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LA LETTRE DU 30 novembre 2016
Périodiques
Périodiques
Asian Journal of Social Science, vol. 44, no. 6
Asian Journal of Social Science, vol. 44, no. 6
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/15685314
Table of contents
Introduction
Reframing Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia: Transnational Connections, Comparisons and Mobilities by Kah Seng Loh, Woonkyung Yeo and Keng We Koh
Research Articles
Illegalising licitness: Bartering along the Indonesian Borders in the mid-20th century by Woonkyung Yeo
Emergencities : Experts, Squatters and Crisis in Post-war Southeast Asia by Kah Seng Loh
Shining Futures, Imminent Dangers : New Nation-States and Mass Violence in Southeast Asia by Henk Schulte-Nordholt
Have Performance, Will Travel : Contemporary Artistic Networks in Southeast Asia by Nora A. Taylor
“Beat Your Child with a Flower!” : Asian Advantage and Educational Connectivity between South Korea and Singapore by Younhee Kang
Book Reviews
Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde, vol. 172, no. 4
Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde, vol. 172, no. 4
Revue en ligne et en libre accès
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/22134379
Table of contents
Research articles
Cosmopolitanism, Nation, and the Urban–Rural Split in the Novels of Ayu Utami by Michael H. Bodden
Dimensions of Morality : The Transnational Writers’ Collective Forum Lingkar Pena by Monika Arnez and Eva F. Nisa
Discourse Particles in Malaysian English : What Do They Mean? by Li Chia Tay, Mei Yuit Chan, Ngee Thai Yap and Bee Eng Wong
A Note on the Tombstone of Master Pu and the Xishan Zazhi by Johannesz L. Kurz
Book Reviews
Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal
is a biannual, peer-reviewed publication which draws together the different strands of academic research on the dead body and the production of human remains en masse, whether in the context of mass violence, genocidal occurrences or environmental disasters. Inherently interdisciplinary, the journal publishes papers from a range of academic disciplines within the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
Human Remains and Violence was created thanks to funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n° 283-617.
Call for papers: Human Remains and Violence invites contributions for its 7th issue (vol. 4 no. 1, spring 2018)
Mekong Review : Quarterly Literary Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, November 2016 – January 2017
Mekong Review : Quarterly Literary Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, November 2016 – January 2017
Issue 5 begins with a brilliant review from Antonia Bryan, who writes on the conundrum that is the Khmer Rouge’s executor-in-chief, Duch; then a chilling and timely interview with Thai journalist Thaweeporn Kummetha on life as a journalist in Thailand today; David Eimer on the ongoing ethnic strife in Myanmar; and Peter Zinoman on Chistopher Goscha’s ground-breaking Penguin history of Vietnam.
Elsewhere, we have pieces on everything from the Indian Ocean to Agent Orange, architecture to ecology, and contemporary dance and crime fiction. As well as poems from Maung Philar and Krysada Panusith Phounsiri.
Table of contents
Who is Duch ? by Antonia D. Bryan
The second Panglong trip by David Eimer
Attitude adjustement by Nic Dunlop
Saving face by Emma Larkin
Where the curb connects by Krysada Panusith Phounsiri
The street where love lives by Maung Philar
a bee hums by Khai Q. Nguyen
A new history of Vietnam by Peter Zinoman
Agent Monsanto by Mick Grant
Wild pigs cannot enter by Giulo Ongaro
Ocean of history by John Burgess
Refugee pain by Rupert Winchester
Threadbare by Gill Green
Standing up to China by Nicholas Chapman
Smuggling the bodacious by Hans van Leeuwen
Khmer new wave by Stefanie Sellon
Sre Ambel by Jeff Kisseloff
Saving the garden by David Hutt
It ain’t pho by Connla Stokes
Guardian of Yangon by Poppy Mcpherson
Dancing with Perséphone by Larry Strange
Waiting for the smoke to clear by Tillman Miller
Livres
Livres
Caretaking Democratization
Caretaking Democratization
Renaud Egreteau, Caretaking Democratization : The Military and Political Change in Myanmar, Oxford University Press, 2016, 192 pp.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/caretaking-democratization-9780190620967?cc=us&lang=en&#
This book examines the political landscape that took shape in Myanmar after the 2010 elections and the subsequent transition from direct military rule to a quasi-civilian ‘hybrid’ regime. Striking political, social, and economic transformations have indeed taken place in the long-isolated country since the military junta was disbanded in March 2011. To better construe – and question – what has routinely been labeled a ‘Burmese Spring’, Egreteau examines the reasons behind the ongoing political transition, as well as the role of the Burmese armed forces in that process, drawing on in-depth interviews with Burmese political actors, party leaders, parliamentarians and retired army officers.
