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Myth, Dream, And Resistance In Ninotchka Rosca And Emmanuel Lacaba’S Fictions, Kathrine Domingo Ojano Apr 2022

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 …

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Konsep Manunggaling Kawula Gusti Dalam Lirik Lagu Sugih Tanpa Bandha Karya Sudjiwo Tejo, Muhammad Feraldy Naufal, Darmoko Darmoko Apr 2022

Konsep Manunggaling Kawula Gusti Dalam Lirik Lagu Sugih Tanpa Bandha Karya Sudjiwo Tejo, Muhammad Feraldy Naufal, Darmoko Darmoko

Multikultura

Manunggaling kawula Gusti adalah sebuah konsep dalam budaya Jawa yang diajarkan Syekh Siti Jenar, bahwa sejatinya Tuhan itu ada dalam diri manusia. Konsep ini menggambarkan berpadunya kawula (manusia) dengan Gusti (Tuhan). Sugih tanpa bandha adalah pemikiran Raden Mas Panji Sosrokartono, yang kemudian disajikan dan dipopulerkan melalui sebuah tembang oleh Sudjiwo Tejo. Artikel ini mengkaji konsep manunggaling kawula Gusti dalam lirik lagu tersebut. Penelitian dilakukan dengan analisis interpretatif pada lirik lagu dan dalam kerangka konsep etika (filsafat moral) dari Franz Magnis Suseno. Hasil pembahasan dapat dirumuskan bahwa syair lagu Sugih Tanpa Bandha memiliki keterkaitan dengan tahapan-tahapan untuk mencapai kemanunggalan (berpadunya pribadi …

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Makna Kebebasan Dalam Eksistensialisme Sartre Pada Puisi Pulkkot 1-2-3 Karya Na Tae-Ju: Pendekatan Semiotik Riffaterre, Shafira Handoyo, Zaini Zaini Apr 2022

Makna Kebebasan Dalam Eksistensialisme Sartre Pada Puisi Pulkkot 1-2-3 Karya Na Tae-Ju: Pendekatan Semiotik Riffaterre, Shafira Handoyo, Zaini Zaini

Multikultura

Jean-Paul Sartre menyatakan kebebasan sebagai ciri manusia bereksistensi. Kebebasan manusia dicirikan melalui cara mengadanya. Meskipun ada kefaktaan-kefaktaan yang dapat mengurangi penghayatan kebebasannya, Sartre berpendapat bahwa manusia tetap dapat memilih untuk menghayati kebebasannya secara maksimal, tanpa menghiraukan kefaktaan-kefaktaan tersebut. Penyair Na Tae-ju melalui puisi “Pulkkot 1-2-3” mengajak para pembacanya untuk menghayati kebebasannya secara penuh tanpa memperhatikan kefaktaan-kefaktaan yang dihadapinya. Sehubungan dengan itu, penelitian ini berfokus pada analisis puisi “Pulkkot 1”, “Pulkkot 2”, dan “Pulkkot 3” yang diterbitkan pada kumpulan buku puisinya yang berjudul “Kkocheul Bodeut Neoreul Bonda”. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis makna kebebasan dari ketiga puisi melalui teori eksistensialisme Jean …

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Sinergi Nilai-Nilai “Tiga Ajaran Besar” ( 三教 Sān Jiào) Dalam Film Kung Fu Panda 3, Andrea Saraswati, Rahadjeng Pulungsari Apr 2022

Sinergi Nilai-Nilai “Tiga Ajaran Besar” ( 三教 Sān Jiào) Dalam Film Kung Fu Panda 3, Andrea Saraswati, Rahadjeng Pulungsari

Multikultura

Produksi film animasi dengan alur berlatar budaya Cina telah tak terhitung jumlahnya. Salah satu film animasi dengan latar seperti ini di antaranya adalah film berjudul “Kung Fu Panda” (2008, 2022, 2016). Dilihat dari perspektif produksi, terdapat hal yang menarik dari film-film tersebut. Film Kung Fu Panda 1 dan 2 murni diproduksi oleh Disney, sedangkan untuk film Kung Fu Panda 3, pihak Cina terlibat dalam proses produksinya. Hal ini menjadi alasan penulis untuk meneliti film Kung Fu Panda 3 saja, guna menemukan jawaban tentang ada tidaknya unsur-unsur tradisi ajaran Cina dalam adegan-adegan film ini, dan dinamika apa yang terjadi di dalamnya. …

