Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

Law and Society in Asia

Law and Society in Asia

Anno accademico 2022/2023

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Note
• Strumenti didattici

Obiettivi formativi

This course introduces students to Southeast Asia—one of the “crossroads of the world”—in the world. The Southeast Asia is a large and complex region. The course propose the interdisciplinary approach which introduces students to the peoples, cultures, and history of Southeast Asia as well as the political and economic systems and its religious traditions.  Societies to be addressed are those today subsumed within the nation states and territories of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia,East Timor, and the Philippines.  

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

This course will show why and how Southeast Asia is a relevant and important region for historical study. The topic of Southeast Asia is extremely interesting for many scholars in the world in particularly Indonesia as one important country in this region.  The region has been recognized as one of the most dynamic and strategic regions in world, in part due to the strong ties of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the U.S. and other parts of the world. Indonesia is home both to the largest Muslim population in the world and to a vast array of vibrant literary, artistic, and cultural traditions.  The expectation this course will stimulate interest among students to deepen their knowledge of Southeast Asia as well as other parts of the Asian region.

Modalità di insegnamento

FINAL EXAM

Attending students:

Attending students can choose between the written or oral exam.

If they opt for the written exam, they will have to submit two papers (3000 words each), one per module, at least 10 days before the date of the exam on which they intend to register the mark. Attending students will have to deepen one of the topics tackled during the module at their choosing.

The bibliography will be assessed (at least, 10 references: 4 book references and 6 international journal references). Newspaper articles or blog entries will not be taken into consideration.

If they choose the oral exam, they will be tested on the materials indicated for attending students.

Non-attending students:

Oral exam only, non-attending students materials.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

ATTENDANCE

In order to be considered as attending students, the students will have to attend 80% of classes, which means that students missing more than 3 lessons will be automatically considered as non-attending students.

Programma

The course will be articulated in two modules.

Module one

Module one will focus on SouthEast Asia and minority issues.The region of Southeast Asia with an estimated 633 million people in 2015. The most populous countries are Indonesia (258 million people), the Philippines (101 million) and Vietnam (93 million), while the smallest are East Timor (1.2 million), and Brunei (423,000).The course will be main focus to Indonesian studies and will explore the political and cultural dynamics in contemporary Indonesia explored from historical and anthropological perspectives. Major ethnic groups, key historical dynamics, political culture, and interaction between modernization and traditional lifeways

1. James R. Rush,2018.Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press.
2. Aurel Croissant & Philip Lorenz,2018.Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia:An Introduction to Governments and Political Regimes, Switzerland :Springer (chapter 1).
3. Rahil Ismail, Brian J Shaw, Ooi Giok Ling (ed), 2009.Heritage in a Globalising World Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region. Surrey:Ashgate (chapter 1)
4. David Brown, 1994.The State and Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia. London-New York:Routledge.(chapter 2).
5. Robert Hefner (ed), 2002.Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press (chapter 1)
6. Robin Bush, 2008.Regional Sharia Regulations in Indonesia: Anomaly or Symptom? In Greg Fealy and Sally White (ed),Expressing Islam Religious Life and Politics in Indonesia,Singapore:ISEAS (pp. 174-191)

Note

1. R Michael Feener,2013. Shariʿa and Social Engineering The Implementation of Islamic Law in Contemporary Aceh, Indonesia.Oxford:Oxford University Press (chapter 2)
2. Arskal Salim,2008. Challenging The Secular State The Islamization Of Law In Modern Indonesia, Hawai’i: University of Hawai‘i Press (chapter 1)
3. Arskal Salim and Azyumardi Azra,(ed), 2003. Shari’a  and Politics in Modern Indonesia.Singapore:ISEAS (introduction & chapter 1)
4. Jacques Bertrand, 2004.Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia.Cambridge University Press
5. Aris Ananta, et.al,2015.Demography of Indonesia’s Ethnicity, Singapore:ISEAS (chapter 1).
6. Kusuma Snitwongse and W Scott Thompson (ed),2005.Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia,Singapore:ISEAS (chapter 1).
7. Al Khanif, 2021.Religious Minorities, Islam and the Law International Human Rights and Islamic Law in Indonesia.New York:Routledge (chapter 2).
8. Robert W Hefner, 2021. Islam and Institutional Religious Freedom in Indonesia.Religions 12: 415. https://doi.org/10.3390/ rel12060415
9. Nicola Colbran, 2010.Realities and Challenges in Realising Freedom of Religion or Belief in Indonesia, The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 14, No. 5, September 2010, 678–704.
10. Human Rights Watch,2013.In Religion’s Name : Abuses against Religious Minorities in Indonesia. United States of America.
11. Willem van der Muur, Jacqueline Vel, Micah R. Fisher & Kathryn Robinson,2019. Changing Indigeneity Politics in Indonesia: From Revival to Projects, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 20:5, 379-396, DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2019.1669520.
12. Li,Tania M.
    Articulating Indigenous Identity in Indonesia: Resource Politics and the Tribal Slot. Comparative Studies in Society and History 42(1): 149-179.
13. Sukri Tamma and Timo Duile, 2020. Indigeneity and the State in Indonesia: The Local Turn in the Dialectic of Recognition, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 39 (2), pp.270-289.
14. Joshua Barker and Gerry van Klinken, Reflections on the State in Indonesia In Gerry van Klinken and Joshua Barker (eds),2009, State of Authority
    The State in Society in Indonesia,Ithaca-New York:Cornell University Press.
15. Eric Hiariej and Kristian Stokke,(ed),2017.Politics of Citizenship in Indonesia. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia,PolGov Fisipol UGM and University of Oslo (chapter 3).
16. Vedi R. Hadiz, 2010. Localising Power
    in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia;A Southeast Asia Perspective. California:Standford University Press (introduction & chapter 1)

• Materiale didattico
• Bacheca appelli
• Vai a Moodle
• Visita i forum