Japanese Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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Volume 32, Issue 2
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  • The Emergence of Abandoned Paddy Fields in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
    Tsuyoshi Kato
    1994 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 145-172
    Published: September 30, 1994
    Released on J-STAGE: February 28, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.32.2_145
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  • Pioneer Settlers and State Control:
    A Javanese Migrant Community in Selangor, Malaysia
    Teruo Sekimoto
    1994 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 173-196
    Published: September 30, 1994
    Released on J-STAGE: February 28, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.32.2_173
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    This is a case study of a Javanese rural community on the northern coast of Selangor, Malaysia, combining both field research and historical study. From the last decades of the nineteenth century through the beginning of the Second World War, a large number of Javanese migrated from Java to the southwestern states of Malaya. They are now integrated into the Malay population of Malaysia, but, in many cases, still maintain Javanese cultural traits such as language and customs. However, this paper is not a study of Javanese ethnicity in Malaysia. It will be shown that the history and present conditions of the Javanese have been determined by their relation not to other ethnics but the state, whether colonial or independent.
     The first part of the paper examines the past history of the Javanese migrants as pioneer settlers in the frontier, their struggle against both a tough natural environment and obstacles imposed by the British colonial state. The second part deals with their life under the rural development schemes of the Malaysian government. The Javanese community under study is now divided by people's attitudes toward the nation-state and its policies. The author argues that this internal division is a reflection of their attitude toward the state : incorporation into the state or distance from it.
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  • Coping with the Currents of Change:
    A Frontier Bugis Settlement in Johor, Malaysia
    Narifumi Maeda Tachimoto
    1994 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 197-230
    Published: September 30, 1994
    Released on J-STAGE: February 28, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.32.2_197
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  • Buddhist Missionary Project in the Hills of Northern Thailand:
    A Case Study from a Cluster of Karen Villages
    Yoko Hayami
    1994 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 231-250
    Published: September 30, 1994
    Released on J-STAGE: February 28, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20495/tak.32.2_231
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    From 1964 to 1965, the Thai Government and sangha together launched a project to send missionary monks among the hill-dwelling non-Thai ethnic minority groups in the North, with the obvious aim of integrating these various groups into a unified national culture and society. The Thammacarik (Wandering Dharma) Project, as it was named, has been criticized as a case of religious alliance with political and administrative purposes. Moreover, the effects of the project, at least in its initial stages, have been questioned. Most of these reports and criticisms were made in the early stages of the project, and there have since been few reports from the scene. Based on observations made in a cluster of Sgaw Karen villages in Chiang Mai Province between 1987 and 1989, this paper provides an account of the project as it was carried out in this area. It examines the cultural reasoning and socioeconomic changes that prompt the acceptance of Buddhist practices in the community, and concludes that it is precisely the ritualistic and allegedly ‘superficial’ tendencies of Buddhism advocated by the project that account for its ready reception by the Karen in this area.
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