Philological Encounters 9.1-2. Volume editors: Tony Day and Edwin P. Wieringa, 2023
Exploring the representation of space and belonging in Javanese literature, I will use Suparto Br... more Exploring the representation of space and belonging in Javanese literature, I will use Suparto Brata’s novel Donyane wong culika (The World of the Untrustworthy, 2004) as a case study. Firstly, I will focus on how literary, linguistic and epistemological features shape and give meaning to Javanese spatiality and on how the references to Javanese customs, literary and cultural traditions, and the Javanese mind in the twentieth century may address and evoke feelings of belonging. Secondly, as the novel features historical events as a kind of backdrop, I will pay attention to what Le Juez and Richardson (2019) call the perceptions of associated loci and on how these loci articulate individual and collective memories of the 1965–66 events, a traumatic period in postcolonial Indonesian history.
Storied Island. New Explorations in Javanese Literature. Volume Editor: Ronit Ricci, 2023
The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way con... more The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way conquers the world, subjugating the people to the kingdom of Mataram and converting them to Islam. The texts are composed in těmbang macapat, a Javanese poetic form, and in prose. The manuscripts that have been preserved were written, copied, read/recited and listened to in Javanese aristocratic circles, mostly in Yogyakarta, in the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. Composed to demonstrate the eminence of the protagonist and the glory of Mataram, the narratives of the Sĕrat Nitik contain ample references to oral and written sources. Islamic saints, Hindu-Buddhist deities and the Spirit Queen of the Southern Ocean support the young Agung, providing spiritual and esoteric input. Their words of power and wisdom invigorate the sultan and prepare him for kingship. I argue that these modes of referentiality have multiple aims. They are used to build credence so as to convince the audiences of the stories of Sultan Agung's prominence, to claim the authenticity of the tales and to authorize the telling. They also demonstrate that the representation of the past in the Sĕrat Nitik is based on tradition, both oral and written. The analysis of the texts from the angle of 'source credibility' offers new perspectives on the presentation of seventeenth century narratives in the late nineteenth century Sĕrat Nitik tales.
The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way con... more The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way conquers the surrounding world. He subjugates its inhabitants to Mataram and converts them to Islam. The selected fragment is an interesting example of how the sultan – refusing to fast during the month of Shawwāl – impresses the people in his environment with his supernatural power, and in particular Ki Amad Kategan, his pangulu, who tries to match his strength with that of the sultan. The two characters engage in a dispute on Islamic matters. Firstly, I discuss the figure of Ki Amad Kategan and the function of this excerpt in the Nitik Sultan Agung tales. Secondly, I present variant readings of the story. The comparison of the three versions touches on features of narrative structure, content and style, language use, and target audiences.
Els Bogaerts and Tony Day with a comment by Danielle Chen Kleinman
The articles in this issue of... more Els Bogaerts and Tony Day with a comment by Danielle Chen Kleinman
The articles in this issue of Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia offer readings of Javanese literary texts ranging from a poetical treatise written in the ninth century CE to a short story published in 1997. That literature in the Javanese language has been and continues to be written over a span of more than eleven centuries is itself extraordinary. But the writers of the articles in this volume hope to do more than simply impress the reader with this fact. They hope to suggest "new directions" in how this literature is studied and understood in order to stimulate others to read, explore, and enjoy, as they have, literary works of all kinds drawn from the extraordinary literary treasury of the Javanese people. The issue begins with two articles by young Indonesian scholars of Old Javanese literature and culture, followed by nine articles written by a group of scholars who took part in an international research project that, extending over a full academic year, was dedicated solely to reading and discussing Javanese literature. Our purwaka opens with a comment on the two articles on Old Javanese literature written by another young scholar, Danielle Chen Kleinman, who over the last two years has added Old Javanese literature to her long and abiding interest in Sanskrit poetry and poetics. The purwaka continues with comments about the process that led up to the writing of nine articles on literary works written between the sixteenth and the end of the twentieth centuries and some thoughts about the future of collaborative, international research on Javanese literature.
Documentation, and several other academic programmes. Culture, examined in the context of decolon... more Documentation, and several other academic programmes. Culture, examined in the context of decolonization, cultural encounters, performance and media studies, is her main focus of attention; the preservation of resources her concern. Her monograph entitled Producing the local; Javanese performance on Indonesian television is forthcoming.
