0 Dukun in Yogyakarta By Patrick vanhoebrouck Leiden, Oktober 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 0 CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL CONTEXT AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.............................. 5 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO INDONESIA AND JAVA. ......................................................................................... 5 1.2 YOGYAKARTA AND THE DIY .............................................................................................................................. 6 1.3 YOGYAKARTA AND JAVANESE CULTURE. ........................................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER 2: OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF FIELDWORK ........................................... 20 2.1 METHODS........................................................................................................................................................... 20 2.2 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS............................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER 3: DUKUN AND THEIR POWER ............................................................................ 29 3.1 KEBATINAN MYSTICISM AND THE ACQUISITION OF ‘POWER’ ............................................................................ 29 3.2 KEBATINAN POWERS AND THE SERIOUS PRACTITIONER: GENESIS OF A DUKUN. .............................................. 35 3.2.1 Joko .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 3.3.2 Agus .............................................................................................................................................................. 42 CHAPTER 4: DUKUN (1) .............................................................................................................. 48 4.1 DEFINITION AND TERMINOLOGY. ...................................................................................................................... 49 4.2 STUDYING DUKUN AND THEIR ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 52 4.3 JOKO .................................................................................................................................................................. 54 4.4 PAK AGUS: KEJAWEN TEACHER AND PUBLIC HEALER ...................................................................................... 66 CHAPTER 5: DUKUN (II) ............................................................................................................ 75 5.1 SUGENG ............................................................................................................................................................. 75 5.2 AGUNG............................................................................................................................................................... 86 CHAPTER 6: DUKUN IN THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE............................................................ 91 6.1 THE ROLE OF DUKUN IN CONTEMPORARY JAVA ................................................................................................ 91 6.2 DUKUN AND CLIENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 94 6.3 DUKUN IN THE INDONESIAN MEDIA.................................................................................................................. 98 CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIVE REMARKS .................................................................................. 103