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Re: RE: Forgetting names Jimbo, everything that Clifford Geertz (the co-author of the paper Bert cites) is difficult. He is one of those scholars who believes in writing densely - but he is well worth the effort as his stuff is rich and he has a great understanding of Balinese society. As a...

Why do the Balinese seem to forget the names of the elderly? Teknonymy, my dear Watson. :roll:

I am reading Hildred Geertz's wonderful new book "The Life of a Balinese Temple: Artistry, Imagination, and History in a Peasant Village" published 2004 by the University of Hawai'i Press. Geertz will be familiar to Bali readers as an anthropologist who has been regularly visiting and writing...

Too right! How many expats started their expat lives by visiting as tourists/holiday makers at phase 0? This is the "beautiful, peace-loving Balinese" or "such gentle, spiritual people" phase. Maybe we could call it the "BTF Phase". ;) Remember Phil and Rhonda?

Re: RE: Crossing the Line of Good and Evil Absolutely. If you look at the expatriate literature a lot of the studies talk about the early return of expats who don't make it beyond Phase 3. Large companies spend a lot of money trying to devise ways to keep staff who they have trained and...

Re: RE: Crossing the Line of Good and Evil I am reminded of the 6 phases of expatriate adjustment that Charles Gullick speaks about. (1) spectator phase - elation, euphoria, & the perception of everything as new & exciting (2) increasing participation - accommodation to the host...

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That was great Matsaleh. Gave me a real belly laugh in an otherwise difficult day! :)