From Classrooms to Rice Fields

Cultivating Connections Through Field Studies in Bali, Indonesia
Herausgeber: Johnson, Kirk A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays works to capture the value of stepping out of the classroom environment and away from computer screens. From Classrooms to Rice Fields deals with the all-important questions of change for communities in Asia and the Pacific trying to find their place in the modern world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780761857129
• ISBN-10: 0761857125
• Artikelnr.: 34162125

Autorenporträt

Kirk Johnson was raised in the rural mountains of Western India. He received two master's degrees from Ohio University and a Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He now works as a professor of sociology at the University of Guam. Johnson is the author or editor of four books and has written more than twenty referred journal articles. He has been the director of the Bali Field School since 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Reaching Back Across the Ocean: Learning about Ourselves by Engaging our
Ancestral Roots
Kirk Johnson
Part 1: Research Papers
1. Enhancing Connections with Asia: Preparing to Benefit from the Current
Paradigm Shift
Ron Crocombe
2. Being Balinese in a Global Village: The Conundrums of Daily Life in Ubud
Kirk Johnson and Rebecca A. Stephenson
3. Symbols of Survival
Sandra Iseke Okada
4. Overseas Field Schools and Danger Within the Context of Globalization
Rebecca A. Stephenson and Hiro Kurashina
5. Globalization, Tourism and Taboo: Exploring Cultural Improprieties in
Bali, Indonesia
Lan-Hung Nora Chiang, Rebecca A. Stephenson, Hiro Kurashina, and Thomas J.
Iverson
6. Daughter, Wife and Mother: A Brief Life History of a Chuukese Woman
Typrina Kasimiro
7. Feminism in Indonesia
Zohra Andi Baso
8. The Strength of a Woman
Michelle Castro
9. Inter-Institutional Cooperation Between Unibetsedat Guahan, Guam and
Universitas Udayana, Bali: Thoughts on the Past 10 Years of Working with
Faculty Members and Students of the College of Liberal Arts and Social
Sciences, University of Guam
D.K. Harya Putra
10. A Journey of Self-Discovery: Finding the CHamoru Within Me
Nikkie Cruz de Jesus-Cushing
11. Tourism Research: Reflections on the Bali Field School
Thomas J. Iverson
12. Bali: Hope in Paradise: A Filmmaker's Journey
Jane Walters
13. The Role of Spectacles in Building Community
Sandy Stilwell
14. Finding Connections
David Dewey
15. Finding Home on a Different Island
Jessica K. P. Aguon
16. Descendants of a Global Family
Jon Tikivanotau M. Jonassen
17. Sex Tourism in the Age of Globalization: Perspectives from Two Island
Communities
Antonio B. Perry
18. Why Study Community Development and Globalization Issues in Bali?
William Ingram
19. Why is it You Cry?
Terilynn Francisco
20. The Balance of Life
Ni Made Desa Perwani (Tuttut)
21. The Answers are Found in a Little Village in Eastern Bali: An Interview
of I Wayan Karya by Ni Made Desa Perwani
I Wayan Karya
22. The Essential Spirituality
Charissa L. Aguon
23. Higher Learning in the Pacific: Reflections on Diversity and Technology
in a Capstone Course at an Island University
Kirk Johnson, Jonathan K. Lee, Rebecca A. Stephenson, and Julius Ceasar
Sotomayor Cena
Part 2: Reflections from Bali
1. Reflections on the Bali Experience
2. A Letter from the Mawar Family of Ubud, Bali
Part 3: Casting Our Net
1. A Brief History: Casting Our Net: Rediscovering Community in the 21st
Century
Kirk Johnson
2. The Success of a Film: Reflections from Fellow Filmmakers
Kel and Don Muña
3. A Look Back: Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zones
Charissa Aguon
4. A Closer Look: Casting Our Net: The Script
Charissa Aguon
5. A Letter from East-West Center
Gerard A. Finin
Part 4: Appendix
1. Assessment: Ten Years of UOG in Ubud, Bali
Elizabeth Coville
2. Letter of Suport for Bali Field Workshop and Community Development Class
Jonathan K. Lee, B.A.
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors