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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Political formations in Southeast Asia imagined as Mandalas

Precolonial Southeast Asian political formations were conceived as a series of interesecting mandalas or wheels

 An interesting article on Mandala concept as a model for political organisation



Chapman - Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language

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Map of Language families

Here is a map showing the language families. 

What is Linguistics

If like me you have never really studied linguistics before this nice,simple video gives the big picture.

Vowel Harmony

Confused
This might help or then again it might not.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Articles addressing Australia's idea of Asia

Milner, A. & Johnson, D. (2002). The Idea of Asia. Faculty of Asian Studies

Australia's Asia Dilemma

An interesting Article in the magazine Global Asia


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Edward Said on Orientalism

Here is a link to a video which gives a succinct introduction to Edward Said's important, controversial and influential book "Orientalism"






Understanding Australia's Neighbours by Nick Knight

Understanding Australia's Neighbours  by Nick Knight


You can access an excerpt from this excellent book on the Cambridge University Press website The chapter entitled Introduction :Thinking about Asia, thinking about Australia

 

http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6474029/Understanding%20Australia's%20Neighbours/?site_locale=en_GB

 

Ctitical Asian Studies

Critical Asian Studies (launched in 1968 as the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles and other materials that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
http://criticalasianstudies.org/
The good news is that you are enrolled in ANU you can access this interesting journal through the online library.