「白山人類学研究会」2018年度第6回定例研究会をおこないます。今回は、東南アジア学会第100回記念大会の講演者として来日するシンガポール国立大学のGoh
Beng Lanとインドネシア科学院のFadjar I.
Thufailに話題提供していただきます（英語）。事前の参加登録は不要です。皆さんの参加を歓迎いたします。＊研究会終了後、懇親会をおこないます。

日時：2018年12月3日（月）18:15～
場所：東洋大学白山キャンパス8号館3階　8305教室
http://www.toyo.ac.jp/about/access/hakusan

The 6th Regular Meeting, Hakusan Anthropological Society

–18:15-18:20 Opening Remarks

–18:20-19:00–
[Topic 1] The Quiet Revolution in Malaysia: Changing Mindsets as New Radical
Politics
Dr. Goh Beng Lan
Associate Professor, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, The National
University of Singapore (NUS)

–19:10-19:40–
[Topic 2] Between the Sultan and the Scientist: Disconcerted Knowledge of Mt.
Merapi Disaster
Dr. Fadjar I. Thufail
Research Center for Regional Resources, Indonesian Institute of Sciences

19:40—
Discussion

———–  Abstract 1  ———–
The Quiet Revolution in Malaysia: Changing Mindsets as New Radical Politics

Dr. Goh Beng Lan

In this talk I explore new spaces and strategies of radical resistance in a
bifurcated Malaysian society whereby Islamization has paralyzed resistance.
Using evidence of a turn to spiritual/religious and cultural traditions in the
quiet spread of alternative Islamic imaginaries not in accord with dominant
conceptions, I show the creative ways through which ordinary Malaysians recover
human compassion and conviviality in order to reject, minimize, and overcome
ethno-religious differences. Such quiet practices show that radical politics can
be inspired by local traditions and may have to being with mindful
self-transformations.

———–  Abstract 2  ———–
Between the Sultan and the Scientist: Disconcerted Knowledge of Mt. Merapi Disaster

Dr. Fadjar I. Thufail

Mt. Merapi sits in Central Java and is one of the most active volcanoes in
Indonesia. Archaeological data indicates the oldest recorded eruption happened
in the 9th century. The last big eruption took place in 2010. 275 people died of
the eruption and many more had to evacuate their villages. Debates ensued
following the eruption over the role of scientists and traditional leaders as
responsible actors in disaster early warning system. The scientists accuse Mbah
(elder) Maridjan, a local leader and a “caretaker” of the mountain, to have
obstructed early warning procedure to evacuate. Mbah Maridjan was eventually
killed by pyroclastic ashes but the debate lingers.
This presentation discusses the controversy over early warning system of the
2010 eruption and will argue that claims made by scientists and local villagers
mediate different forms of human-non human relations, between human and the
mountain. Both scientists and traditional leaders interpret how Mt. Merapi
“behaves”, but they read different signs and materials of the behavior. In other
words, Mt. Merapi has acted as different agents for the scientists and the local
people. In this presentation I follow how Mt. Merapi has acquired its agency in
the reproduction of mythical power of the Sultan of Yogyakarta and in recorded
eruption data that scientists have collected.

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The meeting is co-organized by Kakenhi Research Project “Reconsidering Asian
Images from the Peripheral Interfaces: With Particular Reference to the
Representation of the Border Zones in Indonesia and Australia” (No. 17K18533 /
leader: Kazufumi Nagatsu) and Asian Cultural Research Institute (ACRI), Toyo
University
＊科研: 17K18533（代表：長津一史）・アジア文化研究所との共催です。

連絡先：長津一史 / Contact: Kazufumi Nagatsu
E-mail: nagatsu=toyo.jp (“=” is replaced with “@”) / TEL: 03-3945-7787