The study also takes its cue from comparative scholarship on civil-military relations and post-authoritarian politics, to look at the ‘praetorian’ logic explaining the transitional moment. Myanmar’s road to democratic change is, however, still paved with daunting obstacles. As the book suggests, the continuing military intervention in domestic politics, the resilience of bureaucratic, economic and political clientelism at all levels of society, the iconification of Aung San Suu Kyi, the shadowy influence of regional and global powers, as well as enduring concerns about interethnic and interreligious relations, all are strong reminders of the series of elemental conundrums with which Myanmar will have to deal in order to achieve democratization, sustainable development and peace.
Feasting in Southeast Asia
Feasting in Southeast Asia
Brian Hayden, Feasting in Southeast Asia, University of Hawaii Press, 2016, 336 pp.
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9686-9780824856267.aspx
Feasting has long played a crucial role in the social, political, and economic dynamics of village life. It is far more than a gustatory and social diversion from daily work routines: alliances are brokered by feasts; debts are created and political battles waged. Feasts create enormous pressure to increase the production of food and prestige items in order to achieve the social and political goals of their promoters. In fact, Brian Hayden argues, the domestication of plants and animals likely resulted from such feasting pressures. Feasting has been one of the most important forces behind cultural change since the end of the Paleolithic era.
Feasting in Southeast Asia documents the dynamics of traditional feasting and the ways in which a bewildering array of different types of feasts benefits hosts. Hayden argues that people’s ability to marry, reproduce, defend themselves against threats and attacks, and protect their interests in village politics all depend on their ability to engage in feasting networks. To be excluded from such networks means to be subject to attack by social predators, perhaps even leading to enslavement. As an archaeologist, Hayden pays specific attention to the materials involved in feasting and how feasting might be identified and interpreted from archaeological remains. His conclusions are based on his own ethnographic field studies in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia, as well as a comparative overview of the regional literature on feasting. Hayden gives particular attention to the longhouses of Vietnam, an unusual but important social unit that hosts feasts, in an attempt to understand why they became established.
This unique volume is the culmination of fifteen years of fieldwork among tribal groups in Southeast Asia. Until now no one has examined feasting as a general phenomenon in Southeast Asia or tried to synthesize its underlying dynamics from a theoretical perspective. The book will be of interest to cultural anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, and others involved in food studies.
Sévane Garibian (ed.), Edition Petra, 2016. ISSBN : 9782847431513
version en espagnol La muerte del verdugo. Reflexiones interdisciplinarias sobre el cadáver de los criminales de masa , Ed. Miño y Dávila, Buenos Aires).
La dernière décennie a vu la mort de Slobodan Milosevic, Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, Oussama Ben Laden ou Mouammar Kadhafi. Car les génocidaires, criminels de guerre, dictateurs, tyrans ou agents du terrorisme international des XXe et XXIe siècles, meurent aussi. Dans tous les cas, les questions que posent ces disparitions singulières sont identiques, bien que se situant dans des contextes différents : quand et comment ces criminels sont-ils morts ? Que faire de leur dépouille ?
Comment appréhender leur héritage, la mémoire de leur personne et de leurs crimes ?
Malgré leur caractère crucial et leur actualité, ces questions n’ont pour l’heure suscité que peu de travaux dans le domaine des sciences juridiques et sociales. Si l’on observe un important regain d’intérêt pour la parole du bourreau en tant que source d’information, rares sont les études qui s’attachent au sort de celui-ci, une fois décédé. Cet ouvrage vise précisément à combler ce manque.
