Bali 1928 is an ongoing international and interdisciplinary project established by American ethnomusicologist Edward Herbst in 2002 to “research, find, understand, document, explain, restore, re-release, and repatriate the first published recordings of music in Bali along with rare film footage and photographs of musicians and dance-drama performances from the 1930s”. With support from the Sydney Southeast … Continue reading Documentation, Restoration and Repatriation? Reflections on a dance film screening for the ‘Bali 1928’ project
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The Sufi poet and the peculiar whale (part one)
In this article, the first in a two-part series, PoP's textual historian Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan gives an introduction and translation of a 16th-century Sufi poem by Hamzah, one of the greatest poets in the Malay language. The second article in the series will offer an in-depth commentary on the poem's symbols and references. Sufi Poetry … Continue reading The Sufi poet and the peculiar whale (part one)
PoP x New Mandala
Just over 18 months ago, the Perspectives on the Past blog was born. Its mission is to bring new topics and perspectives on the Southeast Asian past to interested readers. Grounded in research, the blog's articles have covered the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Cambodia, from a wide variety of disciplinary standpoints: history, archaeology, museology, … Continue reading PoP x New Mandala
10 steps to start a kick-ass postgrad group
We share how to start a successful PG group.
Perspectives on the Philippines
We reveal the authors of our special series on the Philippines!
Hunting the Secrets of the Philippines
Hunting the Secrets of the Philippines. Grab a tea or coffee (tsaa or kape) & enjoy reading. This Fascinating post uses art, anthropology, history to explore how the authors understanding changed.
Historical Perspectives on Philippine Contemporary Art
In this ‘experiment’, four members of Perspectives of the Past visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) for Passion + Procession: Art of the Philippines and write four mini-reviews about their experience based on their diverse backgrounds (museum and heritage studies, performance studies, history and archaeology). We publish the four reviews over four … Continue reading Historical Perspectives on Philippine Contemporary Art
UNESCO heritage-lists Indonesian wooden boat building
PoP first came across Jeffrey Mellefont, an Honorary Research Associate at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM), when we read one of his lyrical articles in Signals about viewing a total solar eclipse while sailing in the Moluccas ("All I can say is, how extraordinary to live in a solar system where our one and only … Continue reading UNESCO heritage-lists Indonesian wooden boat building
Five reasons why I don’t always like art galleries
In this ‘experiment’, four members of Perspectives of the Past visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) for Passion + Procession: Art of the Philippines and write four mini-reviews about their experience based on their diverse backgrounds (museum and heritage studies, performance studies, history and archaeology). We publish the four reviews over four … Continue reading Five reasons why I don’t always like art galleries
Passion + Procession: Art of the Philippines
After a six month run (24 June 2017 – 7 January 2018), 'Passion + Procession: Art of the Philippines' is just about to close at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). Before it does, however, the members of Perspectives on the Past decided to conduct a little experiment: to visit this exhibition, and … Continue reading Passion + Procession: Art of the Philippines
