"Hul Topol" - Fall Of The Moon A Narrative Of Etiologies From The Bunaq Of Lamaknen,
2016
University of Cologne in Leiden
"Hul Topol" - Fall Of The Moon A Narrative Of Etiologies From The Bunaq Of Lamaknen, Antoinette Schapper
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This article makes a contribution to the documentation of the genre of oral literature known as zapal amongst the Bunaq, a Papuan-speaking group of central Timor. I present an annotated and translated version of the elaborate zapal entitled Hul Topol or Fall of the Moon. Hul Topol is a lengthy, multi-event story which gives etiologies spanning the realms of subsistence, cultural practice and natural order including animal behaviour and appearance.
The "Sugi Sakit" Ritual Storytelling In A Saribas Iban Rite Of Healing,
2016
the Borneo Research Bulletin, the annual journal of the Borneo Research Council
The "Sugi Sakit" Ritual Storytelling In A Saribas Iban Rite Of Healing, Clifford Sather
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This paper describes a Saribas Iban rite of healing called the Sugi sakit. What distinguished this rite from other forms of Saribas Iban healing was that it incorporated within its performance a long narrative epic concerned with the adventures and love affairs of an Iban culture hero named Bujang Sugi. Here I explore the language used by Iban priest bards both in telling the Sugi epic and in performing the larger ritual drama in which it was set, and look, in particular, at how the Sugi epic, which was otherwise told for entertainment, was integrated into this drama and recast …
Dairi Storytelling And Stories In The Batak Reader Of Herman Neubronner Van Der Tuuk,
2016
Leiden University
Dairi Storytelling And Stories In The Batak Reader Of Herman Neubronner Van Der Tuuk, Clara Brakel Papenhuyzen
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
In this article I first discuss how texts of Dairi stories collected in the nineteenth century by Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk relate to storytelling, and question whether the development of written versions of stories necessarily endangers the practice of storytelling. Then I investigate how written versions of Dairi stories in Van der Tuuk's Batak Reader relate to each other and to the printed text, based on texts in manuscripts collected by Van der Tuuk. In conclusion I discuss the possible aim of Van der Tuuk's Batak Reader, focussing on the Dairi section, which has not been dealt with in …
Moens'written Transmission Of Dalang Lore,
2016
Leiden University
Moens'written Transmission Of Dalang Lore, Victoria M. Clara Van Groenendael
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Much of the storytelling in Java is the profession of the puppeteers (dalang; also spelled dhalang) who perform and direct shadow theatre plays (wayang). They improvise their stories in the context which their performance requires. Unless commissioned to do so by a patron, it is very unusual for a dalang to sit down and actually write out a story (lakon). In the early decades of the twentieth century in the area of Yogyakarta, a kind of storytelling mini-industry arose at the instigation of some western scholarly patrons and laymen interested in Javanese popular culture. One such patron was Ir. J.L. …
The Pig Story "Tiboi Sakkoko"; Storytelling Of Kinship, Memories Of The Past, And Rights To Plots Of Ancestral Land In Mentawai,
2016
Earth Observatory of Singapore, an institute of Nanyang Technological University
The Pig Story "Tiboi Sakkoko"; Storytelling Of Kinship, Memories Of The Past, And Rights To Plots Of Ancestral Land In Mentawai, Juniator Tulius
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This paper examines some significant elements of the pig story (tiboi sakkoko). This tale contains crucial information about the collective identity, ancestors and historical events affecting particular Mentawai kin-groups. As families do not preserve their culture and traditions in written form, storytellers of kin-groups have narrated the pig story from generation to generation so as to preserve it carefully. In the course of time, storytellers establish particular ways of telling their stories so as to remember the content and plot of the stories easily. Through the pig story, members of kin groups also recollect their ancestral place of origin and …
Telling And Selling; Literary Fiction In Early Malay Language Newspapers In Colonial Indonesia,
2016
An Associated researcher and PhD candidate in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies of the Goethe University Frankfurt
Telling And Selling; Literary Fiction In Early Malay Language Newspapers In Colonial Indonesia, Joachim Nieβ
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
When newspapers in the colloquial Malay language appeared in the Dutch East Indies in the middle of the nineteenth century, they did more than just publish news reports and advertisements. They also created a new platform for the telling and distribution of literary fiction. In effect, literary texts soon played an important role in the vernacular print media. The first part of this article analyses the attraction of newspaper literature from the perspective of both the reader and the editor in general and gives a survey of the various forms of literary genres which can be found in newspapers in …
The Installation Of Prince Mangkubumi; Performing Javanese History,
2016
Leiden University
The Installation Of Prince Mangkubumi; Performing Javanese History, Els Bogaerts
