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Colonial Translation Turned Vietnamization: Phạm Quỳnh And The Discourse Of Transculturation, Camellia Pham

Comparative Literature M.A. Essays

Vietnam during French colonialism (1861-1945) was a site of hybrid enunciations that displayed tensions with multiple languages (Chinese, Vietnamese, French) and multiple scripts (classical Chinese, Nôm script, Quốc Ngữ, and French) while existing under the influence of various powers (the Nguyễn feudal dynasty, the French colonial government, and the nascent Democratic Republic of Vietnam). The array of choices reflected a state of confusion in which every decision made by Vietnamese translators was inherently political. This eccentric hybridity is well exemplified in translations by Phạm Quỳnh 范瓊 (1892-1945), a late Nguyễn dynasty monarchist and early French colonial collaborator.

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Ruptures In Indentures In Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter Of Maladies And Unaccustomed Earth, Prabal D. Gupta

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Jhumpa Lahiri (1967) is one of the prominent American writers of Bengali descent, contributing mainly to diaspora literature to depict the nuanced aspects of Bengalis in their immigrant lives. Lahiri’s stories in Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and Unaccustomed Earth (2008) illustrate the challenges of the Bengali diaspora due to their indentured identity, which I have used to refer to the Bengali people’s culturally-rooted identity. This study investigates how the diaspora’s native cultural identity fluctuates in connection with the host culture. The research renders a reconfigured image of “home” because the concept of home changes for these people after migration in …

How South Asian Activists Queer The Model Minority Myth: A Critical Oral History Project, Noorie Baig

Communication ETDs

The model minority myth (MMM) is predicated on stereotypical perceptions of Asian Americans as subservient high-achievers who comply with the ideologies of meritocracy, whiteness, and capitalism. However, South Asian American (SAA) activists and community organisers, the focus of this study, are working to confront and abolish racist, heterosexist, and other exclusionary injustices, policies, and practices. This dissertation seeks to understand the historical influences of the MMM, the challenges SAA activists and organisers face, and the communication strategies they use to negotiate the MMM through their activism. Oral history methods and critical thematic analysis are used to elicit and analyse personal …

Understanding And Encountering The Ethics Of Self And Others In Autoethnography: Challenging The Extant And Exploring Possibilities, Niroj Dahal, Bal Chandra Luitel

The Qualitative Report

In cultural and institutional contexts, autoethnography examines personal and professional experiences. While conducting and representing autoethnography, these considerations raise ethical challenges for self and others. This expository paper examines and explores the various forms of the ethics of self and others in autoethnography in South Asian contexts. Furthermore, ethical positions in an autoethnographic inquiry are presented and explored by challenging the extant and exploring the possibilities. Moreover, ethical standards are maintained based on the first author's experiences. We also realized that the emerging challenges of the ethics of self and others in autoethnography are ongoing and real. Likewise, we brought …

Singlish Checker: A Tool For Understanding And Analysing An English Creole Language, Lee-Hsun Hsieh, Nam Chew Chua, Agus Trisnajaya Kwee, Pei-Chi Lo, Yang-Yin Lee, Ee-Peng Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As English is a widely used language in many countries of different cultures, variants of English also known as English creoles have also been created. Singlish is one such English creole used by people in Singapore. Nevertheless, unlike English, Singlish is not taught in schools nor encouraged to be used in formal communications. Hence, it remains to be a low resource language with a lack of up-to-date Singlish word dictionary and computational tools to analyse the language. In this paper, we therefore propose Singlish Checker, a tool that is able to help detecting Singlish text, Singlish words and phrases. To …

Choreographing Neutrality: Dance In Cambodia’S Cold War Diplomacy In Asia, 1953-1970, Darlene Machell Espena

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This article examines the role of dance in Cambodia’s Cold War diplomacy in Asia from 1953 up until the establishment of the Khmer Republic in 1970. It explores how Sihanouk leveraged Cambodian dances to enact Cambodia’s neutral stance during the Cold War and forge cordial relations with other Asian states. Through an examination of the myriad of dance performances of the Royal Ballet and other Khmer dance troupes within the context of Cambodia’s diplomatic relations in Asia, this paper demonstrates how dance afforded a space for Inter-Asia referencing amidst the Cold War tension in the region. Premised on an interdisciplinary …

An Imaginary* Interview With A Philippines Collections Museum Donor, Camille Ungco

