The Shadowplay of Java, a Digital Philology of Performance, and Religious Worldmaking

2018.06.18

Abstract of the Lecture
Using a performance of the famous Javanese mystical shadowplay Dewa Ruci as an example, in this lecture I will discuss the philological study of performance. I will do this with reference to my book Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind: The Javanese Shadow-Play Dewa Ruci Performed by Ki Anom Soeroto: A Study in Performance Philology (NUS Press, 2016) and I will also introduce the next initiative, which is currently taking shape in collaboration with Dr. Miguel Escobar of the National University of Singapore, to transform and enrich the book format of Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind into an online digital multimedia format that facilitates other topics of inquiry and other methods of analysis. My focus will be on the creation of a religious ambience in performance and the ways this kind of religious worldmaking can be studied in print-based philology and digital multimedia philology.

organizerInstitute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies Sophia University
date and timeJuly 3rd, 2018 (Tue.)17:30-19:30

-Lecture: 60 minutes.
-Summary and comments in Japanese: 15 minutes.
-Open Forum: 30 minutes.
venueSophia University, Yotsuya Campus
Room 2-1701 (17th Floor, Bldg. #2)

5 minute walk from Yotsuya Station (JR & Metro).
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speakerDr. Bernard Arps (Leiden University)

Profile
Dr. Bernard Arps, currently Professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture at Leiden University, is fascinated by performative and mediated worldmaking, particularly in religious contexts in Southeast Asia.
languageEnglish
Summary and comments (in Japanese)Dr. Toru Aoyama (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Profile
Dr. Toru Aoyama, Professor of Indonesian Studies at Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, has been interested in the historical process of religious interactions in Southeast Asia.
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