Here are parts 2 and 3 of the inaugural IAS@UBD Video Conversation. In this conversation we discuss tourism and heritage in Southeast Asia with Victor T. King, Professor of Borneo Studies at The Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stmIPUYZwUQ
In this inaugural IAS@UBD Video Conversation, we discuss tourism and heritage in Southeast Asia with Victor T. King, Professor of Borneo Studies at The Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.Trained as a cultural anthropologist, Professor King has been researching about Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on Borneo, since the 1970s. He began researching about tourism and heritage in Southeast Asia in the 1980s, and continues to research about that topic today.In this first video we talk about Professor King's interest in, and research on, this topic, and in subsequent videos we examine more closely some of the issues in…
Please join us at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 3 October 2018, for a talk by IAS Associate Professor Liam C. Kelley on “Diaspora, the Internet and the Re-Invention of Early Vietnamese History.”For more information, please see the flyer below.
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 44: Everyday Voices in Marginal Places: Political Anxiety, Resistance, and Mass Support under Duterte’s Martial Law by Eliseo F. Huesca Jr and Dr. Margie D. Fiesta. Please see below for details. Abstract: This paper examines ordinary people’s voices by foregrounding their sentiments and perspectives on Duterte’s imposition of martial law following the Marawi siege in May 2017. The paper purposively privileges the voices of everyday citizens, which are often overlooked, to generate alternative viewpoints to the elite-driven narratives dominating political…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 43: Agrarian Transition and Smallholder Success Through Local Networks: A Case Study from Mindanao by Magne Knudsen. Please see below for details. Abstract: On the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, scholars have documented a precarious land tenure, livelihood, and security situation for many smallholders. Agrarian political economy studies provide insightful analysis of the underlying causes of much poverty and violence on the island. Less attention has been given to cases of smallholder success. This article proposes that conditions for smallholder…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 41: The Portrayal of Rainforests and People in Tourism Promotional Videos by Mizuki Munakata and F. Merlin Franco. Please see below for details. Abstract: Tourism promotional videos are known to play an important role in shaping destination image which motivates people to travel to the destination. Since destination images create expectations, marketing videos should ideally promote realistic scenarios that the tourist would experience at the destination. Failure to match the communicated destination image with reality would only lead to tourist…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 42: The Cultural Identity of the Chinese-Malays in Brunei: Acculturation and Hybridity by Nur Shawatriqah Binti Hj Md Sahrifulhafiz and Chang-Yau Hoon. Please see below for details. Abstract: This paper explores the ways in which Bruneians who are born into a Chinese-Malay family define their identity, how the state classifies them in terms of “race”, how they negotiate their bicultural practices, and what challenges they face while growing up. It argues that possibly due to their relatively small population and…
The Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce the publication of IAS Working Paper No. 40: Tourism and Leisure in Thailand: Erik Cohen and Beyond by Victor T. King. Please see below for details. Abstract: One of the major research interests in the study of development, culture, and identity in Thailand during the past four decades has comprised the effects and processes involved in the development of international tourism and the globalization of leisure. More recently attention has also been paid to the importance of domestic tourism in Thailand and the wider Southeast Asia as…
On 30-31 July 2018 the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam held a conference on “Changing Research Styles, Methodologies and Perspectives on Southeast Asia.”The conference was co-chaired by Professor Victor T. King (IAS) and Associate Professor Jeremy Jammes (IAS) and featured a keynote presentation by Jonathan Digby Rigg of the National University of Singapore. Papers were presented by Dr. Syed Farid al-Attas (NUS), Dr. Hoon Chang Yau (IAS), Dr. Zawasi Ibrahim (IAS/FASS), Dr. Kathrina Mohd Daud (FASS), Dr. Azmi Mohamad (Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies,…
CY Hoon was a Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, from June to July 2017; and the Network of ASEAN-China Academic Institutes Youth Visiting Scholar at Fudan University from October to November 2017.