La réflexion interdisciplinaire engagée ici met en dialogue les apports du droit, de l’histoire, de l’anthropologie, de la sociologie, de la littérature et de la psychologie autour de trois thématiques principales : les modalités de la (mise à) mort du bourreau, le traitement post-mortem de son corps, et la question de la patrimonialisation face aux exigences de justice et de réparation. Ce volume entend ainsi montrer les enjeux entourant la fin des criminels de masse – une mort jamais anodine, même lorsqu’elle est naturelle.
Ouvrage dirigé par : Sévane Garibian
Contributions de : Rosa Ana Alija Fernández, Ana Arzoumanian, Antoine Garapon, Sévane Garibian, Anne Yvonne Guillou, Florence Hartmann, Frédéric Mégret, Muriel Montagut, Didier Musiedlak, Nicolas Patin, Karine Ramondy, Élodie Tranchez
Puissance et impuissance de la valeur. L’anthropologie comparative de Louis Dumont
Puissance et impuissance de la valeur. L’anthropologie comparative de Louis Dumont
Cécile Barraud, André Iteanu, Ismaël Moya (ed.), 2016
Paris, Cnrs Editions, Socio/Anthropo, Prix : 25
L’anthropologue Louis Dumont (1911-1998) est l’auteur d’une oeuvre importante à présent plus souvent discutée à l’étranger qu’en France. Cet ouvrage interroge sa postérité selon quatre principes que Dumont avait explorés : la mise en perspective de la centralité du pouvoir, la comparaison de configurations sociales globales, une conception peu réifiée des structures sociales et la prise en compte de l’interaction entre les sociétés. Pour les contributeurs, comme pour Dumont, en son temps, l’intensification des rapports entre les sociétés résultant de la mondialisation ne réduit pas les différences sociales, mais les renouvelle en changeant leur nature. Preuve en est, l’icompréhension grandissante entre les peuples, des plus proches aux plus éloignés.
Parce qu’elle fait droit à la diversité du monde contemporain et aux contradictions dynamiques qui l’animent, la comparaison radicale entre les sociétés telle que la propose Louis Dumont a conservé une surprenante fraîcheur.
ISBN : 978-2-271-08659-4
Women and the Politics of Gender in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste Between Heaven and Earth
Women and the Politics of Gender in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste Between Heaven and Earth
Sara Niner, 2017
Routledge, 222 pages | 5 B/W Illus.
This book presents a wide-ranging overview of the position of women in Timor-Leste, 15 years after the country secured its independence. It considers the role of women in Timor-Leste’s history, explores their role in the present day economy and politics, and discusses their contribution to culture and society. The contested meaning of gender itself is investigated in the contemporary culture of this new society. It applies a wide range of different feminist theories and approaches, and concludes with a discussion of what new directions gender studies in Timor-Leste might take.
Appel à contributions
Appel à contributions
CFP: Journal of World History Special Issue on Gender and Empire. Gender and Empire: Intimacies, Bodies, Detritus
CFP: Journal of World History Special Issue on Gender and Empire. Gender and Empire: Intimacies, Bodies, Detritus
Date limite d’envoi des abstracts : 15 décembre 2016
The Journal of World History seeks submissions on the topic of Gender and Empire. For more than three decades scholars have incorporated gender studies into traditional imperial histories to draw attention to the myriad ways in which imperial projects co-created modern gender identities. Emerging from scholarship on the major European empires of the 19th and 20th centuries (British, French, German, and Dutch), studies of gender and empire now include the United States, Russia, and Japan. Similarly, scholarship on colonized areas around the globe now includes Latin America, both postcolonial and neo-colonial, in addition to Africa and Asia.
The range of research topics has also expanded considerably from literal intersections between gender and empire, as seen in policing prostitution and anti-miscegenation laws, to other less literal but no less body-saturated nanny/child relations; transnational foodways; and automobility to name a few. Regardless of foci, these approaches investigate formations of embodied race and gender identities as central to the ideology of imperialism as well as to the daily functioning of colonialism on the ground, with special attention to how the latter undercut the former.
This special issue aims for broad coverage of a diverse array of empires and topics in the period 1750-1950. In keeping with the mission of the journal, we especially solicit proposals that are comparative and/or transnational.