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Ontological distance is the dehumanization that emerges from uninterrogated coloniality between colonized subjects and the oppressive systems. This distancing has occurred in the histories of U.S. teachers both domestic-based and abroad, especially in Southeast Asia. In Steinbock-Pratt’s (2019) historiography on the relationships between early 1900s U.S. teachers and their Filipinx students, ontological distance was “The crux of the colonial relationship was intimacy marked by closeness without understanding, suasion backed by violence, and affection bounded by white and American supremacy” (Steinbock-Pratt, 2019, p. 214). This dehumanizing psychological or ontological distance existed during U.S. colonial regimes abroad, specifically in Southeast Asia and …

Walang Panitikang Rehiyonal: Pinag-Isang Maraming Bayan Sa Tatlong Kritikal Na Akda Ni Bienvenido Lumbera (There Is No Such Thing As Regional Literature In The Philippines: Uniting The Archipelago In Bienvenido Lumbera’S Three Critical Works), Raniela E. Barbaza

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Panahon na para tanggapin nating hindi na nakatutulong ang katawagang “panitikang rehiyonal” o “mga panitikan mula sa rehiyon” o “rehiyonal na panitikan” sa pag-aaral ng panitikang Pilipino. Nakatulong ang mga katawagang ito sa paghiraya natin ng mas makatarungan at makatwiran na imahen ng ating bayan. Sa kabila ng pagpapaalala ng pambansang alagad ng panitikan na si Bienvenido Lumbera na ang panitikang rehiyonal ay tumutukoy sa mga panitikan sa iba’t ibang rehiyon sa Pilipinas kabilang na ang rehiyon na Tagalog ang wika, nananatili ang pag-unawa sa panitikang rehiyonal na panitikan ng mga wika sa Pilipinas maliban sa Tagalog. Sa madaling salita, …

Lumad Image-Making In Baboy Halas (2016) Through Intercultural Filmmaking, Katrina Ross A. Tan

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

This essay examines the processes involved in intercultural filmmaking, a mode of filmmaking practiced in the production of Baboy Halas (2016) directed by Bagane Fiola where the non-Indigenous filmmaker and the Indigenous community of Matigsalug collaborated in creating their screen images. It discusses how intercultural filmmaking allows the Lumad to enact cinematic agency in constructing their identities on screen. In addition to this, it outlines how this mode of production enables groups from different cultures to forge connections through filmmaking and cultivate ethical relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups. I draw from interview data with the filmmaker and an analysis …

Dance In The Diaspora: Kristin Jackson’S Life Of Dance And The Migrant Body, Rina Angela Corpus

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

This article is an account of Filipina-American choreographer Kristin Jackson’s dance history and selected repertoire. Jackson is one of the few Filipina dance artists based in the US who articulates her bi-cultural identity, and has created and performed a sustained body of works in both America and the Philippines, but whose aesthetics and history have yet to receive attention in dance studies and scholarship. I bring to the fore Jackson’s history and dance education in the light of being a migrant body from the Philippine postcolony, framing her dance career as migratory in nature, therefore embodying the liminal, ambulant diasporic …

Steven Patrick Fernandez’S Transcreation Of Poetry And The Integrated Performing Arts Guild’S Sugatula/Crossing Poetry: An Autotheoretical Analysis, Onnah Pierre P. Talle

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

This is an analysis of Steven Patrick Fernandez’s transcreation of poetry through the Integrated Performing Arts Guild’s SugaTula. I use autotheory as I retell, examine, and reflect on my experiences on SugaTula and on Fernandez’s transcreation of poetry. From my autotheoretical analysis, I then situate Fernandez’s and IPAG’s SugaTula in the field of translation studies. The study reveals that Fernandez’s transcreation of poetry through SugaTula is a concept which is not only significant for theater practitioners but also for reading and literature teachers. Transcreation can also be used as a method to explore not only poetry but other various literary …

Anatomiya Ng Antolohiya: Interbensiyonal Na Pagsipat Sa Politika At Ideolohiya Ng Piling Antolohiyang Pampanitikan Ng Mga Iskolar Ng Rehiyon (Anatomy Of Anthology: Interventional Study Of The Politics And Ideology Of Select Literary Anthologies By Scholars From The Region), Michael Francis C. Andrada

