WPS 228 Humanistic Planning and Urban Flood Disaster Governance in Southeast Asia: Metro Manila and Jakarta

What are the possible humanistic approaches to urban flood disaster governance? Several largest cities in Southeast Asia, such as Bangkok, Jakarta, and Metro Manila have been affected by relatively severe and paralyzing floods in recent years. In reality, floods are not new to these cities. Cities are often located along riverbanks and lakefronts, due to […]

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What are the possible humanistic approaches to urban flood disaster governance? Several largest cities in Southeast Asia, such as Bangkok, Jakarta, and Metro Manila have been affected by relatively severe and paralyzing floods in recent years. In reality, floods are not new to these cities. Cities are often located along riverbanks and lakefronts, due to

WPS 227 Reconsidering Nationalism in 21st Century China

To what extent is the political integrated into the aesthetic in the nationalist discourses of contemporary China? How do we understand the historical significance of the publicly manifested postsocialist relations of the state and the society? In what ways does the aesthetics, encompassing the temporalities of modern and premodern, socialist and postsocialist, articulate the nation

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To what extent is the political integrated into the aesthetic in the nationalist discourses of contemporary China? How do we understand the historical significance of the publicly manifested postsocialist relations of the state and the society? In what ways does the aesthetics, encompassing the temporalities of modern and premodern, socialist and postsocialist, articulate the nation

Journal of Family Issues – Special Issue: Marriage in Asia (Vol. 35 No. 12)

This special issue gives readers a taste of the diversity of Asia, by including articles on countries from Turkey in the west to the Philippines in the east, two of Asia’s three largest countries—China and Indonesia—and a country in South Asia—Sri Lanka. The articles examine the trends in marriage and explore the possible factors contributing

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This special issue gives readers a taste of the diversity of Asia, by including articles on countries from Turkey in the west to the Philippines in the east, two of Asia’s three largest countries—China and Indonesia—and a country in South Asia—Sri Lanka. The articles examine the trends in marriage and explore the possible factors contributing

Making India: Colonialism, National Culture and Indian English Literature

India Today is almost completely unrecognizable from what it was the eve of is the colonial conquest. A sovereign nation, with a teeming, industrious population, it is an economic powerhouse and the worlds largest democracy. The question is how did it get to where it is now? Covering the period from 1800 to 1950, this

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India Today is almost completely unrecognizable from what it was the eve of is the colonial conquest. A sovereign nation, with a teeming, industrious population, it is an economic powerhouse and the worlds largest democracy. The question is how did it get to where it is now? Covering the period from 1800 to 1950, this

WPS 226 Negotiating Post-Divorce Familial Relationships: A Case of Singaporean Divorce Biographies

This paper offers an analysis of how Singaporean divorcees organise their post-divorce family life and examines the interplay of autonomy, commitment and context in the maintenance of their family relationships after the divorce. While family life has become increasingly democratised as discussed in theorisations on individualisation and contemporary organisation of personal life, community scholars argue

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This paper offers an analysis of how Singaporean divorcees organise their post-divorce family life and examines the interplay of autonomy, commitment and context in the maintenance of their family relationships after the divorce. While family life has become increasingly democratised as discussed in theorisations on individualisation and contemporary organisation of personal life, community scholars argue

Transpacific Studies: Framing an Emerging Field

The Pacific has long been a space of conquest, exploration, fantasy, and resistance. Pacific Islanders had established civilizations and cultures of travel well before European explorers arrived, initiating centuries of upheaval and transformation. The twentieth century, with its various wars fought in and over the Pacific, is only the most recent era to witness military

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The Pacific has long been a space of conquest, exploration, fantasy, and resistance. Pacific Islanders had established civilizations and cultures of travel well before European explorers arrived, initiating centuries of upheaval and transformation. The twentieth century, with its various wars fought in and over the Pacific, is only the most recent era to witness military

Journal of Hindu Studies – Special Issue: Text and Reality in the Study of Balinese Hinduism (Vol. 7 Issue 2)

Revisiting the notorious debate about Balinese culture that pitched Clifford Geertz and Christiaan Hooykaas in the 70s, I discuss some key methodological issues concerning the study of Balinese Hinduism, namely the text- and practice-oriented approaches championed by Philologists and Anthropologists respectively. Arguing that an ‘epistemic turn’ in the study of Balinese Hinduism is needed, I

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Revisiting the notorious debate about Balinese culture that pitched Clifford Geertz and Christiaan Hooykaas in the 70s, I discuss some key methodological issues concerning the study of Balinese Hinduism, namely the text- and practice-oriented approaches championed by Philologists and Anthropologists respectively. Arguing that an ‘epistemic turn’ in the study of Balinese Hinduism is needed, I

Gender Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region

Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women’s lives are being transformed. This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and resistors in the politics of change in the region. The editors focus attention on the politics of gender as

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Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women’s lives are being transformed. This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and resistors in the politics of change in the region. The editors focus attention on the politics of gender as