Call for papers: Südostasien 1/2017 – Legal Culture, Justice and Legal Security
Call for papers: Südostasien 1/2017 – Legal Culture, Justice and Legal Security
What is legal? Everything that you have a right to do! In legal and cultural studies there is a never-ending debate about the sources of law as well as the specific cultural and social conditions determining a legal system and the application of law. Is it the will of the state, that creates law? Is law only restricted to what you can find in legal codes? Or is law rooted in culture beyond these codes? Who even has the authority to design and apply laws? Who is capable of evading laws and why?
Authors from Southeast Asia are most welcome. Please submit articles by 30.12.2016.
SPAFA Journal: Call for Submissions
SPAFA Journal: Call for Submissions
SEAMEO SPAFA, Southeast Asia’s Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts, has recently set up a website to access the online open access SPAFA Journal. The SPAFA Journal focuses on Southeast Asian archaeology, performing arts, visual arts and cultural heritage.
This SPAFA publication has been in publication since 1980, first as the SPAFA Digest, before being renamed the SPAFA Journal in 1991. Now, as an open access journal, publishers expect to reach a greater number of readers, as well as to carry multimedia content such as music and video clips.
The journal accepts scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles pertaining to the archaeology, fine arts and cultural heritage of Southeast Asia, and shorter contributions such as photo and video essays, book and exhibition reviews, and brief reports. SEAMEO-SPAFA’s aim for the journal is to have articles and content catering to both the academic community and the general public.
The following submissions are accepted for the 2017 volume of the SPAFA Journal:
Original research papers
Brief reports
Thesis abstracts
Exhibition / performance / book reviews
Photo and video essays
The new SPAFA Journal website will also host other publications, including the old volumes of the SPAFA Journal and SPAFA Digest, which are being digitised and should be made available in early 2017.
For additional information about the SPAFA Journal and how to contribute to it, please visit http://www.spafajournal.org/
Séminaires/Conférences
Séminaires/Conférences
Seminar on The ‘Magic’ of Modern Malaya: Remembering Histories of Adam’s Ore and Muhammad’s Guns by Dr Teren Sevea, 11/11/2016, Nalanda Sriwijaya Centre, Singapore
Seminar on The ‘Magic’ of Modern Malaya: Remembering Histories of Adam’s Ore and Muhammad’s Guns by Dr Teren Sevea, 11/11/2016, Nalanda Sriwijaya Centre, Singapore
The seminar focussed on the vital roles of Muslim miracle-workers within the socio-economic fabric of 18th– 9th century Malaya. Using Malay-Jawi manuscripts pertaining to the esoteric practices of these miracle-workers or “pawang” – the seminar recounted a history of the “worlds” and environments in which pawangconducted socioeconomic activities that were aligned with Islamic esoteric science.
Séminaire de l’IrAsia (Institut de recherches asiatiques) : projection de deux films
Séminaire de l’IrAsia (Institut de recherches asiatiques) : projection de deux films
Dans le cadre du Séminaire de l’IrAsia (Institut de recherches asiatiques),deux films (30’) consacrés à deux grands chercheurs en Sciences Humaines en Asie du Sud-Est, Denise Bernot (linguiste) et Georges Condominas (ethnologue) seront présentés
le vendredi 2 décembre de 14h à 17h (Amphithéâtre Charve – Campus Saint-Charles – Marseille) par Jean Baffie (IrAsia), Alice Vittrant (DDL/AMU/IrAsia) et Alexandra de Mersan (CASE/Inalco)
Séminaire « Actualité des Publications de la recherche » : Caroline Herbelin « Architectures du Vietnam Colonial : Repenser le métissage »
Séminaire « Actualité des Publications de la recherche » : Caroline Herbelin « Architectures du Vietnam Colonial : Repenser le métissage »
Lundi 12 décembre 2016, salle 191C (Paris Diderot, Grands Moulins). Ouvert à tous. Contact : marie.gibert@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Conference ‘From Clients to Citizens? Citizenship in Democratising Indonesia’
Conference ‘From Clients to Citizens? Citizenship in Democratising Indonesia’
8-10 December 2016 | Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta | Indonesia
Organised by: Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) and Universitas Gadjah Mada
Keynote Speakers: Engin Isin (Open University, UK) and Surya Tjandra (the Trade Union Rights Centre)
