scholarly journals Critical Review: Singapore: a 'NewAlexandria'of the Par East" dan " Cruel Temtation': A Case Study of a Korean Drama and its Reception in the Singaporean Community”

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Bambang Dharwiyanto Putro
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Far East ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Discursive Formation ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Field Of Inquiry

This paper was compiled inspired by two articles previously written by experts such as: Prof. Dr. Phil. I Ketut Ardhana, MA "Singapore: a 'NewAlexandria'of the Far East" in this book Tourism, Cultural Identity, and Globalization Singapore (2007), discusses a lot about Singapore from a historical perspective by seeing Singapore as a New Alexandaria country and the work of Kellie Chen " Cruel Temtation ': A Case Study of a Korean Drama and its Reception in the Singaporean Community "(2011). Next, a critical review will be carried out and an analysis of the contribution of Cultural Studies (its paradigm, its theoretical framework) to Singapore's development (Epistemology). Cultural studies (cultural studies) is an interdisciplinary or postdisciplinary field of inquiry that explores the production and cultivation of meaning maps as well as a discursive formation.

Rethinking Hegemony and Neutralization in Korea: Multinational Diplomatic Engagements in the Run-Up to the Russo-Japanese War (1903–1904)

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-126
Author(s):  
Sangpil Jin
Keyword(s):  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Far East ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Korean History ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Modern Korean History ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Multiple Actors

This article demonstrates that the Russo-Japanese rivalry, far from being just another example of imperialist competition during the Age of Imperialism, can also serve as a useful case study of a diplomatic contest over a periphery between hegemonic powers. During this diplomatic tug-of-war, the Korean peninsula became the focal point of a contest between Japan and Russia. The present study illuminates the interactive processes of major diplomatic engagements between multiple actors through careful use of multi-lingual archives, as well as locates the significant implications of these exchanges for contemporary geopolitical landscapes in the Far East. Ultimately, this research provides an analytical framework for a more in-depth understanding of diplomatic interactions and the impacts of hegemonic struggles in modern Korean history.

Germany Fails to Detach Japan, 1915–16

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Far East ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Japanese Government ◽  
World War ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Strategic Relationships

This chapter discusses Germany's failed attempts during World War I to induce Japan to abandon the entente. Germany's primary levers in these efforts were offers to cede German territory in the Far East and Pacific that Japan had captured, to support Japan's ambitions for an enlarged sphere of control in the region (at the expense of Russia and Britain), and to construct rewarding postwar commercial and strategic relationships. Although Berlin's initiatives were encouraged by the Japanese government, they were never successful. The theoretical framework identifies two major reasons. In brief: Germany's alignment change goals were high, while its inducements were relatively weak, especially in the context of a bidding war over Japan's allegiance. Berlin's efforts enabled Tokyo to repeatedly convert German overtures into better bargains with its allies. Thus, Japan obtained from its existing alignment values that largely matched what Germany offered in exchange for a costly defection.

scholarly journals Traditional Clothes of Belarusian Peasant Migrants in Siberia and the Far East: Original Features and Transformations

2021 ◽  
pp. 184-193
Author(s):  
Roman Fedorov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Far East ◽  
Visual Observation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Mixed Marriages ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Way

Introduction. The article considers the features of traditional clothes of descendants of Belarusian peasant migrants of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries living in Siberia and the Far East. Methods and materials. Basic materials of the study is oral descriptions of clothing, which were collected among descendants of migrants, who were born in the 1910s – 1950s, and also visual observation of the samples of traditional clothing which are stored in museums. On the basis of using the comparative-historical and typological methods, the transformations of the practice of making and wearing clothing have been investigated. Analysis. The analysis of the field materials indicates that the traditional clothing of Belarusian migrants continued to play an important role in their domestic culture from the late 19th century to the 1950s – 1960s. The traditional complex of Belarusian clothing has undergone transformations in a new place because of needs to adapt it to the different natural and climatic conditions, by borrowing from the new ethnic environment, as well as general processes of modernization of the way of life. Due to colder climate of the Asian part of Russia, transformations of winter outerwear and shoes were the most dynamic. Results. The features of ethno-cultural identity had an influence on the degree of preservation of the original complex of clothing of the Belarusians. Traditional types of clothing from the places of exit were most preserved in the places of homogenous residence of Belarusian migrants. In cases of dispersed residence with a high proportion of mixed marriages, the Belarusians faster adopted prototypes of clothing that were typical of their new ethnic environment.

scholarly journals A case study on centralised securities depository for equities market in emerging countries in the Far East

