages of eastern Indonesia, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-34332-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Australian National University. Department of Anthropology; Comparative Austronesian Project (1992), The Heritage of traditional agriculture among the western Austronesians, Dept. of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, ISBN 978-0-7315-1348-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Mackie, J. A. C. (James Austin Copland), 1924-2011; Dick, H. W. (Howard William); Fox, James J., 1940- (1993), Balanced development : East Java in the new order, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-588597-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Australian National University. Department of Anthropology; Comparative Austronesian Project (1993), Inside Austronesian houses : perspectives on domestic designs for living, Canberra Dept. of Anthropology in association with the Comparative Austronesian Project, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, ISBN 978-0-7315-1595-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Tryon, D. T. (Darrell Trevor); Bellwood, Peter S; Fox, James J., 1940-; Comparative Austronesian Project (1995), The Austronesians : historical and comparative perspectives, Dept. of Anthropology as part of the Comparative Austronesian Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, ISBN 978-0-7315-2132-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Fox, James J., 1940-; Sather, Clifford; Australian National University. Department of Anthropology; Comparative Austronesian Project (2006), Origins, ancestry and alliance : explorations in Austronesian ethnography, ANU E Press, ISBN 978-1-920942-87-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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