The end of the New Order regime and the passing of new legislation in Indonesia offered the mushr... more The end of the New Order regime and the passing of new legislation in Indonesia offered the mushrooming local broadcasting industry ample opportunities. This article examines how the changing circumstances have enabled television stations to foreground local identities within a national frame of reference. It focuses on developments in local television in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Central Java, between 1998 and 2009. Using various localising strategies, the stations provide a more diversified local content than was the case during the Soeharto period. The analysis is based on local resources and supported by inside information, generously provided by media workers and artists.
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s, 2012
This is chapter 1 of:
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s... more This is chapter 1 of:
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s.
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s).
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
’In: Jennifer Lindsay and Maya H.T. Liem (eds), Heirs to world culture: Being Indonesian 1950-1965, pp. 223-253. Leiden: KITLV Press. VKI 274. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004253513, 2012
This publication has been typeset in the multilingual "Brill" typeface. With over 5,100 character... more This publication has been typeset in the multilingual "Brill" typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface.
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s, 2012
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentiet... more The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s).
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
Philological Encounters 9.1-2. Volume editors: Tony Day and Edwin P. Wieringa, 2023
Exploring the representation of space and belonging in Javanese literature, I will use Suparto Br... more Exploring the representation of space and belonging in Javanese literature, I will use Suparto Brata’s novel Donyane wong culika (The World of the Untrustworthy, 2004) as a case study. Firstly, I will focus on how literary, linguistic and epistemological features shape and give meaning to Javanese spatiality and on how the references to Javanese customs, literary and cultural traditions, and the Javanese mind in the twentieth century may address and evoke feelings of belonging. Secondly, as the novel features historical events as a kind of backdrop, I will pay attention to what Le Juez and Richardson (2019) call the perceptions of associated loci and on how these loci articulate individual and collective memories of the 1965–66 events, a traumatic period in postcolonial Indonesian history.
Storied Island. New Explorations in Javanese Literature. Volume Editor: Ronit Ricci, 2023
The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way con... more The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way conquers the world, subjugating the people to the kingdom of Mataram and converting them to Islam. The texts are composed in těmbang macapat, a Javanese poetic form, and in prose. The manuscripts that have been preserved were written, copied, read/recited and listened to in Javanese aristocratic circles, mostly in Yogyakarta, in the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. Composed to demonstrate the eminence of the protagonist and the glory of Mataram, the narratives of the Sĕrat Nitik contain ample references to oral and written sources. Islamic saints, Hindu-Buddhist deities and the Spirit Queen of the Southern Ocean support the young Agung, providing spiritual and esoteric input. Their words of power and wisdom invigorate the sultan and prepare him for kingship. I argue that these modes of referentiality have multiple aims. They are used to build credence so as to convince the audiences of the stories of Sultan Agung's prominence, to claim the authenticity of the tales and to authorize the telling. They also demonstrate that the representation of the past in the Sĕrat Nitik is based on tradition, both oral and written. The analysis of the texts from the angle of 'source credibility' offers new perspectives on the presentation of seventeenth century narratives in the late nineteenth century Sĕrat Nitik tales.
The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way con... more The Sĕrat Nitik Sultan Agung texts relate how Sultan Agung (r. 1613-1645) in a miraculous way conquers the surrounding world. He subjugates its inhabitants to Mataram and converts them to Islam. The selected fragment is an interesting example of how the sultan – refusing to fast during the month of Shawwāl – impresses the people in his environment with his supernatural power, and in particular Ki Amad Kategan, his pangulu, who tries to match his strength with that of the sultan. The two characters engage in a dispute on Islamic matters. Firstly, I discuss the figure of Ki Amad Kategan and the function of this excerpt in the Nitik Sultan Agung tales. Secondly, I present variant readings of the story. The comparison of the three versions touches on features of narrative structure, content and style, language use, and target audiences.
Els Bogaerts and Tony Day with a comment by Danielle Chen Kleinman
The articles in this issue of... more Els Bogaerts and Tony Day with a comment by Danielle Chen Kleinman
The articles in this issue of Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia offer readings of Javanese literary texts ranging from a poetical treatise written in the ninth century CE to a short story published in 1997. That literature in the Javanese language has been and continues to be written over a span of more than eleven centuries is itself extraordinary. But the writers of the articles in this volume hope to do more than simply impress the reader with this fact. They hope to suggest "new directions" in how this literature is studied and understood in order to stimulate others to read, explore, and enjoy, as they have, literary works of all kinds drawn from the extraordinary literary treasury of the Javanese people. The issue begins with two articles by young Indonesian scholars of Old Javanese literature and culture, followed by nine articles written by a group of scholars who took part in an international research project that, extending over a full academic year, was dedicated solely to reading and discussing Javanese literature. Our purwaka opens with a comment on the two articles on Old Javanese literature written by another young scholar, Danielle Chen Kleinman, who over the last two years has added Old Javanese literature to her long and abiding interest in Sanskrit poetry and poetics. The purwaka continues with comments about the process that led up to the writing of nine articles on literary works written between the sixteenth and the end of the twentieth centuries and some thoughts about the future of collaborative, international research on Javanese literature.
