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April 15, 2026TRaNS Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast AsiaOpen Access

Between the Mountains and the Sea: Performative Approaches to Human and More-than-Human-Relations in Technoenvironments in Indonesia and Vietnam

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MPMartina PadmanabhanSKSandra Rosemarie Kurfürst

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This article examines human and more-than-human interactions in technoenvironments, indicating complex relationships and cultural reflections.

Key Points

  • This research explores how performative practices shape human and more-than-human interactions in Indonesia and Vietnam.
  • Analyzed an art performance in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • Studied performative protests in Hanoi against deforestation
  • Examined cultural cosmologies linking human society to nature
  • Compared dimensions of representation, creative expression, and multispecies relations
  • Art performances created connections among diverse societal groups while expressing organic agricultural ideas.
  • Protests highlighted the impact of tree removal on community and biosphere, affirming more-than-human relationships.
  • Living entities like plants and trees were recognized as active participants in these performative expressions.
  • The research illustrates how Southeast Asian cosmologies inform modern environmental interactions.

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Padmanabhan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2b65e4eeef8a2a6b05f4https://doi.org/10.1017/trn.2026.10018
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