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Continuity under Change in Dayak Societies


Continuity under Change in Dayak Societies


Edition Centaurus - Sozioökonomische Prozesse in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika

von: Cathrin Arenz, Michaela Haug, Stefan Seitz, Oliver Venz

74,89 €

Verlag: VS Verlag
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 27.04.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9783658182953
Sprache: englisch

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This volume provides a balanced picture of change and continuity within Dayak societies from an anthropological perspective by exploring diverse ways in which certain kinds of knowledge, performances and practices continue within the context of rapid and profound change. The contributions cover a broad variety of topics including political reform, decentralisation, environmental change and related changes in natural resource management, religion and ritual practice, the (re-)formation of ethnic identities as well as conflict transformation in Indonesian Borneo.​
Human-Environmental Relations.- Ethnicity, Identity and Conflict.- Dayak Religion and Animism​.
Cathrin Arenz coordinated the project „Grounding Area Studies in Social Practice: Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg“ before she joined a consultancy for climate mitigation projects in 2016.<br>Dr. Michaela Haug is a member of the Dep. of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Cologne.<br>Stefan Seitz is professor emeritus of the Dep. of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Freiburg.<br>Dr. Oliver Venz worked at the Dep. of Anthropology and Sociology of the University of Malaya. Since 2017 he works at the Sarawak Museum Campus Project.​
This volume provides a balanced picture of change and continuity within Dayak societies from an anthropological perspective by exploring diverse ways in which certain kinds of knowledge, performances and practices continue within the context of rapid and profound change. The contributions cover a broad variety of topics including political reform, decentralisation, environmental change and related changes in natural resource management, religion and ritual practice, the (re-)formation of ethnic identities as well as conflict transformation in Indonesian Borneo.<br><br><b>Contents</b><br><ul><li>Human-Environmental Relations</li><li>Ethnicity, Identity and Conflict</li><li>Dayak Religion and Animism<br></li></ul><b>Target Groups</b><br><ul><li>Ethnologists, geographers, historians and researchers of Southeast Asia Studies</li><li>Ecologists <br></li></ul><b>About the Editors</b><br>Cathrin Arenz coordinated the project „Grounding Area Studies in Social Practice: Southeast Asian Studiesat Freiburg“ before she joined a consultancy for climate mitigation projects in 2016.<br>Dr. Michaela Haug is a member of the Dep. of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Cologne.<br>Stefan Seitz is professor emeritus of the Dep. of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Freiburg.<br>Dr. Oliver Venz worked at the Dep. of Anthropology and Sociology of the University of Malaya. Since 2017 he works at the Sarawak Museum Campus Project.<br>​
A recent input to Southeast Asian Studies Inputs to current ethnology debates Presentation of cultural change and cultural continuities Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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