Land reform has been an indisputable part of Indonesian revolution. The consequent execution of development programmes for nation-building have provoked intense hostility over territorial rights. Global market forces in Indonesia have seen increasing flows of transnational investments, technology and resources that have resulted in great demand on sea and land spaces. In this momentum of change, several aspects of rural culture including indigenous populations, like the Orang Suku Laut (people of the sea) of Riau have been deemed by the state architects of development programmes to hinder...
Land reform has been an indisputable part of Indonesian revolution. The consequent execution of development programmes for nation-building have pro...
"The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia "follows the work of the Good Roots Project based on the island of Luzon in the Northern Philippines. The Good Roots Project is a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project and an attempt on the part of industry, government and science to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which stressed upland ecosystems can be returned to productive stability. The project examines the methods and results of five years of environmental research and development among the Ilocano and Yapayao speakers of...
"The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia "follows the work of the Good Roots Project based on the island of Luzon in the Northern Philippin...
The glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years of colonialism, war and Indonesian independence, and tourism have produced both modernizing changes and created an image of Bali as traditional .
Incorporating up-to-date ethnographic field work the book investigates the myriad of ways in which the Balinese has responded to the influx of outside influence. The book focuses on the fascinating interrelationship between tourism, economy, culture and religion in Bali, painting a...
The glossy guide book image of Bali is of a timeless paradise whose people are devoutly religious and artistically gifted. However, a hundred years...
Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities.
Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have inhabited Southeast Asia for about 40,000 years, the Menraq (also known as Semang or Negritos) were nomadic foragers until they were resettled in a Malaysian government-mandated settlement in 1972. Modernity and Malaysia begins with the 'Jeli Incident' in which several Menraq were alleged to have killed three Malays, members of the...
Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the e...
