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Author : Bernard Sellato
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ISBN 13 : 9789971695217
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest written by Bernard Sellato and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard Sellato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest written by Bernard Sellato and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the richest basketry traditions in the world, the plaited objects produced in Borneo are created from plant materials gathered in the rainforest and worked by hand using techniques passed from generation to generation. Unrivaled in their combination of beauty, form, and function, they provide a unique window on the way of life of Borneo's inhabitants. Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest recognizes this plaiting tradition as the primary creative expression of the peoples of Borneo, producing the most ingenious and aesthetically appealing material goods found on the island. Using a contextual and interdisciplinary approach that connects botanical and technical features with economic, social, and ritual elements, the book explores how people in Borneo rely on plaited articles, whether for daily use or in the ritual sphere. The sophisticated sense of design, rich iconography, and complex social and ceremonial efficacy of these objects are unsurpassed. Elaborately patterned mats from the Ngaju people of southern Borneo, for example, portray the cosmos and are the most prominent decorative features of the Ngaju ceremonial cycle. The sun hats of the Kenyah, using a unique resist-dye technique, display patterns that were once taboo to all but the nobility. The exquisite plaited designs of Iban seed baskets, stained red with the prized "dragon's-blood" pigment. show the importance of the planting ritual for the vital and sacred rice crop. The contributors to this volume are among the world's leading authorities of the arts of Borneo. These twenty-scholars and artisans are from ten different nations, including Indonesia and Malaysia, and from Borneo itself: Sarawak, Sabah, and Kalimantan. Their original work is supplemented by a selection of texts written by three pioneer authors that describe Borneo basketry before the Second World War. The volume is divided into twelve parts that cover the complex role of basketry in Borneo societies, the ethnobotanical and technical aspects of basketry, the distribution of plaited arts by region, the past and current market for Borneo's plaited arts, and style and identity. The abundantly illustrated Appendix surveys the relation between the tropical environment and the material culture. Illustrated with more than 1,250 color photographs, newly commissioned maps, rare historical photographs, and detailed line drawings, Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest is an essential addition to the libraries of universities, collectors, and scholars alike. Publication of this book is supported by Total E&P Indonesie as part of its Corporate Social Responsiblity program for preserving Indonesian cultural heritage.
Author : Bernard Sellato
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824815660
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nomads of the Borneo Rainforest written by Bernard Sellato and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Punan societies of Borneo, traditionally nomadic rainforest hunters and gatherers, have undergone a transformation over the past centuries. As downriver farming peoples expanded upstream and their cultures and technologies diffused, the Punan gradually abandoned their nomadic existence for a more sedentary life of trade-related activities and subsistence agriculture. But the culture that has emerged from these changes is still based on the enduring ideological premises of nomadism. This study, historical in perspective, examines the many factors-ecological, economic, commercial, political, social, cultural, and ideological-that have played a part in this continuing transformation. Foreword by Georges Condominas.
Author : Victor T. King
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811006725
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Borneo Studies in History, Society and Culture written by Victor T. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book is the first major review of what has been achieved in Borneo Studies to date. Chapters in this book situate research on Borneo within the general disciplinary fields of the social sciences, with the weight of attention devoted to anthropological research and related fields such as development studies, gender studies, environmental studies, social policy studies and cultural studies. Some of the chapters in this book are extended versions of presentations at the Borneo Research Council’s international conference hosted by Universiti Brunei Darussalam in June 2012 and a Borneo Studies workshop organised in Brunei in 2012. The volume examines some of the major debates and controversies in Borneo Studies, including those which have served to connect post-war research on Borneo to wider scholarship. It also assesses some of the more recent contributions and interests of locally based researchers in universities and other institutions in Borneo itself. The major strength of the book is the inclusion of a substantial amount of research undertaken by scholars working and teaching within the Southeast Asian region. In particular there is an examination of research materials published in the vernacular, notably the outpouring of work published in Indonesian by the Institut Dayakologi in Pontianak. In doing so, the book also addresses the urgent matters which have not received the attention they deserve, specifically subjects, themes and issues that have already been covered but require further contemplation, elaboration and research, and the scope for disciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration in Borneo Studies. The book is a valuable resource and reference work for students and researchers interested in social science scholarship on Borneo, and for those with wider interests in Indonesia and Malaysia, and in the Southeast Asian region.
Author : Bernard Sellato
Publisher : Sun Tree Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789810543815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Download or read book Borneo written by Bernard Sellato and published by Sun Tree Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enchanting art, intricate forms and symbols, and gorgeous painted and woven patterns of the southeast-Asian island of Borneo reflect the equatorial island's lavish environment and lush rhythms that have inspired their rich cultural heritage and elicited the admiration of scholars and travelers worldwide.
Author : Didit Pradito
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book Exquisite Ornaments of Kalimantan written by Didit Pradito and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hendro Sangkoyo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Exquisite Array of Indonesia's Tableware written by Hendro Sangkoyo and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm F. Cairns
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750187
Total Pages : 1405 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change written by Malcolm F. Cairns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 1405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
Author : Cristina Eghenter
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 9793361026
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Download or read book Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo written by Cristina Eghenter and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sustainable forestry challenge. The failure of implementation of forestry laws in Brazil. Enforcement of forestry laws in Finland. Analysis and recommendations.
Author : Ann Kumar
Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)
Download or read book Illuminations written by Ann Kumar and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
