Write 1 page with APA style on Adaptive Landcapes. Adaptive Landscapes About “Priests and Programmers” The book, “Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali”can

Write 1 page with APA style on Adaptive Landcapes. Adaptive Landscapes About “Priests and Programmers” The book, “Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali”can be qualified as a masterpiece that describes the life of priests of Pura Batur. The book describes that in the perspective of Balinese culture, everything that is present in the nature is termed to be a perpetual resource. Special mentioning, the book describes a requirement of efficient corporation of thousands of farmers in effective management of water by working in a hierarchical manner. It is based on this belief that Lansing (2009) also advocated water temples network to manage the water flow in the ‘Goddess of the Crater Lake’. Besides, Lansing (2009) also affirmed that with the use of ecological simulation, cultural as well as historical analysis modeling, the priests in the temples reflected the manner in which the water can be used in the different landscape of production. Hence, it can be affirmed that the book is a comprehensible narration of technical and social aspects of water management in Bali (Lansing, 2009).

2. Map of Bali

Mt. Batur

Figure 1: Map of Bali pointing Mt. Batur area

Source: (GoogleMap, 2015)

3. Map of Mt. Batur and Lake Batur

Fig2: Map of Mt. Batur and Lake Batur

Source: (GoogleMap, 2015)

4. About Ulun Danu Batur

Ulun Danu Batur (a.k.a. Pura Ulun Danu Batur) was built during 1926 and is the second most important temple of Bali, which is dedicated to Dewi Danu. The temple comprises of nine different worship areas and contains around 285 different shrines and pavilions. The temple is donated to the goddesses of water, holy springs, and agriculture among other spiritual symbols of Bali.

Pura Ulun Danu Batur Temple

Source: (Ministry of Tourism, 2013)

5. About Dewi Danu

In the Balinese Hindus religion, Dewi Danu is referred as water goddess. She is one of the two ultimate deities of the Bali tradition who commands Balinese lakes, which is an important source of water and sustenance (Bali Safari and Marine Park, n.d.).

A Performer Presenting as Dewi Danu

Source: (Bali Safari and Marine Park, n.d.)

6. Green Revolution

Green revolution indicates the period between 1940’s until late 60’s, on which, the productivity of the agriculture has significantly increased due to high amount of advancements in the production of chemical fertilizers, artificial herbicides as well as the pesticides. Moreover, the advancements made it possible to increase the productivity of nutrients, which correspondingly increased the yield (Fitzgerald-Moore & Parai, n.d.).

References

Bali Safari and Marine Park. (n.d.). The Characters. Retrieved from http://www.balitheatre.com/en/the-cast

Fitzgerald-Moore, P. & Parai, B. J. (n.d.). The green revolution. Retrieved from http://people.ucalgary.ca/~pfitzger/green.pdf

GoogleMap. (2015). Map of Bali. Retrieved from https://www.google.co.in/maps/@-8.3381056,115.2527771,10z

GoogleMap. (2015). Map of Mt.Batur. Retrieved from https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Mt+Batur,+South+Batur,+Kintamani,+Bangli+Regency+80652,+Indonesia/@-8.2008252,115.3564797,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x2dd1f403ce5a1e5d:0x8851b0c51ddaa2eb

GoogleMap. (2015). Map of Lake Batur. Retrieved from https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Danau+Batur,+Kintamani,+Kab.+Bangli,+Indonesia/@-8.2553374,115.3946678,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x2dd1f680e7f40cad:0x605760d5a99c0414

Ministry of Tourism. (2013). Pura Ulun Danu Batur: Principal temple in Bali’s Subak ricefields landscape. Retrieved from http://www.indonesia.travel/en/destination/817/pura-ulun-danu-batur

Lansing, J. S. (2009). Priests and programmers: Technologies of power in the engineered landscape of Bali. United States: Princeton University Press.