Visual Material Archives Group
Activity Report
NEWS
• The following publication has been published with the assistance and cooperation of the Centre for Documentation & Area-Transcultural Studies. Malavika Karlekar (ed.) Visualizing Indian Women 1875-1947, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006. • Posters used for US-propaganda activities in Vietnam are now available for browsing. Those who wish to see the posters are asked to contact the Centre’s office below. List (PDF File: 12KB) Contact: The Centre for Documentation & Area-Transcultural Studies Office Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534 TEL/FAX# (042)330-5540 June 19 - 21, 2004 International Symposium "Thinking Malayness" (Co-sponsored by Visual Material Archives Group and Research Institute for Languages and Culture of Asia and Africa) Convenor: Carole Faucher (University of Singapore/ ILCAA), Koji Miyazaki (ILCAA) Venue: Large Conference Room, ILCAA Session 1 — Defining the Malay World — Chairperson: Carole Faucher (University of Singapore/ ILCAA)
1) "Malay, Malayness and Malay Studies: an Organizational Response"
Session 2 — Malay Identity: Continuity and Transformation —Shamsul A.B., (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) 2) "Movement, Shifting Identities and the Imagination" Cynthia Chou (University of Copenhagen) 3) "Malayan Language, Malays and Malayness with Cyber Space" Rizal Yusoff (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 4) "The Lands Below the Winds that is Called Malay World" Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (Indonesian Institute of Sciences/ILCAA) Chairperson: Shuichi Nagata (Tokyo University of Social Welfare)
5) "Old and New Aspects of Malayness in the Contemporary Dunia Melayu Movement"
Session 3 — Historical Perspective on MalaynessTomizawa Hisao (University of Shizuoka) 6) "Reviving serumpun identity across the Straits of Malacca" Nathalie Fau (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) 7) "Music and the Cline of Malayness" Geoffrey Benjamin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Chairperson: Yamamoto Hiroyuki (National Museum of Ethnology)
8) "Rethinking Malay Relationships: Rulers and Kinship Groups"
Session 4 — Ethnic Minorities and the Nation-State—Leonard Andaya (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) 9) "The Concept of Orang Melayu in Malay Port-Polities: a Case of the 18th Century Johor-Riau Sultanate" Nishio Kanji (Rikkyo University) Chairperson: Uchibori Motomitsu (ILCAA)
10) "Ethnic Consciousness of Malays in Sri Lanka: Some Observations"
Session 5 — Malayness at the Crossroads —Suwarn Vajracharya (Shumei University) 11) "Problematic Singapore Malays - the Making of a Portrayal" Suriani Suratman (National University of Singapore) 12) "Malay and Malayness in the Malaysian State Reconsidered: the Madurese at the Margin" Fauzi Sukimi (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) 13) "Malayness in the Philippines" Tokoro Ikuya (ILCAA) Chairperson: Omar Farouk Bajunid (Hiroshima City University)
14) "Living in the Malay World: Practice at Chinese School on Thailand-Malaysian Border"
Session 6 — Ethnic Consciousness and Indigenism in Contested Spaces —Takamura Kazue (ILCAA) 15) "Nau dok pehe nayu (Malay doesn't understand Malay): the Travail of being Malay in Thailand" Saroja Dorairajoo (National University of Singapore) 16) "Gender Moralities and Religious Discourse in Southern Thailand" Nishii Ryoko (ILCAA) Chairperson: Ishikawa Noboru (Kyoto University)
17) "Ethnicity and Class in Times of Crisis: Labourers and Businessmen in Central Java, Indonesia"
Session 7 — Representing Malayness in Cultural Production and Practices —Mario Rutten ( University of Amsterdam) 18) "Melayu, Indigenism and 'the civilizing process': Claims and Entitlements in Contested Territories" Vivienne Wee (City University of Hong Kong) 19) "Melayu Sambas: Its History and Identity" Pabali (University Tanjung Pura, Pontianak) Chairperson: Soda Naoki (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
20) "Dialectical Nature of Culture Production: the Case of Mamanda Theatre"
Session 8 — Some Reflections on the Relation between Islam and Malayness —Ninuk Kleden (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) 21) "Modern Flowers: Female Film Stars and the Creation of a Post- Colonial Malay Identity" Timothy Barnard (National University of Singapore) 22) "Malayness in Indonesian Literature" Hendrick Maier (University of California at Riverside) 23) "The Practice of Silat and its Representation" Jean-Marc De Grave (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) Chairperson: Tachimoto Narifumi (Chubu University)
24) "Religious Dilemmas of the Malays : A Survey of Some Current Issues"
Azizan Baharuddin (Universiti Malaya) 25) "Malayness: Product of a Civilizational Marriage between Ethnicity and Religiosity" Osman Bakar (Georgetown University) The 2nd Workshop July 18, 2003 18:00-20:00 Venue: 4th Floor, Main Building, TUFS Presentator: Sawada Yukari (Faculty of Foreign Studies, TUFS) Subject: "Manga (Comics) Culture in East Asia ~The Current State of Globalization" The 1st Workshop (Special Lecture Held Jointly with 21st Century Area and Culture Studies Group) June 19, 2003 18:00-20:30 Venue: Room #226, Main Building, TUFS Presenter: Toru Takagi (NHK) Subject: "War Agency" The 2nd Group Meeting June 10, 2003 12:10-13:00 Venue: Room #611, ILCAA Subject: Media in South and Southeast Asia: a Review The 1st Group Meeting May 20, 2003 12:15-13:00 Venue: Room #611, ILCAA Subject: Activity Plan for 2003 The 1st Workshop December 10, 2002 17:00-19:00 Venue: 4th Floor, Main Building, TUFS Presenter: Saya Shiraishi (Tokyo University) Subject: "From the Scene of Globalization of MANGA (Comics) and ANIME (Animation Films)" The 1st Group Meeting October 28, 2002 12:15-13:00 Venue: Room #611, ILCAA Subject: Activity Plan for 2002 |