This Research Cluster Conference brings together scholars working in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to take stock of the state of megalithic research. With an aim to move beyond out-dated and simplistic culture historical interpretations of megalithic cultures, and irrational and non-substantive interpretations of the monuments themselves, the conference will act as a forum for in-depth discussions to move towards a comprehensive reappraisal of these enigmatic monuments in terms of their possible past meanings, their ethno-historical settings, current archaeological, anthropological and socio-political studies, and their often contested futures as distinctive items of cultural heritage. It is planned that the papers will be a mix of site specific and/or regionally focused reviews (Borneo, Sulawesi, Laos, etc), as well as more wide ranging historical reviews of research trends and prospects in archaeology, anthropology and heritage studies.
Lindsay Lloyd-Smith (Cluster Head, lrls@sogang.ac.kr)
Name |
Research Areas |
Affiliation |
Mike T. Carson | Western Pacific | Australian National University |
Ron Adams | Indonesia (Sumba) | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
Ayu Kusumawati | Indonesia (Sumba) | Research Centre for Archaeology, Denpasar, Bali |
Bagyo Prasetyo | Indonesia | National Research Centre for Archaeology, Jakarta |
Dominik Bonatz | Indonesia (Sumatra) | Freie Universitat Berlin |
Lindsay Lloyd-Smith | Malaysia (Borneo) | Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang Univ. |
Monica Janowski | Malaysia (Borneo) | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
Julie van der Bergh | Laos | Archaeological Assessments Ltd, Hong Kong |
Samlane Luangaphay | Laos | Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Laos |
CHAO Chin-yung | Taiwan | Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
Dwi Yani Yuniawati | Indonesia | National Research Centre for Archaeology, Jakarta |
Ali Akbar | Indonesia | Department of Archaeology, Universitas Indonesia |
– Research Cluster Conference
Problematising Megaliths of Southeast Asia and Pacific
October 16 ~ 17, 2014, Sogang University, Seoul Korea