https://vmis.um.edu.my/index.php/MJPVA <p>The <strong>Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts</strong> (<strong>MJPVA</strong>) is a fully peer-reviewed research journal that focuses on the Asian performing and visual arts. It is a forum for scholars in the fields of Asian music, dance, theatre, and visual arts.</p> <p>Published by the Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya, it appears once a year in December, and will be an indexed periodical covered by a number of scientific indexing services. As an online e-journal, readers can obtain hardcopy on demand with a projected global dissemination through the open access policy on the University of Malaya e-journal website.</p> <p>We invite submissions of original articles from the entire scope of Asian performing and visual arts fields. Please see our website for further information. The journal encompasses articles, books and audio/video reviews, and notes on current research by scholars in the related arts fields. We further extend its scope to include practice-led research and exegesis, offering a critical platform for the academic exploration of practical work in the field. This approach encourages submissions that are accompanied by links to digital archives of artworks, performances, or any form of media that supports scholarly research.</p> <p>Therefore, we also invite contributions that employ and document artistic practices as a method of inquiry and that articulate the process and findings through exegesis, enriching the traditional academic narrative. </p> <p>It is published in English and is issued annually in the month of December in online format with hard copy on demand. This journal is double-blind reviewed. For submission, see Information for Authors and Submission Rules.</p> <p><strong>E-ISSN: 2462-1919 ; Print ISSN: 2462-1900 </strong></p> Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya en-US Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts 2462-1900 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">&nbsp;</p> https://vmis.um.edu.my/index.php/MJPVA/article/view/62504 <p>This paper takes Songzhuang arts village as the object of study, to sort out its historical changes since its formation and use it as an entry point to observe the development of Chinese contemporary art. The study adopts the narrative inquiry approach, through in-depth interviews with four artists who have lived in Songzhuang at different stages of its history, and combines archival research and field work to analyze the relationship between individual experience and the development of contemporary art in China. With the help of Pierre Bourdieu's <em>field </em>theory, this paper considers Songzhuang as an art field, revealing the evolution of its internal structure. By analyzing Songzhuang as a spatial sample, this paper attempts to provide a new perspective for understanding the mechanisms and paths of contemporary art development in China, and to envision the potential role of Songzhuang arts village in China's art ecology in the future.</p> Qin Wanxin Dzul Afiq Zakaria Copyright (c) 2025 Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2024-12-30 2024-12-30 10 1 1 27 https://vmis.um.edu.my/index.php/MJPVA/article/view/62508 <p>This article examines contemporary ceramic handicraft heritage education within the context of Chinese folk ceramics. It also investigates the current state of the confidentiality mechanism in the folk master-apprentice education system. Using ethnographic methods, the study analyzes master studios in Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, to document the master-apprentice educational process and evaluate the implications of preserving or modifying traditional secrecy practices. Our findings reveal a striking paradox: while long-standing identity-based "secrecy" systems are eroding , thereby expanding learning opportunities for outsiders, masters persistently maintain deliberate verbal confidentiality in teaching. Moreover, under selection mechanisms, non-verbal teaching forms embodied by "Wu" not only preserve traditions but also enhance the durability and cohesion of technical heritage transmission. Exploring how traditions adapt or maintain equilibrium amid industrialized societies' relentless pursuit of scientific productivity can advance heritage preservation and educational research.</p> Jia Jing Roslina Ismail Dzul Afiq Zakaria Copyright (c) 2024 Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2024-12-30 2024-12-30 10 1 28 41