What is the impact of Indonesia’s democratization process on everyday interactions between Indonesian citizens and power holders? Democratic reforms have led to a much livelier public sphere, freer and more active public debate and more intensive political participation. Yet democratization seems to have done little to end the predatory and clientelistic practices of political elites. The persistence of these practices and the ‘stalling’ of Indonesia’s democratization process cannot be attributed solely to institutional shortcomings or selfish behaviour of elites. Instead, there is an urgent need to study politics ‘from below’ by examining the character of citizenship in Indonesia…
Articles/Podcasts
Articles/Podcasts
The Pain Haka burial ground on Flores: Indonesian evidence for a shared Neolithic belief system in Southeast Asia by Jean-Christophe Galipaud et al. in Antiquity, vol. 90, no. 354 (déc. 2016)
The Pain Haka burial ground on Flores: Indonesian evidence for a shared Neolithic belief system in Southeast Asia by Jean-Christophe Galipaud et al. in Antiquity, vol. 90, no. 354 (déc. 2016)
Abstract
Recent excavations at the coastal cemetery of Pain Haka on Flores have revealed evidence of burial practices similar to those documented in other parts of Southeast Asia. Chief among these is the use of pottery jars alongside other forms of container for the interment of the dead. The dating of the site combined with the fact that this burial practice is present over such a wide geographic area suggests a widespread belief system during the Neolithic period across much of Southeast Asia.
Report of the workshop “New Law, New Villages? Changing rural Indonesia”, 19-20/05/2016, KITLV
Report of the workshop “New Law, New Villages? Changing rural Indonesia”, 19-20/05/2016, KITLV
Organized by KITLV in collaboration with Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute and the Asian Modernities and Traditions program (AMT),and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo (NCHR) This report is written by Jacqueline Vel, Ward Berenschot, Rebakah Daro Minarchek.
This workshop discussed a new type of village studies in Indonesia. The 2014 Village Law will likely cause a considerable change inthe character of village governance and leadership in the coming years. Overall questions are: what will be the impact of Indonesia’s Village Law on the character of villages and their role in Indonesia’s economic and political development? How can we study this change across Indonesia in a comparative manner? What can we learn from the history of village governance in the context of change processes taking place in rural areas?
A lire sur : http://www.kitlv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Report-Village-Law-Workshop-Leiden-2016.pdf
Angkor replicated: how Cambodian workshops produce fake masterpieces, and get away with it by Martin Polkinghorne, 26/11/2016, The Conversation
Angkor replicated: how Cambodian workshops produce fake masterpieces, and get away with it by Martin Polkinghorne, 26/11/2016, The Conversation
As part of my work as an archaeologist, my team and I recently discovered an ancient artists’ studio in UNESCO-listed Angkor, an area in Cambodia that was home to numerous capitals of the Khmer Empire and is now one of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia…
But for about the same amount of time that looted art has been traded between buyers and sellers, another issue has remained hidden.
Fakes have overrun the Cambodian antiquity market, their authenticity obscured by the skill of the artists who make them. Indeed, a significant proportion of the artists are so accomplished that the modern origins of their work will probably never be recognised.
Lire la suite sur : http://theconversation.com/angkor-replicated-how-cambodian-workshops-produce-fake-masterpieces-and-get-away-with-it-68173
Batak manuscripts in the British Library by Annabal Teh Gallop, 28/11/2016, Asian and African Studies blog (British Library)
Batak manuscripts in the British Library by Annabal Teh Gallop, 28/11/2016, Asian and African Studies blog (British Library)
Accès direct aux mss dans le corps de l’article et bibliographie.
The Batak peoples of north Sumatra are associated with a distinctive writing culture, with manuscripts written on a range of organic materials, primarily tree bark, bamboo and bone. Most characteristic are the bark books known as pustaha, written on strips of bark of the alim (Aquilaria malaccensis) tree, which is folded concertina-fashion, and sometime furnished with wooden covers, which can be beautifully decorated. Probably because of their intriguing appearance, Batak manuscripts are encountered in more libraries and museums in Britain than manuscripts in any other Indonesian language.
