Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Elsa Clavé; Prof. Dr. Jan van der Putten
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Islam
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 6,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 20
Weitere Informationen: In dieser Lehrveranstaltung stehen 5 Teilnehmerplätze über das Studium Generale zur Verfügung. Hinweis für Studium Generale Teilnehmer: Die Veranstaltung basiert auf Indonesischen/Maleisischen Quellen. Teilnehmer sollten über Kenntnisse des Islam und Popular Culture verfügen. This module will examine the controversial and often very tense relationship between religion and popular culture. We will survey a number of popular culture forms that are and have been very popular in the Malay world and discuss how these forms are related to Islam. In connection to the surveys we will examine secondary literature to give the necessary means to question and critically assess the relationship between religion and popular culture. Biodata: Jan van der Putten is Professor Austronesistik in the Department of Southeast Asia (Asien-Afrika-Institut) at the University of Hamburg where he teaches on Southeast Asian literatures and cultures. Traditional Malay writings is one of his main research projects affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) in Hamburg. In general, his research explores the meaning of traditional and popular Malay texts and their distribution among peoples and exchange between cultures.
Kommentare/ Inhalte: This module will examine the controversial and often very tense relationship between religion and popular culture. We will survey a number of popular culture forms that are and have been very popular in the Malay world and discuss how these forms are related to Islam. In connection to the surveys we will examine secondary literature to give the necessary means to question and critically assess the relationship between religion and popular culture. Prof. Jan van der Putten specializes in Malay manuscript studies and textual production and distribution issues. He has taught at the University of Hamburg for the past 6 years and before was attached to the National University of Singapore. His latest research projects deal with the production of Malay manuscripts in Palembang and the formation of identity in Riau.
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Literatur: Lee, Doreen, 2016, Activist archives: youth culture and the political past in Indonesia Maier, Henk, 2004, We are playing relatives. A survey of lMalay writing. Leiden: KITLV Press. Ryter, Loren, 2001, Pemuda Pancasila. In BROG Anderson (ed.), Violence and the State in Suharto’s Indonesia. Sen, Krishna, 1994, Indonesian cinema: framing the new order. London: Zed Books.
Modulkürzel: [master aus 2] oder [fsw] Wahlbereich
