Borneo Research Bulletin articles from January 1 2006

Borneo Research Bulletin archives from January 1 2006

Notes from the editor.
January 1, 2006... At the end of this last year, we received news of the passing of two persons whose life's work did much to further Borneo studies. Both, in addition, were warm personal friends. Datin Amar Margaret Linggi, the wife of Datuk Amar Leonard...

Datin Amar Margaret Linggi: 1949-2006.(MEMORIALS)(Obituary)
January 1, 2006... News of the premature death of Datin Amar Margaret Linggi on November 20, 2006, was received with denial and shock by friends and colleagues who were as deeply saddened as were the members of Margaret's own family. In a very real sense, those...

Henry Gerijih anak Jabo 1917-2004.(MEMORIALS)(Obituary)
January 1, 2006... Henry Gerijih anak Jabo passed away on the night of June 11, 2004, at the Bau District Hospital and was buried, according to his wishes, in the ancient Ulu Paku cemetery at Nanga Pejok, Saribas. His death marks the final passing of a remarkable...

Dindu anak Saga 1927-2004.(MEMORIALS)(Obituary)
January 1, 2006... Many scholars who worked in Sarawak during the 1960s and 70s will remember Ibu Dindu as the wife of Benedict Sandin, the Government Ethnologist and Curator of the Sarawak Museum from 1966 through 1973. Dindu was born on the 17th of April,...

Negara Brunei Darussalam: obituaries 2006.(MEMORIALS)
January 1, 2006... Introduction This memorial, comprising obituaries of Bruneians or other persons having had some connection with the sultanate, updates the one published in this space last year. The terminal date for inclusion is 31 December 2006. ...

Joseph Burn and Raffle's plan for a British Borneo.(RESEARCH NOTES)
January 1, 2006... Early in 1811, "J. Burn" sent lengthy letters from Pontianak to Thomas Stamford Raffles in Malacca that are preserved in the British Library, London, as part of the Raffles Collection. (1) Raffles was at that time stationed in Malacca as "Agent...

Abang in the middle and upper Kapuas: additional evidence.
January 1, 2006... In his recent paper on the abang honorific (denoting royal blood for men) among Sarawak and Sadong Malays, Bob Reece (n.d.) contends that its use most likely originated in pre-Islamic West Borneo as a new class of leaders arose through unions...

Some Sarawak curiosities in the British Library.
January 1, 2006... A recent expedition to London turned up some interesting finds in the British Library printed books and other collections which I think are worth putting on record. One rare item which I have never seen mentioned before is Mrs. Harriette...

Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould: "squarson dilettante" (1834-1924).
January 1, 2006... In 2003 a contributor to the Borneo Research Bulletin "noted for the first time" that S. Baring-Gould, who wrote a history of Sarawak with C. A. Bampfyide, (1) was also the "author" of the hymn "Onward! Christian Soldiers." Indeed he was. (2)...

Tim Hardy: special branch, Sarawak, December 1961-March 1968.
January 1, 2006... Part of Tim Hardy's unpublished memoirs give a fascinating insight into their author and into Sarawak's Special Branch from 1961 to 1968, revealing snippets of information now hidden away in inaccessible archives. (1) All un-attributed...

Ethnohistory of the Kayanic peoples in northeast Borneo (part 1): evidence from their languages, old ethnonyms, and social organization (1).
January 1, 2006... The Bulungan Sultan called for Segai (here, Kayanic peoples) (2) soldiers from Berau and Bulungan and sent them to the Sebuku basin several times, until all the villages of the Sumbol Tidung (3) were abandoned. Successive wars then broke out...

Baskets from the forest: Kelabit baskets of Long Peluan.
January 1, 2006... Introduction Before the arrival of the logging road in 1997, the Kelabit at Long Peluan traded baskets and basket parts with their neighbors and they had a thriving basket culture which flourished within the context of the times and their...

Wildlife diversity on the periphery of Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
January 1, 2006... Introduction This paper presents data on faunal diversity derived from a year-long study of hunting patterns in an Iban community on the periphery of Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP), West Kalimantan, Indonesia. These unique data on...

