Download or read book Merdeka and Much More written by K. G. Tregonning and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anecdotal memoir of the author that captures the mood and milieu of Singapore as the country emerged from colonial rule to become a self-governing independent nation. It records his meetings with a number of the region's leaders, and encounters with students and colleagues who would later feature in Singapore politics.
Download or read book Anomie and Violence written by John Braithwaite and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indonesia suffered an explosion of religious violence, ethnic violence, separatist violence, terrorism, and violence by criminal gangs, the security forces and militias in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By 2002 Indonesia had the worst terrorism problem of any nation. All these forms of violence have now fallen dramatically. How was this accomplished? What drove the rise and the fall of violence? Anomie theory is deployed to explain these developments. Sudden institutional change at the time of the Asian financial crisis and the fall of President Suharto meant the rules of the game were up for grabs. Valerie Braithwaite's motivational postures theory is used to explain the gaming of the rules and the disengagement from authority that occurred in that era. Ultimately resistance to Suharto laid a foundation for commitment to a revised, more democratic, institutional order. The peacebuilding that occurred was not based on the high-integrity truth-seeking and reconciliation that was the normative preference of these authors. Rather it was based on non-truth, sometimes lies, and yet substantial reconciliation. This poses a challenge to restorative justice theories of peacebuilding.
Download or read book Raffles Renounced Towards a Merdeka History written by Alfian Sa'at and published by Ethos Books. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does Merdeka mean for Singaporeans? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History presents essays by historians, literary scholars and artists which grapple with these questions. The volume also reproduces some of the source material used in the play Merdeka / 獨立 / சுதந்திரம் (Wild Rice, 2019). Taken together, the book shows how the contradictions of independent nationhood haunt Singaporeans' collective and personal stories about Merdeka. It points to the need for a Merdeka history: an open and fearless culture of historical reckoning that not only untangles us from colonial narratives, but proposes emancipatory possibilities.
Download or read book WRITING FOR ACADEMIC ESSAY Guide and Practice written by Prof. Dr. Mister Gidion Maru, M.Hum. and published by Lakeisha. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writers realized that this book still imperfect in arrangement and the content, then the writers hope the criticism from the readers can help the writers in perfecting the next book. Last but not the least hopefully, this book can help the readers to gain more knowledge about academic writing and scope for professional purposes
Download or read book Reading the Malay World written by Rick Hosking and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays is the culmination of a symposium on the representation of Malays and Malay culture in Singaporean and Malaysian literature in English held in Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Download or read book A Walking Tour Kuala Lumpur 2nd edition written by Audrey Southgate and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a bustling city, Kuala Lumpur still contains pockets of old-world charm that have remained almost untouched since the city was first founded back in the nineteenth century. One of the best ways of exploring these different areas and really getting a flavour of their culture is on foot. This series of walking routes lets readers explore the city’s rich and multi-faceted architectural heritage—from stately colonial-era bungalows to modern skyscrapers, accompanied by charming architectural sketches. About the Authors Audrey Southgate and Gregory Byrne Bracken are brother and sister and come from County Kildare in Ireland. Gregory is author and illustrator of the six other titles in the Walking Tour series (Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London and Paris). This is Audrey’s first collaboration with her brother. Gregory is an architect and inveterate walker, both occupations he has pursued across the globe – from London, Paris and Berlin to Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong. He lectures in architecture at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands where he received his Ph.D. Audrey graduated with honours in Classics & English Literature from the National University of Ireland, Galway. She had previously worked in New York and now lives in Ireland
Download or read book Abiding Times 2 written by Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin Muhriz and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Educational Management and Technology ICEMT 2023 written by Ediyanto Ediyanto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book. Building educational management and technology for an equitable global civilization requires a multifaceted approach, taking into account the various cultural, economic and political factors that shape the world. Building educational management and technology for an equitable global civilization requires a comprehensive and systemic approach that takes into account the needs and well-being of all individuals, communities and the environment. A just and equitable global civilization must be built on sustainable practices that guarantee the preservation of natural resources and the environment. A just civilization must ensure that all individuals have access to resources, opportunities and basic needs such as food, shelter and health care. Building educational management and technology for an equitable global civilization requires building that takes into account the needs of marginalized communities and addresses systemic inequalities. Building a just civilization must be transparent and accountable, with clear processes and structures for decision-making and resource allocation. This includes involving community members in decision-making processes and providing clear communication about building and resource management. A just civilization must ensure that individuals are safe and physically protected in their buildings and communities. This includes ensuring that buildings are structurally sound and meet safety codes, as well as implementing safety measures to protect individuals from harm. Building education management and technology should prioritize community ownership and involvement, creating spaces and opportunities for individuals to come together, connect and support one another. Overall, building educational management and technology for an equitable global civilization requires a commitment to sustainability, inclusiveness, transparency, security and community building. By prioritizing these values, we can create a more just and equitable world for all. Building educational management and technology for an equitable global civilization needs to continue to encourage the creation of an environment where everyone feels accepted, valued and supported. This means promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of organizational and educational practice. It also means taking steps to eliminate bias, discrimination.
