Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Vol. 2, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, LOH Kah Seng

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 From the Ground Up: Perspectives on Post-Tsunami and Post-Conflict Aceh Patrick Daly, R. Michael Feener, and Anthony Reid, eds. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012, xxxi+262p. On the book cover, the words “Lebih baik disini kampung kita sendiri” are scrawled on a wall of […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Allan LUMBA

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Orientalists, Propagandists, and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism Megan C. Thomas Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2012, 277p. In Orientalists, Propagandists, and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Coloni­alism, Megan C. Thomas illustrates the myriad political meanings […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, Veerayooth Kanchoochat

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 The Institutional Imperative: The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia Erik Martinez Kuhonta Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011, xxiii+342p. The Institutional Imperative provides an argument for equitable development, that is, economic growth with income equality. The research is conducted through a comparative-historical approach with […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, BOOK REVIEWS, David G. Marr

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS The Birth of Vietnamese Political Journalism: Saigon 1916–1930 Philippe M. F. Peycam New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, xiii+306p. The early 1920s in Saigon saw a florescence of newspaper publishing in the lively tradition of Parisian canards of the 1890s. French and Vietnamese language […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, Bounthanh Keoboualapha, Thaworn Onpraphai, Attachai Jintrawet, Suchint Simaraks, and Anan Polthanee

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Imperata Grassland Mapping in Northern Uplands of Lao PDR: Area, Distribution, Characteristics, and Implications for Slash-and-Burn Cultivation Bounthanh Keoboualapha,* Thaworn Onpraphai,** Attachai Jintrawet,** Suchint Simaraks,* and Anan Polthanee* *ບຸນ​ທັນ ​ແກ້ວ​ບົວລະພາ; สุจินต์ สิมารักษ์; อนันต์ พลธานี System Approaches in Agriculture Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, Mizuno Kosuke, Siti Sugiah Mugniesyah, Ageng Setiawan Herianto, and Tsujii Hiroshi

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Talun-Huma, Swidden Agriculture, and Rural Economy in West Java, Indonesia Mizuno Kosuke,* Siti Sugiah Mugniesyah,** Ageng Setiawan Herianto,*** and Tsujii Hiroshi† *水野広祐, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Corresponding author’s email: mizuno[at]cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp **Department of Communication and Community Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, Yunita T. Winarto, Kees Stigter, Bimo Dwisatrio, Merryna Nurhaga, and Anom Bowolaksono

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Agrometeorological Learning Increasing Farmers’ Knowledge in Coping with Climate Change and Unusual Risks Yunita T. Winarto,* Kees Stigter,** Bimo Dwisatrio,* Merryna Nurhaga,* and Anom Bowolaksono*** *Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia e-mails: yunita.winarto[at]gmail.com (corresponding author); bimo.dwisatrio[at]gmail.com; ­merryna21st[at]gmail.com […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, Noboru Toyoshima

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Emergent Processes of Language Acquisition: Japanese Language Learning and the Consumption of Japanese Cultural Products in Thailand Noboru Toyoshima* *豊島 昇 , Institute of Asian Studies, Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University, 513 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan e-mail: nobo[at]suou.waseda.jp DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.2.2_285 Motivation for learning […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, Nobpaon Rabibhadana and Yoko Hayami

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Seeking Haven and Seeking Jobs: Migrant Workers’ Networks in Two Thai Locales Nobpaon Rabibhadana* and Yoko Hayami** *ณพอร รพีพัฒน์, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8501, Japan **速水洋子, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Corresponding […]

Vol. 2, No. 2, Chris BAKER, PASUK Phongpaichit

Contents>> Vol. 2, No. 2 Protection and Power in Siam: From Khun Chang Khun Phaen to the Buddha Amulet Chris Baker* and Pasuk Phongpaichit** *Independent Researcher, Thailand Corresponding author’s e-mail: chrispasuk[at]gmail.com **ผาสุก พงษ์ไพจิตร, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.2.2_215 The main purpose […]