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Representation of Javanese history in performance plays an important role in the self-characterization of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. It legitimizes the power of the rulers and strengthens the identity of the city and its inhabitants. The audiences know the stories and this is part of the fun. In the study of oral traditions it is essential to take these performances into account. In the stories featuring famous political figures from the history of Mataram and Yogyakarta, there is an intricate relationship between the written and the spoken word: all are based on both oral and written traditions and are …
Some Notes On The "Pantun" Storytelling Of The Baduy Minority Group Its Written And Audiovisual Documentation,
2016
Leiden University
Some Notes On The "Pantun" Storytelling Of The Baduy Minority Group Its Written And Audiovisual Documentation, Wim Van Zanten
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Baduy pantun stories are part of the larger Sundanese oral tradition of pantun storytelling in west Java. The stories recount the deeds of the nobility of such old Sundanese kingdoms as Pajajaran and Galuh. Although the Baduy still recite the pantun stories in their rituals, in the larger cities to the east of the Baduy village Kan k s pantun recitation almost disappeared. On the basis of short periods of fieldwork in and around Kan k s village between 1976 and 2014, in this essay I shall discuss Baduy pantun storytelling. I shall summarize earlier major publications and analyse some …
Why Do They (Still) Sing Stories? Singing Narratives In Tanjung Bunga (Eastern Flores, Lamaholot, Indonesia),
2016
Centre for Southeast Asian Studies in Paris (CASE, CNRS-EHESS)
Why Do They (Still) Sing Stories? Singing Narratives In Tanjung Bunga (Eastern Flores, Lamaholot, Indonesia), Dana Rappoport
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
In eastern Flores, on the Tanjung Bunga peninsula (among Western Lamaholot speakers), several times a year, ritual narratives (opak) are performed on a square dancing area, where all the clans of the same ceremonial land meet. Three types of narrative are sung, according to three kinds of rituals. The article explains the context, content and performance details of these stories, performed all night long. Why do the various clans continue to sing all these narrative? What values do these long poems have for people who sing them? Until now, studies on this subject have been remarkably few, and not even …
Images Of God In Toba Batak Storytelling,
2016
KITLV, Leiden University
Images Of God In Toba Batak Storytelling, Johann Angerler
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This paper examines the ways in which God the Creator, the High God, is described in Toba Batak folk-tales. The sources for this investigation are stories recorded in pre-colonial (around 1850), colonial and post-colonial times (up to 2014). In different stories the High God can appear under various names, forms and gender, and resides in various places never inhabited by humans. Unlike a Deus otiosus, the Toba Batak High God is not "inactive" after creation, but continues to be involved in the life of mankind through local or supra-local manifestations. Although he rules the realm of death, he is nevertheless …
Positionality And Feminisms Of Women Within Sufi Brotherhoods Of Senegal,
2016
Humboldt State University
Positionality And Feminisms Of Women Within Sufi Brotherhoods Of Senegal, Georgia Collins
IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
No abstract provided.
Powerful Words: An Exploration Of Linguistic Hierarchy In Moroccan Hospitals,
2016
SIT Study Abroad
Powerful Words: An Exploration Of Linguistic Hierarchy In Moroccan Hospitals, Ellelan Degife
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Morocco is a country of distinct diversity, which exists as a result of the settling of multiple peoples and European colonization. As a result of this diversity, many languages are employed in different settings and spaces, and of these languages, French represents remnants of colonialism and continual elitism in the country. One of the spheres that French commands in Moroccan society is medicine, which creates a dichotomy between the educated health care providers and the underprivileged patients in public hospitals. The aim of this paper is to explore the effect of French on the doctor-patient relationship in urban, public Moroccan …
Watch Chöd Self: An Examination Of Chöd, Its Practitioners, And Its Music,
2016
SIT Study Abroad
Watch Chöd Self: An Examination Of Chöd, Its Practitioners, And Its Music, Weston Conner
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
The practice of Chöd is a form of Vajrayāna meditation that involves cutting one’s attachment to one’s self and compassionately offering one’s body as a feast for various deities and spirits. This study examines the practice of Chöd in the context of Boudha, Kathmandu, where there is a large community of Chödpas, Chöd practioners. This work aims to document the history of the practice, the experiences of some current Chöd practitioners, and the role that music plays in Chöd. This knowledge was acquired through observing Chödpas, speaking with them directly, and sitting in on various learning opportunities to gain firsthand …
Book Review: Social And Cultural Aspects Of Language Learning In Study Abroad,
2016
University of Waterloo, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