Download or read book The Making of a Gay Muslim written by Shanon Shah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the lived experiences of gay Muslims in Malaysia, where Islam is the majority and official religion, and in Britain, where Muslims form a religious minority. By exploring how they negotiate their religious and sexual identities, Shah challenges the notion that Islam is inherently homophobic and that there is an unbridgeable divide between ‘Islam’ and the ‘West’. Shah also gained access to gay Muslim networks and individuals for his in-depth research in both countries, and the book investigates the different ways that they respond to everyday anti-homosexual or anti-Muslim sentiments. Amid the many challenges they confront, the gay Muslims whom Shah encountered find innovative and meaningful ways to integrate Islam and gay identity into their lives. The Making of a Gay Muslim will appeal to students and scholars with an interest in contemporary Islam, religion, gender and sexuality.
Download or read book Colonial Documentary Film in South and South East Asia written by Ian Aitken and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official and colonial documentary films in the South and South-East Asian regions. Drawing together a range of international scholars, the book sheds new light on historical, theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to the documentary film, in order to better comprehend the significant transformations of the form in the colonial, late colonial and immediate post-colonial period. Covering diverse geographical and colonial contexts in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong, and focusing on under-researched or little-known films, it demonstrate the complex set of relations between the colonisers and the colonised throughout the region.
Download or read book The Iconography of Independence written by Robert Holland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the phenomenon of Independence Days. These rituals had complex meanings both in the territories concerned and in Britain as the imperial metropole, where they were extensively reported in the press. The text is concerned with the political management, associated rhetoric and iconography of these seminal celebrations. The focus is therefore very much on political culture in a broad sense, and changing perceptions and presentations over time. Highlights of the book include an overview by David Cannadine relating the topic to ornamentalism, invented tradition and transitions in British culture. Although the book is mainly concerned with the British Empire, Martin Shipway – a leading historian and cultural analyst of French decolonization – contributes an acute summary of how the same ‘moment’ was handled differently in the other great European empires. There are detailed and lively studies by noted specialists of the immediate coming of Independence to India/Pakistan, Malaya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Guyana. The book includes a thematic focus on the important role of representatives of the British monarchy in legitimating transfers of sovereignty at their point of climax. This book was published as a special issue of The Round Table.
Download or read book ICLSSE 2023 written by I Wayan Putra Yasa and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5th International Conference on Law, Social Sciences and Education (ICLSSE) 2023 is an international forum for disseminating knowledge and research development from researchers, practitioners, professionals, and those in legal studies, social sciences, and social science education. The main objectives of the conference are: -to disseminate knowledge and discussion on law, social sciences, and social science education -to provide a platform and opportunity for all academics and professionals through academic dialogue -to prepare academics, professionals, and the public to address educational, sociocultural, legal, and geographical issues to support Indonesian Constitutionalism.
Download or read book Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania written by Emma Hunter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania is a study of the interplay of vernacular and global languages of politics in the era of decolonization in Africa. Decolonization is often understood as a moment when Western forms of political order were imposed on non-Western societies, but this book draws attention instead to debates over universal questions about the nature of politics, concept of freedom and the meaning of citizenship. These debates generated political narratives that were formed in dialogue with both global discourses and local political arguments. The United Nations Trusteeship Territory of Tanganyika, now mainland Tanzania, serves as a compelling example of these processes. Starting in 1945 and culminating with the Arusha Declaration of 1967, Emma Hunter explores political argument in Tanzania's public sphere to show how political narratives succeeded when they managed to combine promises of freedom with new forms of belonging at local and national level.
