Kaoru Nishijima

• The “Return” of a Theatre State during Indonesia’s Democratization Period

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  This paper argues that the theatre state has “returned” among the Dayak people of West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The concept of the theatre state, developed by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz to describe pre-colonial Balinese kingdoms, has been controversial. Subsequent research argued that the model was better applied to the colonial era when the separation of the kingdoms’ ritual authority and political power was advanced. The pap…

• An Indigenous Polity Centered around a Sacred Heirloom

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  The Bosi Koling Tongkat Raya’at, a sacred heirloom of the Ulu Ai’, a Dayak king in western Kalimantan, plays an essential role in shaping an indigenous polity. Previous studies on kingship in Southeast Asia tend to explain the institutional structures of kingships by identifying them with structures of kinship groups. However, many indigenous polities of Southeast Asia, including the Ulu Ai’, track their origins back to incestuous marriages of my…

• An Indigenous Polity Centered around a Sacred Heirloom

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  The Bosi Koling Tongkat Raya’at, a sacred heirloom of the Ulu Ai’, a Dayak king in western Kalimantan, plays an essential role in shaping an indigenous polity. Previous studies on kingship in Southeast Asia tend to explain the institutional structures of kingships by identifying them with structures of kinship groups. However, many indigenous polities of Southeast Asia, including the Ulu Ai’, track their origins back to incestuous marriages of my…

• An Indigenous Polity Centered around a Sacred Heirloom

  Open Access•Kaoru Nishijima•ARTICLE•Tōnan Ajia Kenkyū/Tonan ajia kenkyu•2020•Citada por: 1

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  The Bosi Koling Tongkat Raya’at, a sacred heirloom of the Ulu Ai’, a Dayak king in western Kalimantan, plays an essential role in shaping an indigenous polity. Previous studies on kingship in Southeast Asia tend to explain the institutional structures of kingships by identifying them with structures of kinship groups. However, many indigenous polities of Southeast Asia, including the Ulu Ai’, track their origins back to incestuous marriages of my…

• The “Return” of a Theatre State during Indonesia’s Democratization Period

  Open Access•Kaoru Nishijima•ARTICLE•Tōnan Ajia Kenkyū/Tonan ajia kenkyu•2025•Referencias: 3

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  This paper argues that the theatre state has “returned” among the Dayak people of West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The concept of the theatre state, developed by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz to describe pre-colonial Balinese kingdoms, has been controversial. Subsequent research argued that the model was better applied to the colonial era when the separation of the kingdoms’ ritual authority and political power was advanced. The pap…

Asian Studies and History (2 obras) · Multicultural Education and Local Wisdom (2 obras) · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia (1 obra) · Democratization (1 obra) · Ethnography (1 obra) · Government (linguistics (1 obra) · Indigenous (1 obra) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (1 obra) · Politics (1 obra) · Polity (1 obra)