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Manusia Dan Hutan: Sebuah Kajian Ekokritik Terhadap Enam Cerpen, Sucia Ramadhani, Tommy Christomy Apr 2022

Manusia Dan Hutan: Sebuah Kajian Ekokritik Terhadap Enam Cerpen, Sucia Ramadhani, Tommy Christomy

Multikultura

Tahun demi tahun populasi manusia semakin bertambah. Peningkatan populasi manusia tidak diiringi dengan kapasitas sumber daya alam. Kapasitas sumber daya alam, seperi hutan perlahan semakin berkurang. Lahan hutan yang semakin berkurang disebabkan penebangan pohon dan pembukaan lahan di hutan secara besar-besaran. Kerusakan hutan ini menjadi pembahasan yang menarik dalam tema karya sastra. Karya sastra dengan tema lingkungan ini merupakan respons pengarang terhadap kerusakan hutan. Respons manusia terhadap hutan diungkapkan dengan pendekatan ekokritik. Terdapat enam cerpen yang dianalisis dengan menggunakan pendekatan ekokritik: “Harimau Belang” karya Guntur Alam, “Empana” karya Korrie Layun Rampan, “Kering” karya Wa Ode Wulan Ratna, “Suatu Hari di …

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Memurnikan Ajaran Islam Dari Ideologi Radikal Melalui Hermeneutika Paul Ricoeur, Shafira Nurul Syifa, Naupal Asnawi Apr 2022

Memurnikan Ajaran Islam Dari Ideologi Radikal Melalui Hermeneutika Paul Ricoeur, Shafira Nurul Syifa, Naupal Asnawi

Multikultura

Tulisan ini didasari atas kekhawatiran penulis terhadap berkembanngnya persepsi di masyarakat Indonesia bahwa agama Islam itu penuh dengan ajaran-ajaran radikal. Persepsi ini menjadi penting dibahas untuk mencegah pembenaran bahwa radikalisme adalah wajah Islam sesungguhnya. Untuk itu perlu ada upaya pemurnian terhadap persepsi-persepsi yang telah melekat pada Islam. Dalam melakukan upaya pemurnian diperlukan upaya pemahaman kembali terhadap persepsi yang berkembang, hingga faktor lain yang mempengaruhi perkembangan persepsi itu. Hermeneutika menjadi pendekatan yang tepat untuk mencapai tujuan pemurnian dan melakukan upaya pemahaman kembali terhadap persepsi yang berkembang terhadap Islam. Penulis menggunakan pendekatan hermeneutika dari Paul Ricoeur, karena bagi Ricoeur hermeneutika tidak hanya …

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Representasi Kepercayaan Jepang Di Negara Virtual Inazuma Dalam Video Game Genshin Impact, Gusti Wisnu Pio Kusuma, Ilma Sawindra Janti Apr 2022

Representasi Kepercayaan Jepang Di Negara Virtual Inazuma Dalam Video Game Genshin Impact, Gusti Wisnu Pio Kusuma, Ilma Sawindra Janti

Multikultura

Unsur-unsur budaya dewasa ini sering kali dimasukan ke dalam sebuah video game, hal ini dilakukan dengan beberapa alasan seperti misalnya untuk mempromosikan budaya tersebut, atau menggunakan budaya tersebut sebagai bagian dari konten untuk menambah daya tarik sebuah video game. Genshin Impact merupakan salah satu video game yang memasukan unsur-unsur budaya beberapa negara populer sebagai bagian dari kontennya. Budaya tersebut diwujudkan ke dalam negara-negara fiksi yang ada di dalam Genshin Impact, seperti misalnya Mondstadt yang merepresentasikan Jerman, Liyue yang merepresentasikan Cina, dan Inazuma yang merepresentasikan Jepang. Penelitian ini menganalisis bagaimana unsur-unsur kepercayaan Jepang direpresentasikan di Inazuma di dalam Genshin Impact. Penelitian …

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Motif Pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria Jepang (農地改革Nōchi Kaikaku) Tahun 1946-1950, Muhammad Rafid Pratama, Ferry Rustam Apr 2022

Motif Pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria Jepang (農地改革Nōchi Kaikaku) Tahun 1946-1950, Muhammad Rafid Pratama, Ferry Rustam

