Myth, Dream, And Resistance In Ninotchka Rosca And Emmanuel Lacaba’S Fictions,
2022
De La Salle University, Philippines; University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Myth, Dream, And Resistance In Ninotchka Rosca And Emmanuel Lacaba’S Fictions, Kathrine Domingo Ojano
Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance
Despite Ninotchka Rosca’s international acclaim as a Feminist novelist and Emmanuel Lacaba’s national renown as a martyred resistance poet, the dearth of scholarship on their collections of short stories—written from around the time of the 1970 First Quarter Storm to the early years of Martial Law—has also left unanswered how their fictions evinced a new paradigm of resistance literature as the critique and revision of modernity in the Third World. In this paper, I address this gap by looking into Rosca’s transformation of fiction into mythopoeic speculations in The Monsoon Collection (1983) and Lacaba’s experimentation with oneiric or dream-like narratives …
Fictionalizing Error In Edberto Villegas’S Barikada,
2022
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Fictionalizing Error In Edberto Villegas’S Barikada, Laurence Marvin S. Castillo
Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance
Barikada (2013), written by the late political scientist, writer, and consultant for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Edberto Villegas (1940–2020), is a novel that presents a counterfactual portrayal of an urban insurrection, waged by city-based national democratic (NatDem) revolutionaries who deviated from the Maoist rural-oriented protracted guerrilla warfare sanctioned by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). This essay reads this NatDem fiction in relation to the debates about revolutionary strategy that surfaced during the movement’s crises-ridden years, and were taken up during the Second Great Rectification Movement. I undertake a detailed examination of the novel’s reworking …
Reading About A Lost Film: A Review Of Ang Daigdig Ng Mga Api: Remembering A Lost Film By Clodualdo Del Mundo, Jr.,
2022
De La Salle University, Philippines
Reading About A Lost Film: A Review Of Ang Daigdig Ng Mga Api: Remembering A Lost Film By Clodualdo Del Mundo, Jr., Shirley O. Lua
Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance
No abstract provided.
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 25, 2022),
2022
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 25, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies
CSEAS Bulletin
No abstract provided.
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 11, 2022),
2022
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 11, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies
CSEAS Bulletin
No abstract provided.
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 4, 2022),
2022
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 4, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies
CSEAS Bulletin
No abstract provided.
Step By Step: Understanding Perceptions Of Time And Space In Nepal,
2022
SIT Study Abroad
Step By Step: Understanding Perceptions Of Time And Space In Nepal, Lillian Norton-Brainerd
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Time and space are part of everyone’s daily life; however, these concepts are rarely explicitly discussed. Hegemonic interpretations of time and space are part of capitalist, colonialist structures, thus understanding alternative perceptions is important to resisting these structures. To understand perceptions of time in Nepal, I spent a month in Gre, a small village near Langtang National Park. I interviewed villagers and spent time observing how people spend their time, talk about time, and give directions to physical places. While there is not one perception of time and space, I learned how time and space influence each other. Geography and …
Midwives,
2022
University of Utah
Midwives, Sheila J. Nayar
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Midwives (2022), directed by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing.
The Relationship Between Humans And Nature In The Himalayas: A Collection Of Poems,
2022
SIT Study Abroad
The Relationship Between Humans And Nature In The Himalayas: A Collection Of Poems, Floyd Cornett
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Throughout this research period I lived in the Gurung Village of Sikles in the Lower Annapurna Region of the Himalayan Mountain Range. Here, I grew in my understanding and learnings behind the village people’s relationship with nature, what shapes it, how it is changing, and general attitudes towards it. The Gurung community is traditionally of the Bon religion, but with the impacts of our ever-connecting world, many have also incorporated Buddhism and Hinduism into their beliefs and practices as well. Therefore, many of their traditions include pockets of animism and traditional worship of nature, but many villagers have slowly converted …
Earth Stories: A Narrative Understanding Of Farmlife In Pokhara, Nepal,
2022
SIT Study Abroad
Earth Stories: A Narrative Understanding Of Farmlife In Pokhara, Nepal, Grace Holmes
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Humans love to tell stories. The purpose of this Creative ISP is to collect stories, of the plants and of the earth, render them through quotations and summary, and then discuss and reflect on how these stories could describe the relationship between people and the land. I hope a narrative understanding of our dependence on agriculture can bridge the gap in modern society that separates us so fundamentally from the earth that we live on.
Sacred Scavengers: Vulture Conservation In Nepal,
2022
SIT Study Abroad
Sacred Scavengers: Vulture Conservation In Nepal, Hans Nedde
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
In the 1990s, a veterinary drug used to treat pain and disease in cattle nearly brought the nine vulture species of Nepal to extinction. In a span of 15 years, over 97% of vultures in Nepal perished. For the past 20 years, governments, organizations, and communities have been working together to save these vital scavengers from vanishing. From the lowlands to the Himalayas, vultures have been interacting with the environment and humans for millennia. This study explores the role that vultures play both ecologically and culturally in Nepal. It investigates vultures as a crucial ecological influence and how human action …
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 28, 2022),
2022
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 28, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies
CSEAS Bulletin
No abstract provided.
