Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 2 Contesting Multiple Borders: Bricolage Thinking and Matua Narratives on the Andaman Islands Carola Erika Lorea* *Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260 e-mail: aricar[at]nus.edu.sg DOI: 10.20495/seas.9.2_231 In the liquid borderlands between South and Southeast Asia, where refugees from East […]
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Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 2 The Story of Lun Tauh, “Our People”: Narrating Identity on the Borders in the Kelabit Highlands* Valerie Mashman** *I have been associated with this village and the Kelabit community for over 30 years through marriage. Fieldwork took place through participant observation and unstructured interviews during […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 2 A Place of Belonging in Myths and Memories: The Origin and Early History of the Imagined Tai Khuen Nation (Chiang Tung/Kyaingtong, Myanmar) Klemens Karlsson* *Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand e-mail: klemens.karlsson[at]gmail.com DOI: 10.20495/seas.9.2_181 This study […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 2 Narrating Loss and Differentiation: Lahu Origin Stories on the Margins of Burma, China, and Siam Frances O’Morchoe* *Parami Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Shwe Gone Plaza, Bahan, Yangon, Myanmar e-mail: francesomorchoe[at]parami.edu.mm DOI: 10.20495/seas.9.2_161 This article examines variations in Lahu oral tradition across time and […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 2 Borderland Narratives Erik de Maaker* and Monica Janowski** *Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands Corresponding author’s e-mail: maaker[at]fsw.leidenuniv.nl **School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 10 Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG, United […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 1 Theatrical Governmentality and Memories in Champasak, Southern Laos Odajima Rie* * 小田島理絵, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Toyama 1-24-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8644, Japan e-mail: lectoda[at]aoni.waseda.jp DOI: 10.20495/seas.9.1_99 In this article, I discuss cultural governmentality, its growth—as highlighted by multiple views in the […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 1 The Arts of Everyday Peacebuilding: Cohabitation, Conversion, and Intermarriage of Muslims and Christians in the Southern Philippines Yoshizawa Asuna* and Kusaka Wataru** * 吉澤あすな, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Corresponding author’s e-mail: yoshizawa[at]asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 1 De-commercialization of the Labor Migration Industry in Malaysia Choo Chin Low* * History Department, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia e-mail: lowc[at]usm.my DOI: 10.20495/seas.9.1_27 This paper focuses on irregularities as a result of the privatization of migrant worker recruitment and the […]
Contents>> Vol. 9, No. 1 Thai Adaptations of the Javanese Panji in Cosmopolitan Ayutthaya Christopher Joll* and Srawut Aree** *The Centre of Excellence for Muslim Studies, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, 3rd Floor, Prajadhipok-Rambhai Barni Building Phyathai Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Religious Studies Program, School of Social and Cultural […]
Contents>> Vol. 8, No. 3 Defeating a Political Dynasty: Local Progressive Politics through People Power Volunteers for Reform and Bottom-up Budgeting Projects in Siquijor, Philippines Hara Tamiki* * 原 民樹, Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, 1-3-1 Konodai, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba 272-8512, Japan e-mail: tamiki.h.1985[at]gmail.com DOI: 10.20495/seas.8.3_413 Despite its […]
Contents>> Vol. 8, No. 3 Between State and Family: Biopolitics of Elderly Care and a Case of Emerging Communality in Northern Thailand Hayami Yoko* * 速水洋子, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University e-mail: yhayami[at]cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp DOI: 10.20495/seas.8.3_387 In Thailand, from the beginning of this century, policies on aging, health promotion […]
Contents>> Vol. 8, No. 3 Did Jose Rizal Die a Catholic? Revisiting Rizal’s Last 24 Hours Using Spy Reports Rene Escalante* * Department of History, De La Salle University, 1501 Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Metro Manila 1100, Philippines e-mail: rene.escalante[at]dlsu.edu.ph DOI: 10.20495/seas.8.3_369 There is one issue in Jose Rizal’s life […]