Multikultura

Penelitian ini membahas mengenai motif pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria Jepang (nōchi kaikaku) yang terjadi pada masa pemerintahan SCAP tahun 1946 – 1950. Pembahasan tersebut meliputi latar belakang sejarah terjadinya pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria Jepang, pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria Jepang, serta dampak dari pelaksanaan reforma agraria terhadap Jepang. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan penjelasan disajikan dengan deskriptif. Pengumpulan data bersumber pada buku dan jurnal yang khusus membahas mengenai Reforma Agraria Jepang. Data yang telah terkumpul kemudian dianalisis menggunakan teori pelaksanaan reforma agraria oleh Warriner (1969). Hasil pembahasan dalam penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria Jepang berhasil menghapus kekuatan tuan tanah dalam menguasai …

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Analisis Resepsi Terhadap Fiksionalisasi Histori Tokoh Suleyman Al-Kanuni Di Dalam Sinetron Turki “Abad Kejayaan”, Ade Solihat Apr 2022

Analisis Resepsi Terhadap Fiksionalisasi Histori Tokoh Suleyman Al-Kanuni Di Dalam Sinetron Turki “Abad Kejayaan”, Ade Solihat

Multikultura

Artikel ini mendiskusikan fiksionalisasi histori tokoh Sultan Suleyman, Khalifah ke-10 Dinasti Turki Osmani, di dalam sinetron Turki ”Abad Kejayaan”, yang menimbulkan kontroversi. Di dalam teks sejarah, Sultan Suleyman dikenal sebagai pemimpin Turki Osmani terlama dan yang paling berhasil membawa Turki Osmani ke puncak masa kejayaan. Sultan Suleyman yang memerintah pada 1520-1566 juga mendapat julukan Suleyman Al-Kanuni (Suleyman Law-giver) karena kemampuannya membangun undang-undang yang diterapkan di Kekhalifahan Turki Osmani selama berabad-abad. Namun, di dalam sinetron ”Abad Kejayaan” Sultan Suleyman digambarkan sebagai tokoh laki-laki yang disibukkan oleh istri dan selir-selir yang saling berkonflik memperebutkan perhatiannya. Sinetron ini juga menampilkan latar …

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Berbagi Informasi Tentang Layanan Perpustakaan Saat Pandemi Covid-19 (Systematic Literature Review), Bima Bijak Prasetyo Apr 2022

Berbagi Informasi Tentang Layanan Perpustakaan Saat Pandemi Covid-19 (Systematic Literature Review), Bima Bijak Prasetyo

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Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat bagaimana informasi terkait layanan perpustakaan saat pandemi covid-19 disampaikan kepada pemustaka dan masyarakat secara umum, sehingga dalam pelaksanaan layanan yang diberikan efektif dan efisien, dan menjadi salah satu indikator tata kelola yang baik ketika informasi penting disampaikan kepada pemustaka dan masyarakat. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode tinjauan literatur sistematis (Systematic Literature Review), Pada metode SLR ini terdapat tiga tahapan dalam penelitian yang terdiri dari perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan pembuatan laporan. Proses pemilihan didasarkan pada judul, yang menghasilkan total 9 entri, artikel-artikel tersebut 7 menggunakan metode kualitatif, dan 1 merupakan penelitian rancang bangun aplikasi, 1 merupakan penelitian kuantitatif …

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Lakas Ng Feministang Makabayan Laban Sa Patriyarkang Diktadurya Ng Imperyo: Pagsubok Sa Interpretasyon Ng Dekada ’70 Ni Lualhati Bautista (The Power Of Nationalist Feminism Against The Empire’S Patriarchal Dictatorship: Toward An Interpretation Of Lualhati Bautista’S Dekada ’70 ), E. San Juan Jr. Apr 2022

Lakas Ng Feministang Makabayan Laban Sa Patriyarkang Diktadurya Ng Imperyo: Pagsubok Sa Interpretasyon Ng Dekada ’70 Ni Lualhati Bautista (The Power Of Nationalist Feminism Against The Empire’S Patriarchal Dictatorship: Toward An Interpretation Of Lualhati Bautista’S Dekada ’70 ), E. San Juan Jr.

