Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
Nov 17, '07 6:28 PMfor everyone
Category:
Books
Genre:
History
Author:
Jennifer Hsu, Burhanuddin, et all
EDITORIAL Volume 5, Number 2, August 2007Resisting, Rewriting and Reclaiming the Asia-Pacific, Part IIWELCOME TO the special issue of the Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, ‘Resisting, Rewriting and Reclaiming the Asia-Pacific, Part II’. Due to the overwhelming number of excellent articles submitted to the previous paper call, we decided to publish a supplemental edition to provide further contributions under the same theme of resistance, reclaiming and rewriting in the Asia-Pacific. Although it is not standard practice for GJAPS to publish more than two editions per calendar year, Volume 5, Number 2 is a full issue, including four articles, two visual essays, one review essay and one book reviews.The articles, reviews and visual essays in this issue continue to interrogate this theme from a range of topics and positions. In geographic scope, the subject matter ranges from Northern China and Japan to Southeast Asia and across the Pacific from Australia to Vanuatu. Volume 5, Number 2 begins with a visual essay, ‘Re-Imagining Vanuatu’ by artist Josh Raymond. Raymond’s photographs explore an untouristic view of the island and its people. In the art editorial, Juliet Trevethick interviews Raymond to delve deeper into his theory and practice.In the first article, Jennifer Hsu examines the relationship between migrant civil society organisations (CSOs) and the government in Beijing. Through an interview process, Hsu illuminates why CSOs have begun to provide essential services to thousands of migrants, while government restrictions and regulations hinder their effective development. Over to Japan, Makito Yurita looks at witness testimonies as differentiated from memories of the Hiroshima bombing, particularly how they are politicized and scrutinised in the public sphere. Yurita examines how survivor accounts are written and rewritten in order to suit changing socio-political discourse.The next article shifts attention to Southeast Asia, where Burhanuddin investigates anti-Semitism in the print media of Indonesia. Focusing on the magazine, Media Dakwa, which is dedicated to popularizing a global Jewish conspiracy, Burhan seeks to expose their methods and motivation for influencing their Muslim readership. In the final article, Yiju Huang brings the focus back to Japan in an analysis of A Fool’s Love by Tanizaki Jun'ichirÅ’. Huang specifically delves into the East’s vision of the West and the transformed image of the Modern Girl Image.In the second visual essay of this issue, artist Maz Dixon deals with the politics of ornamentation in a postcolonial interpretation of the spectacle of Australia in the decorative arts. Playing with the idea of the observer versus the observed, Dixon uses wallpaper collage as a comment on the European fantasy of nature and the Pacific. This edition of GJAPS contains two reviews. The first is an essay resulting from fieldwork I undertook earlier this year that takes a close look at the redevelopment of the recently reopened National Museum of Singapore. In the sole book review of this issue, Caroline Cooper assesses Sylvie Blum-Reid’s East-West Encounters: Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature.As this is my last issue as Editor, I would like to thank everyone on the editorial committee, past and present, as well as the authors, artists, referees and subscribers who have contributed to this wonderful experience. It is my ambition that GJAPS continues to grow and hope that my work has contributed to that process. I wish the best of luck to Beatrice Kim and the team for continued success.Ashley REMER University of AucklandFor a complete version of my article contributed to this journal, please, find an attachment at my blog entry on "The Conspiracy of Jews: The Quest for Anti-Semitism in Media Dakwah" or just simply follow this link: http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/sites/index.cfm?P=11338
Nov 17, '07 6:28 PMfor everyone
Category:
Books
Genre:
History
Author:
Jennifer Hsu, Burhanuddin, et all
EDITORIAL Volume 5, Number 2, August 2007Resisting, Rewriting and Reclaiming the Asia-Pacific, Part IIWELCOME TO the special issue of the Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, ‘Resisting, Rewriting and Reclaiming the Asia-Pacific, Part II’. Due to the overwhelming number of excellent articles submitted to the previous paper call, we decided to publish a supplemental edition to provide further contributions under the same theme of resistance, reclaiming and rewriting in the Asia-Pacific. Although it is not standard practice for GJAPS to publish more than two editions per calendar year, Volume 5, Number 2 is a full issue, including four articles, two visual essays, one review essay and one book reviews.The articles, reviews and visual essays in this issue continue to interrogate this theme from a range of topics and positions. In geographic scope, the subject matter ranges from Northern China and Japan to Southeast Asia and across the Pacific from Australia to Vanuatu. Volume 5, Number 2 begins with a visual essay, ‘Re-Imagining Vanuatu’ by artist Josh Raymond. Raymond’s photographs explore an untouristic view of the island and its people. In the art editorial, Juliet Trevethick interviews Raymond to delve deeper into his theory and practice.In the first article, Jennifer Hsu examines the relationship between migrant civil society organisations (CSOs) and the government in Beijing. Through an interview process, Hsu illuminates why CSOs have begun to provide essential services to thousands of migrants, while government restrictions and regulations hinder their effective development. Over to Japan, Makito Yurita looks at witness testimonies as differentiated from memories of the Hiroshima bombing, particularly how they are politicized and scrutinised in the public sphere. Yurita examines how survivor accounts are written and rewritten in order to suit changing socio-political discourse.The next article shifts attention to Southeast Asia, where Burhanuddin investigates anti-Semitism in the print media of Indonesia. Focusing on the magazine, Media Dakwa, which is dedicated to popularizing a global Jewish conspiracy, Burhan seeks to expose their methods and motivation for influencing their Muslim readership. In the final article, Yiju Huang brings the focus back to Japan in an analysis of A Fool’s Love by Tanizaki Jun'ichirÅ’. Huang specifically delves into the East’s vision of the West and the transformed image of the Modern Girl Image.In the second visual essay of this issue, artist Maz Dixon deals with the politics of ornamentation in a postcolonial interpretation of the spectacle of Australia in the decorative arts. Playing with the idea of the observer versus the observed, Dixon uses wallpaper collage as a comment on the European fantasy of nature and the Pacific. This edition of GJAPS contains two reviews. The first is an essay resulting from fieldwork I undertook earlier this year that takes a close look at the redevelopment of the recently reopened National Museum of Singapore. In the sole book review of this issue, Caroline Cooper assesses Sylvie Blum-Reid’s East-West Encounters: Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature.As this is my last issue as Editor, I would like to thank everyone on the editorial committee, past and present, as well as the authors, artists, referees and subscribers who have contributed to this wonderful experience. It is my ambition that GJAPS continues to grow and hope that my work has contributed to that process. I wish the best of luck to Beatrice Kim and the team for continued success.Ashley REMER University of AucklandFor a complete version of my article contributed to this journal, please, find an attachment at my blog entry on "The Conspiracy of Jews: The Quest for Anti-Semitism in Media Dakwah" or just simply follow this link: http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/sites/index.cfm?P=11338
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