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Field ◽  
R. W.E. Van der Wal
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Far East ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Securities Industry ◽  
Far Eastern

This report has analysed the effect that a Centralised Securities Depository (CSD) for equities will have on the securities industry in the emerging countries of the Far East. The first part of this report dealt with the securities industry and its environment and identified the most important factors influencing the industry. In addition, the experiences of custodian banks in selected Far Eastern countries were ascertained in relation to the establishment of CSDs in these countries. From this base, using available data and assisted by various experts, the most likely trends have been used to predict the effect that a CSD for equities will have on the securities industry in South Africa.

scholarly journals “Government in India and Japan is different from government in Europe”: Asian Jesuits on Infrastructure, Administrative Space, and the Possibilities for a Global Management of Power

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Markus Friedrich
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Far East ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Society Of Jesus ◽  
Global Management ◽  
Global Space ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Difference

This paper investigates the influence of geographical distance on the practices and concepts of Jesuit administration in the early modern period. It discusses in particular select letters by Alessandro Valignano from East Asia, to demonstrate how loyal Jesuits in the Far East asked for administrative adjustments in order to overcome the enormous infrastructural difficulties involved in upholding constant epistolary communication with Rome. Valignano over and again stressed both the difference and the distance between Asia and Europe and thought that both factors necessitated an accommodation of the order’s organizational framework. This case study thus helps address the broader questions of how the members of the Society of Jesus conceived of global space. It becomes clear that, while they hoped for institutional unity and insisted frequently on procedural uniformity, they also openly acknowledged that due to distance and cultural differences there never could exist an entirely homogeneous, single global Jesuit space.

scholarly journals NUOVE E STRANE E MERAVIGLIOSE COSE: AS ALTERAÇÕES NAS PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA DAS TRADUÇÕES DO RELATIO DE ODORICO DE PORDENONE (1330) * NUOVE E STRANE E MERAVIGLIOSE COSE: CHANGES IN THE READING PRACTICES IN THE TRANSLATIONS OF RELATIO, BY ODORIC OF PORDENONE (1330)

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Fernando Ponzi Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Travel Narrative ◽  
The North ◽  
The Far East ◽  
History Of ◽  
Physical Constitution ◽  
Do So

Resumo: A tradução de obras em latim para idiomas vernáculos criou a possibilidade de expandir o número de leitores e patrocinou mudanças nas formas de assimilação dos textos. Este artigo pretende investigar como essas mudanças ocorreram tomando como base o estudo do Relatio (1330), um texto de viagem baseado no relato oral do franciscano Odorico de Pordenone em sua jornada ao Extremo Oriente. A partir das cópias em latim e suas traduções dos séculos XIV e XV, buscamos as conclusões, conexões e opiniões dos leitores do norte da Península Itálica, Reino da França e das Ilhas Britânicas. Para tanto, avaliaremos a materialidade das fontes em seu aporte físico, paratextos, interferências escriturais, sinais de manuseio e marcas de propriedade que apontem diferenças no processo de assimilação dos livros em diferentes comunidades de leitores.Palavras-chave: História da leitura medieval; narrativas de viagem; comunidades de leitores; paratextos; codicologia.Abstract: The translation of Latin works to vernacular languages created the possibility to expand the readership and change in the forms of assimilation of these writings.  This article intends to find out how these changes have occurred based on the case study of the Relatio (1330), a travel narrative of the Franciscan friar Odoric of Pordenone to the Far East. Drawing on Latin and translated copies written between the 14th and 15th centuries in the north of theItalianPeninsula,Kingdom ofFrance and theBritish Isles, we seek the conclusions, connections and opinions of these readers in their reading process. To do so, we will assess the materiality of the sources physical constitution, paratexts, copyist interference, handling marks and trademarks that point to differences in the assimilation of books in different communities of readers.Keywords: History of medieval reading; travel narratives; communities of readers; paratexts; codicology. 

Syncretism versus synthesis1

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pye
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Japanese Case ◽  
Analytic Tool

AbstractBy first examining the academic, theoretical discourse that takes up the concept of syncretism, and then looking at its application in a Japanese case study, the argument put forward in this paper looks at a) how the usage of the term syncretism in cultural studies has become disconnected from its theoretical framework, b) how syncretism is not synthesis and c) how, within the process of acculturation, syncretism is a necessary theoretical concept that demands academic attention. In order to demonstrate clearly the viability of the concept of syncretism, this article explicates characteristics of syncretistic patterns in a case study. What becomes evident is that the concept of syncretism has emerged as a powerful analytic tool in the study of religions.

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