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Ang Dekada ’70 ay dokumentong historikal at mala-alegorikong testimonya ng karanasan ng medya-klaseng taga-lungsod noong panahon ng diktaduryang Marcos. Nakakintal sa salaysay ng isang ina-asawa, Amanda Bartolome, ang pakikipagsapalaran ng kolektibong memorya at pag-asa. Sa realistikong pagsasadula ng ideolohiya ng maternidad, nilikha ni Bautista ang isang maramdaming salaysay ng pagpupunyagi ng ina/asawang isagawa ang ritwal ng malayang pag-asal na sumusuri sa patriyarkong awtoridad at imperyalistikong gahum. Gamit dito ang konsepto ng kontradiksiyon ng publiko-pribadong paghahati sa lipunan upang linawin ang diyalektika ng politikang seksuwal sa pagitan ng kalayaang personal at pagsisilbing pampamilya. Hinahamon ng proyekto ni Bautista na gawing makabayan …

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Fictionalizing Error In Edberto Villegas’S Barikada, Laurence Marvin S. Castillo Apr 2022

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 …

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Kritika Ng Kritika Ng Post-Kolonyalismo: Ang Abstraktong Unibersalismo Ni Vivek Chibber (Critique Of A Critique Of Postcolonialism: The Abstract Universalism Of Vivek Chibber), Ramon Guillermo Apr 2022

Kritika Ng Kritika Ng Post-Kolonyalismo: Ang Abstraktong Unibersalismo Ni Vivek Chibber (Critique Of A Critique Of Postcolonialism: The Abstract Universalism Of Vivek Chibber), Ramon Guillermo

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

Halos magkasabay ang panahon ng pagsibol at pamamayagpag noong dekada ’80 ng “Post-colonialism” (PC) sa Kanluraning akademya at ng Pantayong Pananaw (PP). Kasabay rin ng dalawang penomenong pang-intelektwal na ito ang naganap na pangkalahatang paghina ng Kaliwa dulot ng pagguho ng “Pader ng Berlin” noong 1989. Masalimuot ang ugnayan ng PC at PP sa Marxistang tradisyon ngunit malinaw na maibibilang ang dalawang ito, sa kontekstong Pilipino, sa mga intelektwal na sanhi ng krisis ng Marxismo sa larangang akademiko sa Pilipinas. Bilang tugon sa ganitong sitwasyon, magkasunod na inilathala ang dalawang kritika mula sa Marxistang punto de bista ng PC (Chibber …

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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 Apr 2022

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.

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Freedom And Complicity: The Case Of Horison And Solidarity, Two Congress For Cultural Freedom Journals In Southeast Asia, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza Iii Apr 2022

Freedom And Complicity: The Case Of Horison And Solidarity, Two Congress For Cultural Freedom Journals In Southeast Asia, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza Iii

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

The current project is a two-pronged study of Horison (Indonesia) and Solidarity (Philippines), two journals funded by the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) during the Cold War in its quest to mount a cultural offensive against the rising threat of communism in Southeast Asia. The first part of the project deals with what Ang Cheng Guan sees as the case of the Cold War ceasing to be an actual historical event and, in turn, transforming into an “object” of historical inquiry (1–17). To this end, the article will provide a short account of both journals’ genesis and history during the …

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 25, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies Apr 2022

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 25, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 11, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies Apr 2022

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 11, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 4, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies Apr 2022

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (April 4, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

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Midwives, Sheila J. Nayar Apr 2022

Midwives, Sheila J. Nayar

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Midwives (2022), directed by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing.

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Step By Step: Understanding Perceptions Of Time And Space In Nepal, Lillian Norton-Brainerd Apr 2022

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 …

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The Relationship Between Humans And Nature In The Himalayas: A Collection Of Poems, Floyd Cornett Apr 2022

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 …

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Earth Stories: A Narrative Understanding Of Farmlife In Pokhara, Nepal, Grace Holmes Apr 2022

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.

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Sacred Scavengers: Vulture Conservation In Nepal, Hans Nedde Apr 2022

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 …

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 28, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies Mar 2022

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (March 28, 2022), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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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 Mar 2022

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 …

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Vedantic Basis And Praxis Of The Integral Advaita Of Sri Aurobindo, Debashish Banerji Mar 2022

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.

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Digital And Spatial Humanities Mapping: Eurasia-Pacific Early Trade And Belief Linkages, Igor Sitnikov, David Blundell Mar 2022

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 …

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Tusha Hiti: The Origin And Significance Of The Name, Deepak Shimkhada Mar 2022

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.

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Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion: Perspectives From Contemporary India And 6th Century Jain Yoga, Christopher Key Chapple Mar 2022

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

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Ganges In Indian Sculpture And Literature: Mythology And Personification, Nalini Rao Mar 2022

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 …

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