Land Use Change In A Pericolonial Society: Intensification And Diversification In Ifugao, Philippines Between 1570 And 1800 Ce,
2022
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Land Use Change In A Pericolonial Society: Intensification And Diversification In Ifugao, Philippines Between 1570 And 1800 Ce, David Max Findley, Stephen Acabado, Noel Amano, Andrea U. Kay, Rebecca Hamilton, Grace Barretto-Tesoro, Greg Bankoff, Jed O. Kaplan, Patrick Roberts
History Department Faculty Publications
Land use modelling is increasingly used by archaeologists and palaeoecologists seeking to quantify and compare the changing influence of humans on the environment. In Southeast Asia, the intensification of rice agriculture and the arrival of European colonizers have both been seen as major catalysts for deforestation, soil erosion, and biodiversity change. Here we consider the Tuwali-Ifugao people of the Cordillera Central (Luzon, Philippines), who resisted Spanish colonial subjugation from the 16th to the mid-nineteenth century, in part through the development of a world-renowned system of intensive wet-rice terrace agriculture. To quantify changes in how the Tuwali-Ifugao used their environment, we …
Vedantic Basis And Praxis Of The Integral Advaita Of Sri Aurobindo,
2022
California Institute for Integral Studies
Vedantic Basis And Praxis Of The Integral Advaita Of Sri Aurobindo, Debashish Banerji
Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal
The integral nondualism of Sri Aurobindo can be traced to the great pronouncements (mahāvākya) of the Upanishads and later commentaries. This study examines teachings on the Supermind (vijñāna) and the other four kinds of consciousness that define human reality: Matter (annaṃ), Life (prāṇaḥ), Mind (manaḥ), and Bliss (ānanda). Through Yoga and Tantra, one learns and embodies the pathway to the divine.
Digital And Spatial Humanities Mapping: Eurasia-Pacific Early Trade And Belief Linkages,
2022
Ryazan College of Fine Arts, Russian Federation
Digital And Spatial Humanities Mapping: Eurasia-Pacific Early Trade And Belief Linkages, Igor Sitnikov, David Blundell
Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal
The Eurasia-Pacific is a dynamic region of rapid economic growth, cultural awareness, natural resource exploration, and military buildup. The concept of the region is relatively new, featuring contested vast areas of geo-resource space of numerous cultures and languages. The current findings in anthropology and archaeology and even its more specific subfields such as folklore are important contribution to the understanding of periodic environmental changes and technical innovations were the main forces of transformations in social structures that have determined the mechanisms and levels of cross-cultural trade activity across the region. We have traced early trade and belief linkages across Eurasia-Pacific …
Tusha Hiti: The Origin And Significance Of The Name,
2022
Chaffey College
Tusha Hiti: The Origin And Significance Of The Name, Deepak Shimkhada
Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal
In this article, the author examines the royal bath called Tushā Hiti located in Sūndari Chowk (Beautiful Courtyard) of Pātan Durbar Square, using six different methods of investigation. The question: What is in a name? started the ball of investigation rolling and along the way were added more supporting blocks such as history, iconography, function and purpose, notion of purity and impurity, and finally the hiti in popular culture to get a complete picture of the subject in question.
Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion: Perspectives From Contemporary India And 6th Century Jain Yoga,
2022
Loyola Marymount University
Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion: Perspectives From Contemporary India And 6th Century Jain Yoga, Christopher Key Chapple
Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal
Times New Roman
Ganges In Indian Sculpture And Literature: Mythology And Personification,
2022
Soka University
Ganges In Indian Sculpture And Literature: Mythology And Personification, Nalini Rao
Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal
The river Ganges is a symbol of wealth, purity and eternity, and its sacred waters have inspired sages, philosophers, and artists in India who have immortalized its divine imagery. However, it has rarely been understood from a historical point of view, as to how it became so sacred and to view it from a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary perspective with an accumulation of layers of historical thought and practices, provides a rationale for the living practices around the river. The paper explores the evolution of the concept of sacredness and eternity of River Ganges through art- historical and archaeological evidence. It …
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 14, 2022),
2022
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 14, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies
CSEAS Bulletin
No abstract provided.
Assessing Changes In Actual Air Quality And Public Perceptions Of Air Quality In Kathmandu Valley Nepal Pre And Post Covid-19 Lockdown,
2022
University of South Florida
Assessing Changes In Actual Air Quality And Public Perceptions Of Air Quality In Kathmandu Valley Nepal Pre And Post Covid-19 Lockdown, Robin Margherita Rives
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Air pollution is a global concern. Cities around the world fail to meet air quality standards set by the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines, which has a significant impact on public health. As the capital city and largest metropolitan region of Nepal, Kathmandu is a hotspot for urban pollution in South Asia. Nepal faces emissions from both internal and external sources. External sources include emissions from Nepal’s neighboring countries of India and China and emissions resulting from tourism. Internal sources of pollution in the country include brick and cement factories, consumption of energy from traditional sources such as biomass, …
