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The goddess & the computer [electronic resource] / an Independent Communications Associates production ; produced & directed [by] Steve Lansing, André Singer.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Independent Communications Associates., Producer.
- Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), Distributor.
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- Balinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rites and ceremonies--Indonesia--Bali (Province).
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Religious aspects.
- Irrigation.
- Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Management.
- Irrigation--Indonesia--Bali (Province)--Mathematical modeling.
- Temples--Indonesia--Bali (Province).
- Temples.
- Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Politics and government.
- Bali (Indonesia : Province).
- 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.
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