The Contemporary Wayang Archive

The Contemporary Wayang Archive (CWA) is a collection of re-elaborations of Java's oldest performance tradition: wayang kulit. This archive includes performance data, translations, and notes by the editors and translators of how the performances were received in their original context.

The CWA is part of the Asian Intercultural Digital Archives (AIDA). It was developed as part of two projects funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education at the National University of Singapore: Relocating Intercultural Theatre (MOE2008-T2-1-110) and Digital Archiving and Intercultural Performance (MOE2013-t2-1-011). The CWA is a joint initiative with the Indonesian Visual Arts Archive (IVAA).

For questions or comments please email m.escobar [at] nus.edu.sg

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Features

Search. You can search for any word in the subtitles, either in the original languages (Javanese and Indonesian) or in English. The results will show all the matching time-points where the word is used in the performances.

Tags. By clicking on the different tags you can select performances according to the kind of music, language, story or space used in the performance.

Translation

Honorifics. The translations aim for simplicity in order to allow users to easily follow the performance videos. However, the honorifics in the original languages were retained in the subtitles. In Javanese and Indonesian, speakers address their interlocutors with over 40 different honorifics which denote differences in their relative status and level of intimacy.

Notes. Word play, cultural and historical allusions, and ambiguous expressions are explained in the notes. A number in brackets [ ] in the subtitles refers to the note number that can be found in the note box next to the video player.

See the full list of translation conventions.

People

Director of the Asian Intercultural Digital Archives project

YONG Li Lan (NUS)

Director of the CWA, head translator and web programmer

Miguel ESCOBAR VARELA (NUS)

Associate Directors

Farah Wardani (Indonesian Visual Arts Archive)

Eddy Pursubaryanto (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

Head Translation Editor

Novi Yosephin Marginingrum

Translation Editors

Steven BURELL

Indraswari Kusumaningtyas (UGM)

Thomas Sembodo

Jozina VANDER KLOK

Egbert Willem WITTS

Sietske RIJPKEMA

Revino Citra Hebrina

Research Adviser

Yoshi Fajar Kresno Murti (Indonesian Visual Arts Archive)

Web designer (FreeWave Media)

JIANG Liheng

Documentation Adviser

Dwe Rachmanto

Acquisition Adviser

Honggo Utomo

Financial Director

TAKIGUCHI Ken

Acquisition Manager

Shreyosi MUKHERJEE

Proofreading

Joey ONG