This article presents different accounts of two events in the efforts of Dutch and British colonial authorities to pacify the Iban within their respective territories on the island of Borneo; namely, it presents both the Dutch and British reports of the punitive expeditions in 1886 and 1902 again...
Wadley, R.L.
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[Punitive expeditions and divine revenge: oral and colonial histories of rebellion and Pacification in western Borneo, 1886–1902]
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Punitive expeditions and divine revenge: oral and colonial histories of rebellion and Pacification in western Borneo, 1886–1902
Borderland identity and traditional community autonomy affect the practice of ‘illegal’ logging and the impact of regional autonomy among the Iban along the upper Kapuas borderland in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. We examine these issues with attention to the historical development of the Kalimanta...
Wadley, R.L.
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Eilenberg, M.
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[Autonomy, identity, and ‘illegal’ logging in the borderland of West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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Autonomy, identity, and ‘illegal’ logging in the borderland of West Kalimantan, Indonesia
This paper explores the major interactions between the transformation of swidden farming and the pursuit of rural livelihoods in the uplands of Southeast Asia. The paper draws on selected literature, workshop reflections, and six case studies to describe the causal processes and livelihood conse...
Cramb, R.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Dressler, W.
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Laungaramsri, P.
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Le, Q.T.
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Mulyoutami, E.
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Peluso, N.L.
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Wadley, R.L.
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[Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia]
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Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia
The colonization of the island of Borneo by the European led to the division between British and Dutch spheres of influence and control. It has had profound consequences for the people that fell under either. Territorial boundaries sliced across well-established networks of communications, trade,...
Wadley, R.L.
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[Trouble on the frontier: Dutch-Brooke relations and Iban rebellion in the West Borneo borderlands (1841-1886)]
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Trouble on the frontier: Dutch-Brooke relations and Iban rebellion in the West Borneo borderlands (1841-1886)
The history of internal territorialization in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, reveals the interplay between state and local concepts of territory. Both colonial and national authorities sought to divide natural resources and ethnic groups through boundary making, and local peoples have accomodated an...
Wadley, R.L.
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[Lines in the forest: internal territorialization and local accomodation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (1865-1979)]
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Lines in the forest: internal territorialization and local accomodation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (1865-1979)
Hunting by Iban forest farmers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, is an important part of their subsistence economy, and as such became a focus of study as part of a conservation project in the Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve. In this paper, we examine Iban hunting of nonhuman primates with compariso...
Wadley, R.L.
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Colfer, C.J.P.
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Hood, I.G.
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[Hunting primates and managing forests: the case of Iban forest farmers in Indonesian Borneo]
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Hunting primates and managing forests: the case of Iban forest farmers in Indonesian Borneo