The contribution of Dr. D. K. Bassett to Brunei historiography.
January 1, 2006... In a lapidary critique of Southeast Asian historiography, Professor David K. Wyatt (1995) was able to identify only five English-language titles relating to the history of Brunei worthy of recommendation; and not even all of those were entirely...

Women's war: an update of the literature on Iban textiles.
January 1, 2006... Gavin, Traude, 2003, Iban Ritual Textiles, Leiden: KITLV Press. Linggi, Datin Amar Margaret, 2001, Ties That Bind: Iban Ikat Weaving, Kuching: The Tun Jugah Foundation & The Borneo Research Council. Ong, Edric, n.d. [2002], Woven...

Letter from Lundu: 26 December 2006.(BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... Words surfaced, whose source I have searched for fruitlessly: "The Dyak doesn't know how his people used to live 60 years ago, and doesn't care." This was written 100 years ago, and if it were true then, so much it is truer now. The elders...

Ten Kenyah paintings given to the Sarawak Museum.
January 1, 2006... Introduction (JL) In March 2006, Jerome Rousseau expressed his intention to give to the Orang Ulu community ten Kenyah paintings that Tom Harrisson had given to him in 1974. I consulted a few Orang Ulu friends in Kuching and all agreed...

Ngaju sapuyung hats: a brief note.(Travel narrative)
January 1, 2006... At 7 a.m., on August 11, 2001, we are in a small village, Telangkah, on the Katingan River in Central Kalimantan. Arneld and Mina (Aunt) Sile are looking for transportation which will take us northward. Today we are on a family journey and will...

Blowpipe dart poison in Borneo and the secret of its production: the latex of Antiaris toxicaria; the poison-making procedure; the heat-sensitive main toxic chemical compound, and the lethal effect of the poison.
January 1, 2006... Blowpipe dart poison in Borneo is generally produced from the latex of the Antiaris toxicaria tree (Moraceae). This latex contains a variety of toxic chemical compounds. The principal toxic agent is a steroid glycoside known as [beta]-Antiarin....

Eighth biennial meetings.
January 1, 2006... THE EIGHTH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE BORNEO RESEARCH COUNCIL, 31 JULY-1 AUGUST, 2006 HOSTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES (IEAS), UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK The Borneo Research Council's Eighth Biennial...

The Second International APRU Conference: independence and after in Southeast Asia: old and new interpretations.(ANNOUNCEMENTS)
January 1, 2006... Date / Place: 14-15 August 2007, Penang, Malaysia Organizer: Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU), School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Content: First Announcement and Call for Papers / Panels The region...

The Second International Conference in the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA): treating diseases and epidemics in Southeast Asia over the centuries.(ANNOUNCEMENTS)
January 1, 2006... Date / Place: 9-10 January 2008, Penang, Malaysia Organizer: Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU), School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia Content: First Announcement and Call for Papers / Panels The Second...

Borneo. Dayak et Punan, peuples de la foret tropicale humide. (Kalimantan, Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei).(ANNOUNCEMENT)
January 1, 2006... November 25th 2006 to March 11th 2007 Musee de Laon 32, rue Georges Ermant 02000 Laon, France Tel.: 03 23 20 19 87 fax: 03 23 20 24 97 e-mail: musee@ville-laon.fr Director : Mrs. Caroline Jorrand ...

Patong. Great Figures Carved by the People of Borneo.(ANNOUNCEMENT)
January 1, 2006... From 22 May until 25 August 2007 the Museo delle Culture of Lugano (Switzerland) will present a temporary exhibition entitled: "Patong. Great figures carved by the people of Borneo." In the exhibition rooms of the Galleria Gottardo in...

International Harvest Festival and Conference 2007.(ANNOUNCEMENT)
January 1, 2006... Dates: 24-26 May 2007 Venue: Nexus Karambunai Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Call for papers on any topic related to cultures, traditions, and harvests of any crop. For further information contact the Conference Organizer,...

Kalimantan news.(BORNEO NEWS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Dr. Ian Chalmers, Senior Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, Dept. of Languages and Intercultural Education, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, writes that after Christmas (2006) he plans to use his sabbatical leave to go to...

