Borneo studies in history, society and culture. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Victor T. King, Zawawi Ibrahim, Noor Hasharina Hassan, editors.
• Editors: King, Victor T; Zawawi Ibrahim; Dayangku, Noor Hasharina Pengiran Haji Hassan
• Contents: Introductory Remarks -- Some Preliminary Thoughts on Early Anthropology in Borneo -- Towards a Critical Alternative Scholarship on the Discourse of Representation, Identity and Multiculturalism in Sarawak -- Material Culture Studies and Ethnocultural Identity -- Borneo and Beyond: Reflections on Borneo Studies, Anthropology and the Social Sciences -- Devolved, Diverse, Distinct? Hunter-Gatherer Research in Borneo -- Issues and Trends in Media and Communications in Borneo over the Past 30 Years -- Identities in Borneo: Constructions and Transformations -- The Real and the Ideal: Towards Culturally Appropriate and Collaborative Heritage Practice in Kalimantan -- An Overview of Cultural Research in Sabah -- Whither Gender Studies in Sarawak? -- The Rise of Dayak Identities in Central Kalimantan -- An Overview of Anthropological and Sociological Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak -- Borneo Research in the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam -- Institut Dayakologi: The Challenges of an Information and Advocacy Centre of Dayak Culture in Kalimantan -- Kenyah-Badeng Displacement: Bakun Hydroelectric Project Resettlement -- Community, River and Basin: Watersheds in Northern Sarawak as a Social Linkage -- From Inclusion to Social Exclusion in Resource Stewardship among Members of Migrant -- Stones and Power in the Kelapang: Indigeneity and Kelabit and Ngurek Narratives -- Social Change and the Contributions of the Tionghoa, Dayak and Melayu (Tidayu) in West Kalimantan -- 'Wild Borneo': A Study of Visitor Perception and Experience of Nature Tourism in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo -- Challenges in Indigenous Language Education: The Brunei Experience -- Everyday Finance and Consumption in Brunei Darussalam -- The Relevance of Contextual Components in the Religious Conversion Process: The Case of Dusun Muslims in Brunei Darussalam -- Borneo Studies: Perspectives from a Jobbing Social Scientist.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (606 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 300; Research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference; Social Sciences; Anthropology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Borneo -- Congresses; Borneo -- Research -- Congresses; Borneo; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811006722; 9811006725
• Related ISBNs: 9789811006715; 9811006717
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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