Lire la suite sur : http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2016/11/batak-manuscripts-in-the-british-library.html?
“Under the Boot: Military-Civil Relations in Thailand since the Coup” by Paul Chambers, 12/09/2016, SEARC, City University, Hong Kong
“Under the Boot: Military-Civil Relations in Thailand since the Coup” by Paul Chambers, 12/09/2016, SEARC, City University, Hong Kong
Abstract
Thailand’s May 2014 military putsch has ushered in a period of authoritarian control not seen in the country for 40 years. A spiraling number of Thais suspected by the ruling junta of subversion have been arrested for “attitude adjustment” with the number of political prisoners soaring to over 1000 persons. Allegations of torture and sexual abuse of prisoners by soldiers have grown. Political rights and liberties have been quashed. Military courts have become the dominant judiciary of Thailand. Soldiers and junta leaders act with legal impunity. Finally, the junta has sought to enact a new constitution which enshrines a greater political role for the military across the country. In mid-2016 the junta has become even more repressive as opponents in Thai civil society increasingly test the limits of their resistance. How successful has the junta been in establishing mechanism to ensure their perseverance in power? What are the internal and external challenges to the junta? What is the future of Thai military rule or the beginning of demilitarization? This presentation addresses these questions.
Vidéo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e3ae40G5-U
PDF : http://www.cityu.edu.hk/searc/Events_PublicSeminar.aspx
Postes/Bourses
Postes/Bourses
Université d’Heidelberg – Poste en ethnologie de l’Asie du Sud-E st ou Océanie ou Islam, pour 3 ans – Poste en allemand
Université d’Heidelberg – Poste en ethnologie de l’Asie du Sud-E st ou Océanie ou Islam, pour 3 ans – Poste en allemand
Akademische/r Mitarbeiter/in
Akademische/r Mitarbeiter/in
Am Institut für Ethnologie an der Universität Heidelberg ist eine befristete Vollzeitstelle alsAkademische/r Mitarbeiter/in
für drei Jahre ab dem 01.03.2017 zu besetzen.
Die Aufgaben sind schwerpunktmäßig Lehre (insbesondere grundständige Lehre sowie forschendes Lehren) und die Betreuung von Studierenden im BA Studiengang Ethnologie. Des Weiteren umfasst das Aufgabengebiet eigene wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten, wie die Erarbeitung eines Projektantrags, und Mitarbeit bei administrativen Aufgaben.
Erwünschte Qualifikation ist eine abgeschlossene Promotion im Fach Ethnologie. Bevorzugte Schwerpunkte in Lehre und Forschung sollten sein:
Südostasien
Ozeanien
Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen, Ökologie
Islam
Die Vergütung erfolgt nach TV-L. Die Stelle ist grundsätzlich teilbar.
Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (CV, Publikationsliste, Liste der Lehrveranstaltungen, Auswahl von 3 Publikationen) richten Sie bitte per Mail (ein pdf-Dokument) bis spätestens 20.12.2016 an Ethnologie@urz.uni-heidelberg.de oder an untenstehende Postadresse. Bei Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an Frau Gabriele Schenk: Institut für Ethnologie der Universität Heidelberg, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 3-5, 69120 Heidelberg. Tel.: 06221 – 542236.
Wir bitten um Verständnis, dass eingegangene Bewerbungsunterlagen nicht zurückgesandt werden.
Schwerbehinderte werden bei gleicher Eignung vorrangig eingestellt.
