The Badeng Kenyah of Belaga in Sarawak: Marginality, Changing Traditions and Development
The Badeng Kenyah of Belaga in Sarawak: Marginality, Changing Traditions and Development explains the history, culture and development of the Badeng Kenyah in Belaga District, Sarawak. Their cultural identity predates the arrival of the Brookes, the formation of Malaysia, and continues to inspire change in their community and beyond to this day. Travel by longboat up the rapids, ride in jeeps through the logging routes, and hop on to seténding-powered boats to see this migratory community through an ethnographical lens with cultural anthropologist Tan Chee-Beng. Beginning from their mythical origin story, to how their way of life changed with the arrival of logging and the construction of the Bakun Hydroelectric Project, and how that brought them major relocation, the tales of the Badeng Kenyah of Belaga District are of economic transformation, development and modernity. Witness their lived experiences right here
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The Badeng Kenyah of Belaga in Sarawak: Marginality, Changing Traditions and Development explains the history, culture and development of the Badeng Kenyah in Belaga District, Sarawak. Their cultural identity predates the arrival of the Brookes, the formation of Malaysia, and continues to inspire change in their community and beyond to this day. Travel by longboat up the rapids, ride in jeeps through the logging routes, and hop on to seténding-powered boats to see this migratory community through an ethnographical lens with cultural anthropologist Tan Chee-Beng. Beginning from their mythical origin story, to how their way of life changed with the arrival of logging and the construction of the Bakun Hydroelectric Project, and how that brought them major relocation, the tales of the Badeng Kenyah of Belaga District are of economic transformation, development and modernity. Witness their lived experiences right here.
Publisher: SIRD
2024
Paperback
ISBN:9786297575247
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