Aly Murray BA/MA [Oxon] PhD [ANU][Published work under Alison Murray & see alisonmurray.wordpress.com & LinkedIn aly murray.]Doctorate, 'No money no honey: a study of street traders and prostitutes in Jakarta' 1988 based on 4 years in Jakarta, published in 2 editions/ 3 languages including Oxford University PressNO MONEY NO HONEY gets 4.1 stars on Good Reads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1061673.No_Money_No_HoneyPost-doctorate, 'Pink Fits: sex, subcultures and discourses in the Asia-Pacific', based on 5 years in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea, Monash Asia Insitute 2001.[Oxford University, Honours thesis: Ethnicity, territoriality and the police: a study of black youth in Handsworth, Birmingham, 1981, unpublished]Employment motivation and summary: Academic background in anthropology, geography, SE Asia, committed to social justice and human rights; community and peer based work with Indigenous communities [worked with Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation in NT]; University lecturing in Indonesian Studies at USyd, UNSW, CDU, ANU: NGO work on rights and HIV/AIDS with APNSW, Scarlet Alliance, SWOP, NUAASpecialising in writing on: human geography; Indonesia & Asia-Pacific; functional conflict; shifting marginality; urban subculture, sexuality, HIV prevention and harm reduction, tattoos. I also ghost write for a variety of blogs and websites.President of NUAA 2007-2008, convener of Qew-U 1993-1998, collaborative performance art with Qew-u members in Sydney Mardi Gras, Canberra Aktion Surreal, Berlin Tempel der Luste etc;Past manager of SWOP NSW; Scarlet Alliance AFAO rep and PNG project officer working with Friends Frangipani 2005-6, clandestine work with FRETILIN in East Timor 1981-91, current work with Free West Papua movement;Able to translate from/to Bahasa Indonesia, some proficiency in Tok Pisin.Life is but a dream within a dream, wrapped in an enigma.