Open-rank Positions – Institute of Asian Studies (Brunei)
Open-rank Positions – Institute of Asian Studies (Brunei)
The Institute of Asian Studies – Universiti Brunei Darussalam (http://ias.ubd.edu.bn) opens 3 positions
[UBD/IAS/001] Political Geography / International Relations
Associate Professor | Senior Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor
[UBD/IASFASS/002] Environmental Studies
Associate Professor | Senior Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor
[UBD/IAS/003] Sociology
Associate Professor | Senior Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor
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THESE : Lamak : ritual objects in Bali by L. Francine Brinkgreve Soutenue le 21/09/2016 à l’Université de Leyde
THESE : Lamak : ritual objects in Bali by L. Francine Brinkgreve Soutenue le 21/09/2016 à l’Université de Leyde
A lamak is a long narrow hanging that is an essential requirement at most rituals in Bali. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral. Although permanent forms of lamak, made of cloth or coins, exist, the ephemeral palm leaf form must be present. Hung from altars and shrines, a lamak serves as base for offerings and attracts deities and deified ancestors to them. Decorative motifs representing sources of life are ordered according to Balinese concepts of the vertical structure of the cosmos. Through offerings and the active role of the lamak, worshippers offer thanks to their deities and request prosperity and protection. Despite decades of change and modernization in Bali, the role of the lamak has survived intact. This is the first study to examine in detail this unique form of ephemeral material culture which is a prominent aspect of Balinese creativity. The study answers the question: why do Balinese make lamak and why do they continue to make them time and again? It examines the use and function of the lamak in ritual, the motifs that decorate them, the materials and techniques to make them, regional and individual styles, and processes of change and commercialization.
Disponible en libre accès sur le Leiden Repository: https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/43119
LAT : my life and cartoons
LAT : my life and cartoons
Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid (Lat), Editions Didier Millet, 2016
http://www.edmbooks.com/Book/12332/Lat-My-Life-and-Cartoons.html
Mohammad Nor Khalid, far better known as Lat, is Malaysia’s top cartoonist. Lat: My Life and Cartoons is his autobiography. In it, he tells in his own words the story of his life from his birth and childhood in the idyllic village atmosphere so evocatively captured by him in his bestselling book The Kampung Boy. He describes how he became a professional cartoonist in the 1960s and guides readers through his years as a crime reporter in 1970s Kuala Lumpur, his several decades as an editorial and freelance cartoonist, and his travels to the UK, US, Japan and beyond, including his work on the award-winning Kampung Boy animation.
Packed full of riotous high jinx and fascinating personal anecdotes, Lat: My Life and Cartoons introduces a whole range of colourful friends and acquaintances, and provides insights into Lat the man, his thinking and his cartoons. This treasure trove of memories tells the story of a man whose cartoons have come to represent the collective memories of an entire country. In telling his story, he also shines a light on how Malaysia and the world have changed over more than half a century. The book is illustrated with 48 pages containing more than 100 photographs, memorabilia and carefully selected cartoons.
A écouter
A écouter
Ecouter les concours de chants d’oiseaux en Thaïlande avec Stéphane Rennesson (7/8) diffusé le 19/11/2016 (1)
Ecouter les concours de chants d’oiseaux en Thaïlande avec Stéphane Rennesson (7/8) diffusé le 19/11/2016 (1)
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20161119-ecouter-concours-chants-oiseaux-thailande-stephane-rennesson
Ecouter le duel vocal sur le ring de boxe thaïlandaise avec Stéphane Rennesson (8/8) diffusé le 26/11/2016 (2)
Ecouter le duel vocal sur le ring de boxe thaïlandaise avec Stéphane Rennesson (8/8) diffusé le 26/11/2016 (2)
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20161126-ecouter-le-duel-vocal-le-ring-boxe-thailandaise-88
Les concours de chants d’oiseaux en Thaïlande et Le duel vocal sur le ring de boxe thaïlandaise sont les deux derniers épisodes d’une série de huit cartes postales sonores réalisées en collaboration avec les anthropologues de MILSON, un programme du Centre de recherche en ethnomusicologie (CNRS) qui étudie et raconte la diversité des sociétés du monde à travers ses milieux sonores.
(1) Les concours de chants d’oiseaux réunissent plusieurs centaines de volatiles et rencontrent un succès populaire remarquable en Thaïlande. Les « Bulbuls Orphée » notamment, ces petits passereaux aux mélodies nerveuses et aux variations spectaculaires. A l’entraînement comme lors des concours, les amateurs tentent de faire chanter leurs protégés le plus fort, le plus longtemps et le plus distinctement possible.
Les captations sonores des concours de chants d’oiseaux en Thaïlande ont été réalisées par Stéphane Rennesson et Emmanuel Grimaud.
