Search for dissertations about: "javanese"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word javanese.

  2. 1. North Borneo gongs and the Javanese gamelan : studies in Southeast Asian gong traditions

    Author : Inge Skog; Stockholms universitet; []
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  4. 2. Amerta Movement of Java 1986-1997 : An Asian Movement Improvisation

    Author : Lise Lavelle; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; improvisation; everyday movements; individuality; physicality; nature and spiritual life; identity; cultural roots; transformation; blosssoming; new developments; communication; bodily expression; flux; intercultural dialogue; Languages of South and South-East Asia; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk från Syd- och Sydostasien;

    Abstract : Amerta Movement is free bodily movement combining the wisdom of Asia with contemporary western dynamics. It is both a concept and a practice. Life is viewed in terms of flux. READ MORE

  5. 3. Peasants and Policymakers, Agricultural transformation in Java under Suharto

    Author : Tobias Axelsson; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development policy; agriculture; Indonesia; technological change; institutional change; Economic History; equity;

    Abstract : Following the East Asian success story Indonesia also subscribed to a model with increased productivity, income and equity through modernisation of agriculture. When it was hit by a severe crisis in 1997, Indonesia was regarded as one of the up and coming tigers of Southeast Asia. READ MORE

  6. 4. Indonesian Literature vs New Order Orthodoxy. The Aftermath of 1965-1966

    Author : Anna-Greta Nilsson-Hoadley; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kinesiska och språk och litteratur från Syd- och Sydostasien; Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia; human rights; culture; political ideas; Communism; army; New Order; Indonesia; literature; Chinese; history; Political history; Politisk historia; Mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : Starting from Theodor Adorno´s assertion that art is negative knowledge of the real world, the book analyses Indonesian literature produced during the New Order which deal with the events of 1965-1966 and its consequences. A number of Indonesia´s best known authors have written on the subject. READ MORE

  7. 5. Ramadan in Java : The Joy and Jihad of Ritual Fasting

    Author : André Möller; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; traweh; tarawih; holy month; Blora; Yogyakarta; anthropology; lived Islam; written Islam; normative Islam; jihad; Muslim ritual; Java; Muslim; religion; Indonesia; Islam in Indonesia; Islam in Java; Ramadan; fasting; slametan; ruwahan; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : FASTING DURING THE holy month of Ramadan is both a joy and a jihad for the Islamic community in Java, and it is arguably the most highly esteemed Muslim ritual in Indonesia (and beyond). To be given the opportunity to abstain from food, drink and sexual relations from the early morning hours until sunset during an entire month in a tropical climate - only to fill the nights with additional and supererogatory Ramadanic rituals - is thus waited upon each year and seen as a true blessing. READ MORE