New Publication in Collaboration with Insist Press and CSEAS

In collaboration with Insist Press and CSEAS we have translated 11 peer-reviewed articles from our journal, Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS), in a volume that presents multidisciplinary research to an Indonesian audience. The volume is now on sale within Indonesia:

“Manusia, Alam, & Masyarakat: Kajian Multidisiplin Asia Tenggara (Humans, Nature, & Society: The Multidisciplinary Study of Southeast Asia)”
Penyunting (Editors): Mario Ivan Lopez, Nathan Badenoch, dan Achmad Choirudin
Penerjemah (Translators): Achmad Choirudin dan Marsen Sinaga
Yogyakarta: Insist Press, 2022

Description: Rezim-rezim tata kelola sumberdaya yang bergantung pada modal dan energi, seiring modernisasi dan pembangunan berjalur industrialisasi, telah mengakselerasi sirkuit kapital serta menata ulang ruang hidup kita melalui pembongkaran hutan dan pengerukan sumberdaya alam. Kehancuran lingkungan serta krisis iklim pun menjadi isu yang makin terdepan. Kini kita dihadapkan pada epos baru Antroposen dengan penuh ketakpastian. Berbagai perubahan pun telah membawa dampak signifikan terhadap Asia Tenggara, salah satu pusat keanekaragaman hayati dan kemajemukan komunitas dunia. Ragam persoalan di kawasan ini sangatlah kompleks dan multiaspek yang sukar dijawab dengan satu bidang disiplin ilmu saja.
Bunga rampai ini mencerminkan metodologi eklektik yang memadukan ilmu alam dan sosial-humaniora. Melalui berbagai penelitian empiris dengan lensa multidisiplin, buku ini mengajak kita untuk menjelajahi realitas di Asia Tenggara dalam hal perubahan sosio-ekologis, dinamika sosio-kelembagaan, dan melampaui pengetahuan serta batasan-batasan lokal. Di era penuh kerentanan kini, kita butuh membuka ranah-ranah baru penyelidikan guna memahami dunia di sekitar. Buku ini diharapkan dapat menyediakan ruang untuk memikirkan ragam penelitian yang mengangkat kemajemukan di Asia Tenggara yang begitu kaya.
(from Insist Press HP)

Insist Press:
https://insistpress.com/katalog/manusia-alam-dan-masyarakat-kajian-multidisiplin-asia-tenggara/

<Contents from Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS)>
I. Socio-ecological Transformations
Intensification of Rice Cultivation in the Floodplain of the Chao Phraya Delta
François Molle, Chatchom Chompadist, and Thanawat Bremard
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, April 2021, pp. 141–168
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS1001_Molle.pdf

Extending the Hydraulic Paradigm: Reunification, State Consolidation, and Water Control in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta after 1975
Simon Benedikter
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 3, December 2014, pp. 547–587
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS_0303_Benedikter.pdf

Living under the State and Storms: The History of Blood Cockle Aquaculture in Bandon Bay, Thailand
Nipaporn Ratchatapattanakul, Watanabe Kazuya, Okamoto Yuki, and Kono Yasuyuki
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2017, pp. 3–30
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0601_Nipaporn-et-al.pdf

Homegardens of the Cao Lan, a Tai-Speaking Ethnic Minority in Vietnam’s Northern Mountains
Timsuksai Pijika, Dinh Tien Nguyen, and A. Terry Rambo
Southeast Asian Studies, Vo1. 4, No. 2, August 2015, pp. 365–383
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/06_Pijika.pdf

II. Socio-institutional Dynamics
The Institutional Environment of the Palm Oil Value Chain and Its Impact on Community Development in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia
Albert Hasudungan, and Jeffrey Neilson
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, December 2020, pp. 439–465
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0903_Hasudungan.pdf

Economic Development via Dam Building: The Role of the State Government in the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy and the Impact on Environment and Local Communities
Andrew Aeria
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3, December 2016, pp. 373–412
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0503_Aeria.pdf

Post-1998 Changes in Rural Java: The Rapid Expansion of the Middle Class
Agung Wicaksono
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, December 2020, pp. 351–380
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0903_Wicaksono.pdf

Between State and Family: Biopolitics of Elderly Care and a Case of Emerging Communality in Northern Thailand
Hayami Yoko
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 8, No. 3, December 2019, pp. 387–412
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0803_Hayami.pdf

III. Beyond Local Knowledge and Boundaries
Narrating Loss and Differentiation: Lahu Origin Stories on the Margins of Burma, China, and Siam
Frances O’Morchoe
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, August 2020, pp. 161–180
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0902_OMorchoe.pdf

Wrestling Beetles and Ecological Wisdom: How Insects Contribute to the Cosmopolitics of Northern Thailand
Stéphane Rennesson
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, April 2019, pp. 3–24
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS0801_Rennesson.pdf

From Tea to Temples and Texts: Transformation of the Interfaces of Upland-Lowland Interaction on the China-Myanmar Border
Kojima Takahiro and Nathan Badenoch
Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 2013, pp. 95–131
https://englishkyoto-seas.org/wp-content/uploads/SEAS_0201_Kojima_and_Badenoch.pdf