Priests and Programmers : Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

Revised

by J. Stephen Lansing

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 0691130663

ISBN-13 9780691130668

Edition Revised

Publisher Princeton University Press

Imprint Princeton University Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 29th, 2007

Print length 216 Pages

Weight 362 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 23.40 x 2.30 cms

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Describes the network of water temples that managed the flow of irrigation water in the name of the Goddess of the Crater Lake. Using the techniques of ecological simulation modeling, this book argues that the system of temple rituals is not only a reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in organization of production.

For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engineered landscape of the island''s rice terraces has taken shape. According to Stephen Lansing, the need for effective cooperation in water management links thousands of farmers together in hierarchies of productive relationships that span entire watersheds.

Lansing describes the network of water temples that once managed the flow of irrigation water in the name of the Goddess of the Crater Lake. Using the techniques of ecological simulation modeling as well as cultural and historical analysis, Lansing argues that the symbolic system of temple rituals is not merely a reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in the organization of production.

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