Book Review: Social And Cultural Aspects Of Language Learning In Study Abroad, R Samuel K. Schirm
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
This paper reviews Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad, edited by Celeste Kinginger (2013). This collection of papers showcases modern study abroad research, particularly what Coleman describes as the "whole-person" approach, in which study abroad participants are studied as complex individuals rather than as members of a larger homogenous group of students studying abroad. While there is a slight focus on both American study abroad participants and on learners of French studying in France, despite Kinginger and Coleman advocating for including a broader range of participant home countries and languages studied in the volume's introductory chapters, …
Lingua Di Carta, Lingua Di Carne: A Translated Interview With Amara Lakhous,
2016
University of Connecticut - Storrs
Lingua Di Carta, Lingua Di Carne: A Translated Interview With Amara Lakhous, Amara Lakhous, Simone Puleo, Fabiana Viglione
The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal
Novelist and professor Amara Lakhous lives in the United States, where he has begun his third life—a new phase after his Algerian beginnings and subsequent Italian “adoption,” as he says. After having completed a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers, Lakhous immigrated to Italy as a political refugee. In Italy, Lakhous would earn a doctorate in anthropology from La Sapienza, Rome. These days, Amara Lakhous lives in New York City and has been a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut. He is often invited by prestigious universities in the United States to discuss social and political …
Playing With The History Of Middle Earth: Board Games, Transmedia Storytelling, And The Lord Of The Rings,
2016
Deakin University
Playing With The History Of Middle Earth: Board Games, Transmedia Storytelling, And The Lord Of The Rings, Adam Brown, Deb Waterhouse-Watson
Journal of Tolkien Research
Contemporary cases of transmedia storytelling have thrown many conventional understandings of ‘adaptation’ into disarray. The resurgence of tabletop game culture has thus far played a significant role in this, though scholars have largely neglected the subject, particularly in terms of how transmedia relationships reconfigure the meaning(s) shaped by and through games by players. This paper addresses this phenomenon through a close analysis of two board games based on The Lord of the Rings, in which the (re)construction of the story-world of the source text(s) impacts strongly on ‘conventional’ modes of narrative and identification. Governed by the adoption of various …
Culture Shock: Understanding World Cultures Through Arts Integration,
2016
Western Kentucky University
Culture Shock: Understanding World Cultures Through Arts Integration, Shelby Wooldridge
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Teachers often have difficulty engaging students in arts and humanities classes. To aid in this struggle, a series of lesson plans applicable for kindergarten through twelfth grade students in music and arts and humanities classes will be presented. These lesson plans will teach students about world cultures, such as West African, Appalachian, and Latin America, through arts integration. In order to reach this goal, there will be a component on student development in order to match the units with students’ developmental levels. From there, the lesson plans will be developed to incorporate all of the art forms, with an emphasis …
Cerdded,
2016
University of Notre Dame, London Global Gateway
‘My Fellow Citizens’: Deaf Perspectives On Translating The Opening Line Of A Presidential Inaugural Address Into American Sign Language,
2016
St. Catherine University
‘My Fellow Citizens’: Deaf Perspectives On Translating The Opening Line Of A Presidential Inaugural Address Into American Sign Language, Laurie Swabey, Brenda Nicodemus, Keith Cagle, Jimmy Beldon
Journal of Interpretation
Translating from English into American Sign Language holds a number of challenges, particularly when the English source text is a formal, high profile, scripted speech. This study examined perspectives of Deaf bilinguals on translating President Obama’s 2009 inaugural address into American Sign Language. We conducted a microanalysis of translations of the opening line – ‘my fellow citizens’ – to investigate the product and processes employed by Deaf translators. Five Deaf ASL-English bilinguals who are ASL teachers or interpreters/translators were asked to translate the opening paragraph of the address and were interviewed about the processes they used to render their …
Ease On Down The Road: From Diagnosis To Graduation And Beyond, An Auto-Ethnography,
2016
SIT Graduate Institute
Ease On Down The Road: From Diagnosis To Graduation And Beyond, An Auto-Ethnography, Amber M. Alford
Capstone Collection
This study was envisioned following a personal acknowledgement of perceived suppression of the author’s “unorthodox” approach to the research design process resulting in the desire to explore the role of the researcher’s experience in research design and ultimately in higher education. The author began feeling lost and overwhelmed in the pursuit of her Master of Arts degree. She felt that her particular values and methodology were not being validated or supported. Through the use of narrative, the author analyzes her own experience navigating higher education as one of the first in her entire family to do so, with the added …