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Sa patuloy na pagbubuo ng konsepto ng panitikang pambansa at kanong pampanitikan sa Pilipinas, mahalagang sipatin ang interbensiyong nagmumula sa rehiyon. Tinatalunton sa pag-aaral na ito kung gaano kasalimuot ang pag-uugnay ng panitikang pambansa at panitikang rehiyonal sa pamamagitan ng pagsusuri sa mga lantad na politika ng pagbubuo ng piling antolohiyang pampanitikan mula sa mga rehiyon ng bansa. Sa pag-aaral na ito, sinisipat kung paano binubuo ng mga iskolar at antolohista ng panitikan mula sa rehiyon ang panitikang rehiyonal. Lampas sa madalas nang pagpokus sa pagsusuri ng mga malikhaing akda at panitikan mula sa rehiyon, sinisipat ng pag-aaral na ito …

The Region In Motion In The Road Movie Patay Na Si Hesus (2016), Mary Anne D.C. Mallari

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Utilizing the theories of Bakhtin’s dialogism, Hall’s cultural identity, and Gidden’s globalization, this article analyzes the Cebuano regional road movie Patay na si Hesus (2016). The road film genre reveals that the Philippine regions have a diverse identity, as shown in the image of the regional landscapes and unconventional characters. The use of camera techniques such as the traveling shot and other related styles reveals a dialogue among the diverse cultures of the regions. Furthermore, the image of the automobile in road movies and its mobility also illustrate that the regions combine an image of tradition and modernity as they …

Warisan Dan Modernitas Perspektif Al-Jabiri: Problema Dasar Pengkajian Islam Kontemporer, Andrian Andrian, Yusdani Yusdani

Multikultura

Persoalan umat Islam saat ini sangat tertinggal karena ketidakmanpuan mereka untuk memaknai warisan dan modernitas. Seiring berkembangnya sebuah zaman di era Islam, warisan dan modernitas terkait pemikirannya juga ikut andil dalam perkembangan tersebut. Banyak dari para tokoh yang sudah memberikan sebuah solusi untuk masalah yang terjadi saat ini, salah satunya yaitu Muhammad Abied al-Jabiri. Beliau adalah seorang pemikir yang berusaha untuk menjawab masalah kontemporer saat ini dengan tawaran-tawaran yang ingin dia berikan terhadap masyarakat. Dalam penelitian ini akan mengkaji bagaimana pentingnya sebuah warisan dan modernitas untuk menjawab sebuah problematika di Islam kontemporer saat ini. Metode dalam penulisan ini adalah deskriptif …

Keteladanan Dan Gagasan Wahid Hasyim: Analisis Pemikiran, Kepemimpinan Politik Dan Pembaharu Pendidikan Islam, Albar Rahman, Junanah Junanah

Multikultura

Wahid Hasyim sebagai tokoh besar Republik ini perlu mendapakan perhatian dalam kajian ketokohan bangsa. Sangat jarang yang mengkaji beliau secara spesifik, sejatinya pada aspek kepemimpinan politik dan kontribusi beliau sebagai pemabaharu dunia pendidikan Islam di Indonesia sangatlah signifikan untuk dikaji lebih jauh. Untuknya penelitian ini akan membahas dan mengkaji Wahid Hasyim dari aspek keteladanan dan gagasan beliau baik dalam kepemimpinan politik, juga sebagai tokoh Islam yang signifikan memberikan dampak pada pendidikan Islam baik bagi pesantren hingga universitas. Pendekatan kajian ini ialah kajian kepustakaan dengan mengkses berbagai bacaan untuk menarik analisa lebih jauh terkait wahid Hasyim.

Konsumsi Dan Regulasi Ganja Di Prancis Masa Emmanuel Macron, Diella Amanda Nasution,, Airin Miranda

Multikultura

Sejak pertama kali dinyatakan ilegal melalui la loi n° 70-1320 du 31 décembre 1970, kebijakan pemerintah Prancis terhadap ganja tidak mengalami perubahan yang signifikan. Menurut Ledsom (2019), Prancis merupakan salah satu negara dengan hukuman paling berat untuk penggunaan ganja di Eropa. Namun, meskipun memiliki hukum yang berat, Prancis merupakan salah satu negara dengan persentase konsumen ganja tertinggi di Eropa. Hasil survei populasi umum yang dilakukan oleh Santé Publique France dan OFDT menunjukkan bahwa ganja merupakan psikoaktif terlarang yang paling banyak digunakan di Prancis dan difusi ganja di Prancis terus meningkat sejak diberlakukannya kebijakan pelarangan tersebut. Hal ini menimbulkan pertanyaan mengenai …

