The goddess & the computer [electronic resource] / an Independent Communications Associates production ; produced & directed [by] Steve Lansing, André Singer.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Lansing, John Stephen., Director, Producer.
• Singer, André, 1945- Director, Producer.
• Independent Communications Associates., Producer.
• Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), Distributor.

Series:

• Ethnographic video online.

Language:

• Balinese
• English

Subjects (All):

• Rites and ceremonies--Indonesia--Bali (Province).
• Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Religious aspects.
• Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Management.
• Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Mathematical modeling.
• Temples--Indonesia--Bali (Province).
• Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Politics and government.

Genre:

• Religious films.
• Ethnographic films.
• Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video (58 min.) : sd., col.

Other Title:

Goddess and the computer

Place of Publication:

Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1988.

Language Note:

Chiefly in English; some Balinese with subtitles.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Examines centuries-old traditions of rice farming on Bali in which water is considered a gift from a goddess and is controlled by priests. The importance of this religious system of irrigation came to light only after newly introduced methods of rice farming were introduced as a result of the green revolution and production decreased while pests multiplied. A computer modeling system was developed which confirmed the wisdom of the old traditions.

Notes:

• Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Mar. 2, 2012).
• Previously released on DVD.
• Recorded in Bali, Indonesia.
• Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.