Download or read book Morning Star Rising written by Camellia Webb-Gannon and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Indonesia’s ongoing occupation of West Papua continues to be largely ignored by world governments is one of the great moral and political failures of our time. West Papuans have struggled for more than fifty years to find a way through the long night of Indonesian colonization. However, united in their pursuit of merdeka (freedom) in its many forms, what holds West Papuans together is greater than what divides them. Today, the Morning Star glimmers on the horizon, the supreme symbol of merdeka and a cherished sign of hope for the imminent arrival of peace and justice to West Papua. Morning Star Rising: The Politics of Decolonization in West Papua is an ethnographically framed account of the long, bitter fight for freedom that challenges the dominant international narrative that West Papuans' quest for political independence is fractured and futile. Camellia Webb-Gannon’s extensive interviews with the decolonization movement’s original architects and its more recent champions shed light on complex diasporic and intergenerational politics as well as social and cultural resurgence. In foregrounding West Papuans’ perspectives, the author shows that it is the body politic’s unflagging determination and hope, rather than military might or influential allies, that form the movement’s most unifying and powerful force for independence. This book examines the many intertwining strands of decolonization in Melanesia. Differences in cultural performance and political diversity throughout the region are generating new, fruitful trajectories. Simultaneously, Black and Indigenous solidarity and a shared Melanesian identity have forged a transnational grassroots power-base from which the movement is gaining momentum. Relevant beyond its West Papua focus, this book is essential reading for those interested in Pacific studies, Native and Indigenous studies, development studies, activism, and decolonization.
Download or read book Aceh Indonesia written by Elizabeth F. Drexler and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, Indonesia exploded with both euphoria and violence after the fall of its longtime authoritarian ruler, Soeharto, and his New Order regime. Hope centered on establishing the rule of law, securing civilian control over the military, and ending corruption. Indonesia under Soeharto was a fundamentally insecure state. Shadowy organizations, masterminds, provocateurs, puppet masters, and other mysterious figures recalled the regime's inaugural massive anticommunist violence in 1965 and threatened to recreate those traumas in the present. Threats metamorphosed into deadly violence in a seemingly endless spiral. In Aceh province, the cycle spun out of control, and an imagined enemy came to life as armed separatist rebels. Even as state violence and systematic human rights violations were publicly exposed after Soeharto's fall, a lack of judicial accountability has perpetuated pervasive mistrust that undermines civil society. Elizabeth F. Drexler analyzes how the Indonesian state has sustained itself amid anxieties and insecurities generated by historical and human rights accounts of earlier episodes of violence. In her examination of the Aceh conflict, Drexler demonstrates the falsity of the reigning assumption of international human rights organizations that the exposure of past violence promotes accountability and reconciliation rather than the repetition of abuses. She stresses that failed human rights interventions can be more dangerous than unexamined past conflicts, since the international stage amplifies grievances and provides access for combatants to resources from outside the region. Violent conflict itself, as well as historical narratives of past violence, become critical economic and political capital, deepening the problem. The book concludes with a consideration of the improved prospects for peace in Aceh following the devastating 2004 tsunami.
Download or read book Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Management and Technology ICEMT 2022 written by Bambang Budi Wiyono and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book. The International Conference on Educational Technology and Management (ICEMT) is held to bring together academics, researchers, teachers, educational entrepreneurs, practitioners, and policy makers. They are responsible for implementing educational technology by leveraging resources through education management to create and enable ecosystem capabilities and access to education. The Covid-19 pandemic teaches that aspects of information and communication technology in education management are full of limitations. Inevitably, educational users have moved dramatically to online channels. Students and teachers are accustomed to learning from home. There are opportunities, as well as challenges. Although the pandemic isn’t over yet, future updates are needed.
Download or read book Morning Star Rising written by Camellia Webb-Gannon and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Indonesia’s ongoing occupation of West Papua continues to be largely ignored by world governments is one of the great moral and political failures of our time. West Papuans have struggled for more than fifty years to find a way through the long night of Indonesian colonization. However, united in their pursuit of merdeka (freedom) in its many forms, what holds West Papuans together is greater than what divides them. Today, the Morning Star glimmers on the horizon, the supreme symbol of merdeka and a cherished sign of hope for the imminent arrival of peace and justice to West Papua. Morning Star Rising: The Politics of Decolonization in West Papua is an ethnographically framed account of the long, bitter fight for freedom that challenges the dominant international narrative that West Papuans' quest for political independence is fractured and futile. Camellia Webb-Gannon’s extensive interviews with the decolonization movement’s original architects and its more recent champions shed light on complex diasporic and intergenerational politics as well as social and cultural resurgence. In foregrounding West Papuans’ perspectives, the author shows that it is the body politic’s unflagging determination and hope, rather than military might or influential allies, that form the movement’s most unifying and powerful force for independence. This book examines the many intertwining strands of decolonization in Melanesia. Differences in cultural performance and political diversity throughout the region are generating new, fruitful trajectories. Simultaneously, Black and Indigenous solidarity and a shared Melanesian identity have forged a transnational grassroots power-base from which the movement is gaining momentum. Relevant beyond its West Papua focus, this book is essential reading for those interested in Pacific studies, Native and Indigenous studies, development studies, activism, and decolonization.
