Lintje Pellu (2009) A Domain United, A Domain Divided: An Ethnographic Study of Social Relations and Social Change among the People of Landu, East Rote, Eastern Indonesia." PhD Dissertation. Australian National University, Canberra. Abstract
Duo Klaas 2008 Indigenous Water Management: Sustainable water conservation strategies in karstic dominated area in Rote Island, NTT Province, Indonesia. Master Thesis - Monash University. PDF
Wilson Therik
2008 "Nelayan Dalam Bayang Juragan: Potret Kehidupan Nelayan Tradisional Bajo di Tanjung Pasir, Pulau Rote, Nusa Tenggara Timur.” PDF
2008 Masyarakat Desa Bo’a Terhadap Negara di Nusak Delha, Pulau Rote, Nusa Tenggara Timur. PDF
2007 "Orang Laut di Tanjung Pasir Minum Madu Bercampur Racun: Potret Kehidupan Nelayan Tradisional Bajo di Tanjung Pasir, Pulau Rote, Nusa Tenggara Timur." PDF.
Theresa Tamelan
2007: "Issues in the verb morphology of Dela- Oenale. A Language Spoken in western Rote." PDF
Kumpulan Tulisan James Fox Tentang Rote (PDF files available)
Fox, James J. 2007. Traditional justice and the 'court system' of the island of Roti. The Asia Pacific journal of anthropology; vol. 8 (2007), afl. 1. pag. 59-73. PDF
Chapter 5. Genealogy and Topogeny: Towards an ethnography of Rotinese ritual place names. PDF
2002 A Study of Socio-economic Issues Facing Traditional Indonesian Fishers Who Access the MOU Box PDF
1971Semantic paralelism in Rotinese ritual language PDF
1989 To the aroma of the name: The celebration of a Rotinese ritual of rock and tree PDF
Kumpulan Tulisan James Fox Tentang Rote (Yang tidak bisa diakses online
1965: Roti and Savu: A Literary Analysis of Two Island Societies in Eastern Indonesia (B.Litt. Thesis, 276pp).
1968: The Rotinese: A Study of the Social Organization of an Eastern Indonesian People (D.Phil. Thesis, 393pp).
1972: Rotinese Ritual Language: Texts and Translations (303pp).
Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1977.
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.]
1996: Panen Lontar: Perubahan Ekologi dalam Kehidupan Masyarakat Pulau Rote dan Sawu.. Pustaka Sinar Harapan. [Indonesian Translation of Harvest of the Palm with new preface.]
1971: 'A Rotinese dynastic genealogy: structure and event' in Beidelman, T.O. (ed.), The Translation of Culture, pp.37-77. London: Tavistock.
1971: 'Sister's child as plant: metaphors in an idiom of consanguinity' in Needham, R. (ed.), Rethinking Kinship and Marriage, pp.219-52. London: Tavistock. (French translation: L'enfant de la soeur considÉrÉ comme plante in Needham, R. (ed.), La ParentÉ en Question. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1977.)
1972: 'The Rotinese' in Lebar, F. (ed.), Ethnic Groups of Insular Southeast Asia, vol.1:106-08. New Haven: Human Relations Area Files.
1977: 'The textile traditions of Roti, Ndao and Savu' in Kahlenberg, M. (ed.), Textile Traditions of Indonesia, pp.97-104. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1979: 'A tale of two states: ecology and the political economy of inequality on the island of Roti' in Burnham, P. and Ellen, R. F. (eds), Social and Ecological Systems, pp.19-42. London: Academic Press.
1979: 'Standing in time and place: the structure of Rotinese historical narratives' in Reid, A. and Marr, D. (eds), Perceptions of the Past in Southeast Asia, no.4, pp.10-25. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd
1980: 'Figure shark and pattern crocodile: the foundations of the textile traditions of Roti and Ndao' in Gittinger, M. (ed.), Indonesian Textiles, pp.39-55. Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. (Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles, 1979 Proceedings).
1982: 'Dimensi waktu dalam penelitian sosial: suatu studi kasus di pulau Roti' in Koentjaraningrat and Emmerson, D.K. (eds), Aspek Manusia Dalam Penelitian Masyarakat, pp.116-39. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.
1982: 'The Rotinese Chotbah as a linguistic performance' in Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. (eds), Accent on Variety, pp.311-18. [Papers from the Third International Conference on Linguistics, Vol. 3] Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1983: 'Adam and Eve on the island of Roti: a conflation of oral and written traditions' in Indonesia 36:15-23.
1987: 'Between Savu and Roti: The Transformation of Social Categories on the Island of Ndao' in Laycock, D.C and Winter, W. (eds), A World of Language, pp.195-203. Canberra : Pacific Linguistics, C-100.
1987: 'The house as a type of social organization on the island of Roti, Indonesia' in C. Macdonald et al (eds): De la hutte au palais: sociétés "à maison" en Asie du Sud-Est insulaire, pp.215-224. Paris:CNRS.
1988: ' "Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilu's path": theme, narrative and formula in Rotinese ritual language' in Fox, J.J. (ed.), To Speak in Pairs: Essays on the Ritual Languages of Eastern Indonesia, pp.161-201. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1997: 'Genealogy and Topogeny: Toward an Ethnography of Rotinese Ritual Place Names' in Fox, J. J. (ed), The Poetic Power of Place: Comparative Perspectives on Austronesian Ideas of Locality, pp.91-102. Canberra, Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
1997: 'Genealogies of the Sun and Moon: Interpreting the Canon of Rotinese Ritual Chants' in Masinambow, E.K.M. (ed), Koentjaraningrat dan Antropologi di Indonesia, pp.321-330. Jakarta: Assosiasi Antropologi Indonesia/Yayasan Obor Indonesia.
Marie-Louise and Christoph Merian
2007. Rote Textilien in Indonesien Nabholz-Kartaschoff,
Publikasi Tentang Rote Lainnya
Charles E. Grimes 2006 Hawu and Dhao in eastern Indonesia: revisiting their relationship.PDF
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The meaning and significance of textile designs in the Indonesian island of Rote Patty-Noach, Mia / Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology / 1993
Mubyarto 1993. Etos kerja dan kohesi sosial [masyarakat Sumba, Rote, Sabu dan Timor, Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur. Cet. 1 Aditya Media.
Henukh, Jermias 1989. Rote ... permata budaya terbenam : sebuah naskah sayembara penulisan buku tahun 1989/1990. Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
Lobo, F.R. 1986 Laporan hasil surva[i] pengadaan koleksi di Pulau Rote, Kabupaten Kupang. Proyek Pengembangan Permuseuman Nusa Tenggara Timur, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
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