{"id":160450,"date":"2022-06-09T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=160450"},"modified":"2024-03-14T22:52:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:52:56","slug":"balinese-tradition-disruptive-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/09\/balinese-tradition-disruptive-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthesizing Balinese tradition with disruptive technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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D.A. Wiwik Dharmiasih<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The recipient of the 2022 R-Adhikarya ‘Niche’ Award<\/a> (RANA scholarship) D.A. Wiwik Dharmiasih<\/strong> aims to research ways of using disruptive technologies to influence policy-making outcomes, such as reorienting power relations to be more receptive to local community needs. The RANA scholarship supports PhD<\/abbr> study at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> via the East-West Center<\/a> (EWC<\/abbr>). Dharmiasih\u2019s RANA scholarship is offered in conjunction with the EWC<\/abbr>\u2019s Foundation Scholarship for a total value of $56,000.<\/p>\n

As part of her doctoral study in geography and environment<\/a> starting in the fall, Dharmiasih, who is from Bali, Indonesia, plans to review technologies such as participatory mapping with drones, Geographic Information Systems (GIS<\/abbr>) story-maps, photography and video, along with innovative social media applications, to support communities in managing and preserving cultural landscapes, including environmentally friendly water management systems in Bali.<\/p>\n

“Ms. Dharmiasih\u2019s study plan at the EWC<\/abbr> is innovative and pioneering, as she wants to create synergy by ‘brokering’ a synthesis of centuries-old cultural wisdom with disruptive technologies,” said RANA scholarship initiator Ronny Adhikarya. “I am pleased and proud that the RANA Program at the EWC<\/abbr> is supporting an excellent PhD<\/abbr> student with innovative and ‘niche’ career plans.”<\/p>\n

Dharmiasih earned her master\u2019s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, and is a lecturer at Udayana University in Bali. An environmental activist, she works to improve and preserve Balinese villages\u2019 traditional subak water management system, a cultural heritage that dates back to the 9th century and has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2012.<\/p>\n

Awarded annually since 2020, the RANA scholarship supports study at three world-class educational institutions in the U.S: the East-West Center, Stanford University and Cornell University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D.A. Wiwik Dharmiasih will research the use of disruptive technologies to support communities in managing and preserving cultural landscapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[10,38,134,9,1626],"class_list":["post-160450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-east-west-center","tag-geography","tag-international","tag-uh-manoa","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t