cultural perspective on southeast asia: contemporary politics and government in southeast asia...
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CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTHEAST ASIA: CONTEMPORARY POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA 11:00AM – 11:50AM, AUGUST 10, 2013
SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOLTEXAS ALLIANCE FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
Political Science, Ph.D.Journalism and Mass Communication, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Political Science
Texas State University
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Through the Eyes of Others
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Crossroads of the World
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The Roots of Contemporary Politics
Common Experience (Political & Non-Political)
Heavy Borrowing (Lacks definite borders)
-External and inter-regional influence
-Economic development
Diversity
-Ethnicities
-Languages
-Religions
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The Outputs of Contemporary Politics:
Common Political ExperienceWestern Colonialism
(Anti-Imperial) Nationalism for independence
Cold War trauma
-Japanese occupation & Superpower rivalry
-Internal ideological struggle
-Interstate conflict
-> Border Disputes
-> Constant Communist and Anti-Communist Movement
-> Genocide
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The Outputs of Contemporary
Politics: Common Non-Political Experience
Arrival and expansion of non-native religions (12th -17th)
Western ideas of Modernity (16th-20th)
-Civilization
-Capitalism
-Democracy
Economic transition (1980~)
-International labor market
-Rapid economic growth
-China
-> Politically more vulnerable to international market.
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The Outputs of Contemporary Politics:
People and Language Hundreds of minority groups / National and local languages
Negative stereotypes against different ethnicities
Less educated
Strong sense of the village
-agricultural village as the unit of identity
-family farm
-patron-client ties
-> Nutritious condition for isolated/ corrupted/ dictator-friendly/ communism-centered political systems
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The Outputs of Contemporary Politics:
Religions Religious Values
-Buddhist culture
-Islamic culture
-Animistic culture
-Confucianist culture
-> Hierarchical political systems
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No Ways
Border issues
Ethnic cleansing/ Genocide
Human Right
Poverty
Common issues, but different paths
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In the Minds of Others
- Tragedy, Violence, Exploitation
- Less frequency
- More in-depth commentaries
- Battleground -> Marketplace
- More complex and sensational
- Stereotypical images
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Ways
Infrastructure Investment -> Intra- and Inter-regional trade and economy
Separation between religions, business, and politics
Asian Values
-Harmony
-Consensus
-Hierarchy
-Communitarianism