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Documentary Filmmaking: Notes on Survey City and the Need for Films that Concern Mass Social Movements: A Media Reflexive Essay
No full textThis article encapsulates a history of social justice filmmaking in India or South Asiamore broadly with regard to what is being heralded as the Indian documentary wavesince 2021-till date. It asks what role funding institutions and grant-making bodies playwho tend to cater to their audiences more than the instincts of justice that tend tomotivate filmmakers who pursue stories about underrepresented communities orsocial justice. The article complicates the discussion on the process of making socialjustice films, and delves into the complexity of form and content vs. addressing socialissues, as well as the sociological aspects of a non-fiction film and its production
Strategic Empowerment: Japan’s Evolving Policy toward Southeast Asia from the 2010s
Get PDFHow has Japan developed its Southeast Asian strategy in the context of the intensifying US-China rivalry since the 2010s? This article argues that the rapidly changing strategic environment brought about by the assertive rise of China prompted Japan to adopt a new strategic vision that went beyond the traditional geographical focus on East Asia. Japan has gradually positioned Southeast Asia as one of the most important strategic theatres in the Indo-Pacific. Utilising its existing economic and diplomatic leverage in Southeast Asia, Japan has been pursuing various types of capacity-building strategies to empower Southeast Asian states and ASEAN to maintain regional autonomy, which the author calls “strategic empowerment”. While Japan has engaged in similar cooperative activities in the past, it has renewed its commitment through three main means: building a strategic partnership in Southeast Asia; promoting international rules, norms and values; and strengthening ASEAN-led institutions
Legal Changes during Joko Widodo’s Administration – Backsliding of Democracy?
Get PDFThis paper provides an overview of the legislative landscape and its background under the Joko Widodo administration (2014–2024). The transition of presidential power from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Joko Widodo marked the consolidation of democracy in post-authoritarian Indonesia, continuing from the pivotal reforms of 1998. The period of Widodo’s administration from 2014 to 2024 illustrates how free elections and freedom of expression, combined with advancements in IT technology, have inadvertently highlighted societal divisions, including discrimination against minorities. Beyond political evolution, the period has also witnessed emerging economic disparities within Indonesian society, as well as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic during the latter half of the period. This paper focuses on major legislative initiatives during the Joko Widodo administration. It systematically examines the background, contents and pivotal discussions of these significant pieces of legislation, providing a comprehensive analysis of the legislative developments during this crucial decade in Indonesia. It goes on to argue that the legislative policies of the Widodo administration reflect a situation where the transition from authoritarianism to democratisation falls short of fully embodying constitutionalism, characterised by limits on executive power and respect for human rights
Marcus Mietzner: The Coalitions Presidents Make: Presidential Power and Its Limits in Democratic Indonesia
Get PDFA Stone of Contention: Afterthoughts on the Rigvedic vájra – and Why a Mace is not an Option
Get PDFThe present study deals with the widely held view that the vájra was conceived by the Rigvedic poets as a club or mace — the translation terminology of the target languages is not uniform. This is largely due to a change of mind on the part of Karl Friedrich Geldner, who revised his earlier view of the vájra as a wedge (“Keil”, 1907-1909) to the translation “club” (“Keule”, 1929) without giving any reasons. The great influence of his authoritative translation, only published in 1951, is demonstrated by the fact that, with very few exceptions, his later view of the vájra as a club was unquestioningly adopted by most later Rigvedic translators and interpreters, even though no dictionary gives such a meaning for vdjra. This continuous practice has strengthened the unwavering belief in its correctness to the extent that it has spread as a firm conviction to all areas of research in Indology and related disciplines. In defence of my thesis that the criteria for a mace are not answered by what the Rigveda says about the vájra, and that a vájra should therefore have been some other kind of weapon, such as a biface-like sling projectile made of stone or lead, the history and rationale of the mace theory is examined and the plausibility of both assumptions (“stone” and “club”) discussed and compared.]The present study deals with the widely held view that the vájra was conceived by the Rigvedic poets as a club or mace — the translation terminology of the target languages is not uniform. This is largely due to a change of mind on the part of Karl Friedrich Geldner, who revised his earlier view of the vájra as a wedge (“Keil”, 1907-1909) to the translation “club” (“Keule”, 1929) without giving any reasons. The great influence of his authoritative translation, only published in 1951, is demonstrated by the fact that, with very few exceptions, his later view of the vájra as a club was unquestioningly adopted by most later Rigvedic translators and interpreters, even though no dictionary gives such a meaning for vdjra. This continuous practice has strengthened the unwavering belief in its correctness to the extent that it has spread as a firm conviction to all areas of research in Indology and related disciplines. In defence of my thesis that the criteria for a mace are not answered by what the Rigveda says about the vájra, and that a vájra should therefore have been some other kind of weapon, such as a biface-like sling projectile made of stone or lead, the history and rationale of the mace theory is examined and the plausibility of both assumptions (“stone” and “club”) discussed and compared.
Fußball in Myanmar: Leidenschaft und Ausbeutung
No full textIn Myanmar lautet ein Sprichwort: “Sport und Politik haben nichts miteinander zu tun”. Doch der Protest gegen die Militärjunta nach dem Putsch vom 1. Februar 2021 ist auch beim Fußball präsent. Viele Spieler zogen sich seitdem zurück
Die ‘ewigen Eigentümer’ des Fußball-Clubs
No full textDer Sportjournalist Andrin Brändle verbrachte drei Monate mit den Ultras des Fußballvereins PSS Sleman. In seinem Buch “Ein Sommer mit Sleman” beschreibt er den Alltag der Fußballfans und ihre Reisen zu Auswärtsspielen und gibt so einen lebendigen Eindruck der Fußball-Fan-Szene
Visionen als Papiertiger
No full textDie ASEAN Vision 2025 sieht eine inklusive Gemeinschaft und den Schutz von Men-schenrechten vor. Doch in ihren Mitgliedsstaaten besteht wenig Hoffnung auf Demokratisierung und die Rückgewinnung von Safe Space
Reaktionsfähigkeit ohne Rechenschaft
No full textVietnam: Unser Interviewpartner Edmund Malesky hat Wahl-Gesetzgebung und Wahlverhalten der Menschen untersucht. Wähler*innen nehmen Einfluss auf nationale politische Debatten, so sein Fazit
Massenweise Meeresfrüchte
No full textSo lange deutsche Verbraucher*innen nicht bereit sind, mehr Geld für gute Lebensmittel auszugeben, zahlen Produzent*innen und die Umwelt die Zeche für Fisch und Garnelen auf unseren Tischen