Multikulturalisme Di Asia Tenggara: Suatu Tinjauan Awal, Yuda B. Tangkilisan

Multikultura

Dewasa ini, Multikulturalisme sudah menjadi bagian dari kehidupan kita sehari-hari. Hal itu karena kemajuan teknologi informasi ketika jarak sosial jauh lebih dekat dengan komunikasi multimedia. Multikulturalisme adalah istilah yang memiliki lebih dari satu makna dan ruang lingkup. Ini memiliki rentang makna mulai dari konsep, sikap, jenis pendidikan, studi hingga politik atau kebijakan publik. Tulisan ini membahas tentang multikulturalisme di Asia Tenggara, dari perspektif multidimensi historis, yang didasarkan pada sumber-sumber tertulis sekunder sebagai studi pendahuluan. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada beberapa konteks masalah, yaitu intra-, antar negara dan lingkup ASEAN. Konflik sosial, etnis dan budaya memiliki akar sejarah kolonialisme dan imperialisme barat …

Waseda Boys Sebagai Agen Promosi Pariwisata Jepang Melalui Vlog Perjalanan Wisata Pada Kanal Youtube Nihongo Mantappu, Galuh Nurfaizah Novriainiah Lessy, Didit Dwi Subagio

Multikultura

Pada tahun 2021 We Are Social mengumumkan bahwa YouTube telah menjadi media sosial teraktif di Indonesia. Pada platform YouTube, semua orang dapat mengakses dan membagikan berbagai informasi melalui unggahan dari kanal pilihan mereka. Penelitian ini memberikan gambaran tentang bagaimana pengaruh vlog perjalanan wisata Waseda Boys pada kanal YouTube Nihongo Mantappu terhadap para penontonnya. Kunci utamanya terletak pada kekuatan personal branding Waseda Boys sebagai Vlogger dan YouTuber di kanal YouTube Nihongo Mantappu yang memiliki ciri khas serta mampu mempegaruhi penonton dan pengikutnya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan melalukan survei melalui kuesioner dan analisis tekstual dari data respon penonton vlog …

Apresiasi Dan Makna Kisah Mahabharata Dalam Masyarakat Jawa Kuno, Agus Aris Munandar

Multikultura

Kajian ini membahas tentang kisah Mahabharata yang diapresiasi oleh masyarakat Jawa Kuno dalam abad ke-8—15 M. Bentuk apresiasi tersebut berupa karya sastra, penggambaran relief di candi-candi, dan juga beberapa tokoh dalam Mahabharata yang diarcakan. Kisah Mahabharata lebih populer daripada kisah Ramayana, uraiannya pun lebih luas, sekedar perbandingan beberapa data tentang kedua kisah itu adalah: Dewa utama yang dipuja dalam Ramayana ialah Visnu, sedangkan dalam Mahabharata adalah Siva Mahadeva, Ramayana mempunyai 7 kanda (jilid), sedangkan Mahabharata terdiri dari 18 parwa (bagian kisah), dalam Ramayana adanya tokoh hewan yang berperang, sedangkan dalam Mahabharata sepenuhnya tokoh-tokoh manusia. Setelah dilakukan telaah terhadap uraian kisah …

Kosmologi Masyarakat Minangkabau Melalui Kearifan Lokal Rimbo Larangan Untuk Konservasi Lingkungan, Rika Febriani, Siti Murtinigsih

Multikultura

Manusia dan alam merupakan dua komponen yang tidak terpisahkan. Keduanya adalah suatu jalinan yang terhubung dengan cara yang kompleks. Krisis lingkungan menjadi ancaman yang cukup nyata pada saat ini. Berbagai fenomena alam seperti: musim panas dan hujan yang datang tidak teratur merupakan contoh bahwa terjadi ketidakseimbangan di alam. Artikel ini berargumentasi bahwa pengetahuan dan yang dimiliki oleh suatu kelompok masyarakat dapat membantu pelestarian lingkungan di daerah tersebut. Hal ini disebabkan jaringan sosial menghasilkan sejumlah pengetahuan bersama antara manusia dan alam dapat membentuk cara hidup suatu kelompok masyarakat. Metodologi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif dengan melakukan telaah literatur, …