(2) Le muay thai, la boxe thaïlandaise est un combat brutal où le corps des pugilistes est impliqué en tant que cible et qu’arme d’attaque : coups de pieds, de tibias, de genoux de poings et autres coudes ! Les sons constituent un repère important pour les boxeurs et les parieurs. A l’entraînement comme pendant le combat, les vocalises et la musique rythment le muay thai.
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Ma’Rosa de Brillante Mendoza (2016)
Ma’Rosa de Brillante Mendoza (2016)
Sortie en France le 30 novembre 2016
«Ma’Rosa», le Manille du petit peuple, 29/11/2016, RFI Asie-Pacifique
Ce film a été tourné bien avant l’accès de Rodrigo Duterte à la présidence des Philippines en mai 2016. Depuis, la guerre anti-drogue a tué plus de 3 000 personnes dans le pays… Avec Ma’Rosa, qui sort ce mercredi sur les écrans en France, Brillante Mendoza nous plonge dans une virée nocturne dans les rues d’un quartier pauvre de Manille. Le chef de file du cinéma philippin indépendant réussit brillamment sa traversée cinématographique d’un quartier et d’une société corrompue et désespérante, traversée tournée en immersion totale. Son actrice principale, Jaclyn José, avait décroché le Prix de la meilleure interprétation féminine au dernier Festival de Cannes.
Lire la suite sur : http://www.rfi.fr/asie-pacifique/20161129-rosa-manille-petit-peuple-brillante-mendoza
Expositions/Iconographie/Blog
Expositions/Iconographie/Blog
“An Atlas of Mirrors”: 10 highlights from Singapore Biennale 2016, 18/11/2016, Art Radar
“An Atlas of Mirrors”: 10 highlights from Singapore Biennale 2016, 18/11/2016, Art Radar
The fifth edition of the Singapore Biennale 2016 opened on 27 October and will run until 26 February 2017.
Organised by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), the fifth Singapore Biennale is titled “An Atlas of Mirrors” and features contemporary works by 63 artists and art collectives from 19 countries in Southeast Asia, and East and South Asia. The mega exhibition, which had its first edition nine years ago, started with an international outlook but has gradually narrowed its focus on the art of Southeast Asia and its surrounding regions.
Voir les oeuvres sur : http://artradarjournal.com/2016/11/18/10-highlights-from-singapore-biennale-2016/
The exhibition is divided into nine tongue twisting sub-themes, which can be simplified into the following categories:
ideas of space and place;
myths, cyclical time and the ahistorical;
cultural legacies, beliefs and memory;
nature and culture;
the contestation of borders;
agency, representation and voices of resistance;
national and cultural identities;
migratory experiences and displacement; and
re-imagining histories that have been marginalised.
With 58 artworks at the Biennale, making a list of ten is not only difficult but limiting. As the 2016 Singapore Biennale unfolds over the months, Art Radar will bring you more highlights of the works on show. The works listed here are mere entry points to the mega exhibition, which can be negotiated in multiple ways. Will the coupling of an atlas and the curiosities of the mirror shift our perception of the world? An Atlas of Mirrors positions Southeast Asia as a vantage point through which we can recognise our world anew.
MATCA : a new platform for photography in Vietnam
MATCA : a new platform for photography in Vietnam
Matca, whose name means fisheye in Vietnamese, is born solely out of our passion for and beliefs in photography as a form of narration and visual arts. We intend for Matca to be a collective, an alternative gathering space for the Vietnamese photographic community to seek inspiration and bounce ideas off one another. At Matca we acknowledge and feature local photographers as well as visual artists out there whose compelling works are often overlooked in today’s society’s context.
For any enquiries, feedback, love, etc, please contact us at: hello@matca.vn
Le blog « Societies and Environments in Southeast Asia », plateforme OpenEdition
Le blog « Societies and Environments in Southeast Asia », plateforme OpenEdition
This research blog discuss the relationship between societies and the natural environment in the Southeast Asian region. The sociological approach explores the forms that connect social and cosmic orders within an hindo-buddhist context. We will consider contemporary socio-political challenges in regard to climate change, development practices and technical knowledge.
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