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The initial occupation of Southeast Asia by ‘modern man’ (Homo sapiens sapiens) occurred largely from the Indian Subcontinent. This can be modeled based on some simple assumptions. We present a mathematical model that simulates the possible spread of human populations from India to Southeast Asia in prehistoric periods. We discuss the nature and pa...
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... Steimer-Hermet [8] provides a comprehensive overview of the different types of megalithic constructions in Indonesia and divides their manufacture into two periods. The first period began in the 7th and 8th centuries in East Java and spread to the rest of the island, South Sumatra and Central Sumatra, and Lore Lindu in Central Sulawesi [9]. The present study highlights another vision that will essentially be more aesthetic rather than plastic, where the results of the study aim to produce a line of analysis at the level of object representation and culture from an ontological perspective in Bada Valley. ...
This article proposes a model of interpretation of the Langke Bulawa statue based on a theoretical approach based on the cultural sociology theory of naturalism from the perspective of the place and location where the statue is located, namely in the Bada Valley. Cultural sociology can fill the cultural gap in the sociology of art and can provide a method for identifying the linguistic context that surrounds social institutions. The aim is to discuss classical readings of the object by constructing alternatives that do not attempt to decipher symbolic content or show naturalistic representations in the form of sculptural objects. Instead, in Langke Bulawa Statue, the author proposes a theoretical approach that goes beyond the descriptive approach that ultimately provides only a vague interpretation of the Langke Bulawa statue as stelae by considering the statue as an artistic expression of a people with aesthetic norms, conditioned by traditions, resulting in a kind of object form that must try to be found based on the representation of cultural views in Bada Valley, where the physical boundaries between humans and non-humans disappear, to show figures that have the same essence, but merge in one object form, namely the Langke Bulawa statue as a representation of a figure with the only female form where the implications of a sociocultural perspective in this study will contribute to interpreting the Langke Bulawa statue as a potential contribution of cultural sociology research related to megalithic relics in Central Sulawesi Province.
... The late Dr Yukio Ôhashi (see Orchiston and Nakamura, 2020) had arguably the best overview perspective of any scholar on SEAn history of astronomy and the competing elements-India, China, the West, and Islam (see Ôhashi and Orchiston, 2020), and he also has published papers about the special role played by India in influencing SEAn astronomical systems (Ôhashi, 2011; 2017b). This topic is also addressed elsewhere in this book by Shylaja (2020) and Vahia and Menon (2020), while Gislén (2018; and Gislén and Eade (2019a;2019e; discuss Indian calendars and their impact in SEA. For his part, Kinns (2020) reviews the time balls and other systems that were used throughout SEA to communicate accurate time to mariners. ...
In this short chapter we begin by introducing the History & Heritage Working Group of the Southeast Asian Astronomy Network and defining what we mean by ‘Southeast Asian astronomy’. We then summarize English-language publications about Southeast Asian history of astronomy that we are aware of that have appeared since 2010, and we use bullet points to highlight the different types of research projects that we feel can most effectively be undertaken for the various countries belonging to the Southeast Asian Astronomy Network (SEAAN). We then ask how to trigger history of astronomy research in those SEAAN nations that currently are inactive. For those who already are involved in or planning such research, we discuss the role that Working Groups and Project Groups of the International Astronomical Union can play in helping facilitate and foster such research, and review various conference, publication and workshop options. We then discuss graduate studies in Southeast Asian history of astronomy, identify candidates we think worthy of entry into a hypothetical ‘Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Hall of Fame’, and end by discussing the structure of this book and the possibility of a follow-up volume.
