Buku ini akan mengulas persoalan-persoalan yang muncul terkait rencana reklamasi Teluk Benoa, dan respon seta aksi dari elemen masyarakat yang menentang rencana tersebut. Lebih lanjut, buku ini menawarkan solusi jitu untuk memecahkan persoalan ini melalui pendekatan pembangunan inklusif berkelanjutan. Kearifan lokal masyarakat Bali akan menjadi inti dari pendekatan yang dirancang di dalam buku …
buku ini mencoba mengangkat khazanah sejarah, seni, dan budaya, meski dalam lingkup yang masih kecil. Awalnya, buku ini sudah pernah diterbitkan oleh penerbit yang sama pada 2011 lalu. Buku ini menghimpun sejumlah artikel saya yang pernah dimuat di media cetak dan online. Ada 25 judul artikel yang saya sertakan. Beberapa artikel baru, terbit pada 2011 hingga 2017
The Hegemony of Heritage makes an original and significant contribution to our understanding of how the relationship of architectural objects and societies to the built environment changes over time. Studying two surviving medieval monuments in southern Rajasthan—the Ambikā Temple in Jagat and the Śri Ékliṅgjī Temple Complex in Kailāshpurī—the author looks beyond their divergent sec…
In Theater as Data, Miguel Escobar Varela explores the use of computational methods and digital data in theater research. He considers the implications of these new approaches, and explains the roles that statistics and visualizations play. Reflecting on recent debates in the humanities, the author suggests that there are two ways of using data, both of which have a place in theater research. D…
In an effort to challenge the ways in which colonial power relations and Eurocentric knowledges are reproduced in participatory research, this book explores whether and how it is possible to use arts-based methods for creating more horizontal and democratic research practices. In discussing both the transformative potential and limitations of arts-based methods, the book asks: What can arts-bas…
"Music is a mobile art. When people move to faraway places, whether by choice or by force, they bring their music along. Music creates a meaningful point of contact for individuals and for groups; it can encourage curiosity and foster understanding; and it can preserve a sense of identity and comfort in an unfamiliar or hostile environment. As music crosses cultural, linguistic, and political b…
Theaters of Citizenship investigates the Egyptian movement for free theater, arguing that it evolved from an avant-gardist movement to an undercommons of revolutionary cultural practice. Using historiography, ethnography, and performance analysis, the book tells a story of this avant-garde from 2004-2014, analyzing its staging of rights claims, generational identity politics, and post-revolutio…
Masyarakat Banyuwangi sudah tidak asing dengan Tokoh Damarwulan dan Minakjinggo. Tokoh ini masih menjadi perdebatan tersendiri bagi masyarakat Banyuwangi, antara fiksi dan sejarah. Pada buku ini penulis memberikan gambaran kepada pembaca dari awal mula kesenian Damarwulan (kesenian pertama yang memunculkan tokoh Damarwulan dan Minakjinggo), karakter-kar…
The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same time it must be noted that it borders to the north with the Buddhist country of Thailand and to t…
This book addresses the need to rethink the concept and enactment of professionalism in music, and how such concepts underpin professional higher music education. There is an urgent imperative to enable the potential of professional musicians in our contemporary societies to be more fully realised, recognising both intense challenges that are currently threatening some traditional music practic…