Documentation, and several other academic programmes. Culture, examined in the context of decolon... more Documentation, and several other academic programmes. Culture, examined in the context of decolonization, cultural encounters, performance and media studies, is her main focus of attention; the preservation of resources her concern. Her monograph entitled Producing the local; Javanese performance on Indonesian television is forthcoming.
The end of the New Order regime and the passing of new legislation in Indonesia offered the mushr... more The end of the New Order regime and the passing of new legislation in Indonesia offered the mushrooming local broadcasting industry ample opportunities. This article examines how the changing circumstances have enabled television stations to foreground local identities within a national frame of reference. It focuses on developments in local television in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Central Java, between 1998 and 2009. Using various localising strategies, the stations provide a more diversified local content than was the case during the Soeharto period. The analysis is based on local resources and supported by inside information, generously provided by media workers and artists.
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s, 2012
This is chapter 1 of:
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s... more This is chapter 1 of:
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s.
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s).
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
’In: Jennifer Lindsay and Maya H.T. Liem (eds), Heirs to world culture: Being Indonesian 1950-1965, pp. 223-253. Leiden: KITLV Press. VKI 274. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004253513, 2012
This publication has been typeset in the multilingual "Brill" typeface. With over 5,100 character... more This publication has been typeset in the multilingual "Brill" typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface.
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s, 2012
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentiet... more The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s).
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
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The articles in this issue of Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia offer readings of Javanese literary texts ranging from a poetical treatise written in the ninth century CE to a short story published in 1997. That literature in the Javanese language has been and continues to be written over a span of more than eleven centuries is itself extraordinary. But the writers of the articles in this volume hope to do more than simply impress the reader with this fact. They hope to suggest "new directions" in how this literature is studied and understood in order to stimulate others to read, explore, and enjoy, as they have, literary works of all kinds drawn from the extraordinary literary treasury of the Javanese people. The issue begins with two articles by young Indonesian scholars of Old Javanese literature and culture, followed by nine articles written by a group of scholars who took part in an international research project that, extending over a full academic year, was dedicated solely to reading and discussing Javanese literature. Our purwaka opens with a comment on the two articles on Old Javanese literature written by another young scholar, Danielle Chen Kleinman, who over the last two years has added Old Javanese literature to her long and abiding interest in Sanskrit poetry and poetics. The purwaka continues with comments about the process that led up to the writing of nine articles on literary works written between the sixteenth and the end of the twentieth centuries and some thoughts about the future of collaborative, international research on Javanese literature.
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s.
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s).
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
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The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
The articles in this issue of Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia offer readings of Javanese literary texts ranging from a poetical treatise written in the ninth century CE to a short story published in 1997. That literature in the Javanese language has been and continues to be written over a span of more than eleven centuries is itself extraordinary. But the writers of the articles in this volume hope to do more than simply impress the reader with this fact. They hope to suggest "new directions" in how this literature is studied and understood in order to stimulate others to read, explore, and enjoy, as they have, literary works of all kinds drawn from the extraordinary literary treasury of the Javanese people. The issue begins with two articles by young Indonesian scholars of Old Javanese literature and culture, followed by nine articles written by a group of scholars who took part in an international research project that, extending over a full academic year, was dedicated solely to reading and discussing Javanese literature. Our purwaka opens with a comment on the two articles on Old Javanese literature written by another young scholar, Danielle Chen Kleinman, who over the last two years has added Old Javanese literature to her long and abiding interest in Sanskrit poetry and poetics. The purwaka continues with comments about the process that led up to the writing of nine articles on literary works written between the sixteenth and the end of the twentieth centuries and some thoughts about the future of collaborative, international research on Javanese literature.
Beyond empire and nation. Decolonizing societies in Asia and Africa, 1930s-1970s.
The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s).
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.
Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.