Sabah news.(BORNEO NEWS)
January 1, 2006... Colin Cecil Henry Wood died on 19 December 2005, aged eighty-two, at Wray Common Nursing Home, Reigate, after a long illness. Formerly of HM Colonial Services in Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya, Sabah, Guyana, and latterly of London and Northiam,...

Sarawak news.(BORNEO NEWS)
January 1, 2006... Dr. Monica Janowski, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, writes that the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded funding for a project called "The Cultured Rainforest," which will start in April 2007 and aims to...

Brunei Darussalam news.(BORNEO NEWS)
January 1, 2006... On Wednesday-Thursday 8-9 March 2006 a seminar was held at the International Convention Centre in Berakas on Relations between Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam from 1984) and the United Kingdom during the last hundred years. Eighteen papers...

J. Kathirithamby-Wells, 2005, Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... J. Kathirithamby-Wells, 2005, Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 487 pp. Borneo deserves a book of this high caliber, one that interweaves a documented history of...

Reed L. Wadley (ed.), Histories of the Borneo Environment; Economic, Political and Social Dimensions of Change and Continuity.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Reed L. Wadley (ed.), Histories of the Borneo Environment; Economic, Political and Social Dimensions of Change and Continuity. Leiden: KITLV Press. 2005, 315 pp. ISBN 90-6718-254-0, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Landen...

Topp, Lena and Christina Eghenter, eds., 2005, Kayan Mentarang National Park in the Heart of Borneo.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Topp, Lena and Christina Eghenter, eds., 2005, Kayan Mentarang National Park in the Heart of Borneo. Jakarta: WWF Denmark in collaboration with WWF Indonesia. ISBN 87-9915020-0-4, pp. 175. This remarkable book, edited by Lena Topp and...

Mary Somers Heidhues, Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
January 1, 2006... Mary Somers Heidhues, Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Studies on Southeast Asia No 34. Ithaca, New York: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, pbk, 2003. ISBN 0-87727-733-8. 316...

Iban Art: Sexual Selection and Severed Heads - Weaving, Sculpture, Tattooing and Other Arts of the Iban of Borneo.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Iban Art: Sexual Selection and Severed Heads--Weaving, Sculpture, Tattooing and Other Arts of the Iban of Borneo, by Michael Heppell, Limbang anak Melaka, and Enyan anak Usen (2005). Leiden/Amsterdam: C. Zwartenkot-Art Books/KIT Publishers, pp....

Anthony K. Samuel, Contemporary Migration among the Dayak Iban in Sarawak.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Anthony K. Samuel, Contemporary Migration among the Dayak Iban in Sarawak. Kuching: Masgraphic Services (by the author), paperback, 2005, ISBN 983-42914-0-X. v+ 95pp. Maps, plates, tables, charts, appendix, bibliography, index. In this...

James Ritchie: Who Gives A Dam! The Bakun Odyssey.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... James Ritchie: Who Gives A Dam! The Bakun Odyssey. Kuching: Wisma Printing Sdn Bhd, 2005. 266 pages. RM 30.00. ISBN 983-42114-0-6. There can be few people having an association with Sarawak who are not aware of the Bakun dam project and the...

Pengembara, Wanderer in Brunei Darussalam.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Pengembara, Wanderer in Brunei Darussalam. Marshall Cavendish (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Shah Alam, Selangor, 2005; paperback; xvi + 112 pp.; map, illustrations; ISBN 983-3346-52-9; no price listed. This slim volume, a copy of which was supplied...

Kamus Murut Timugon-Melayu dengan Ikhtisar Etnografi, 2004.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Kamus Murut Timugon-Melayu dengan Ikhtisar Etnografi, 2004. Kota Kinabalu: Kadazandusun Language Foundation (KLF), xlii +1015 pp, ISBN 983-9325-32-9. Although the purpose of this dictionary is to help Malay speakers learn the Timugon Murut...

Anthony, Camilla et al., 2001. Buuk Kalaja' Dois Boros Kadazandusun.(Moboos, Mambasa' Om Monuat id Kadazandusun)(Mambasa' Om Mamarati Boros Kadazandusun)(I Buu Om I Bouvang)(A Beginner's Dictionary: English-Malay-Kadazandusun)(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Anthony, Camilla et al., 2001. Buuk Kalaja' Dois Boros Kadazandusun. Kadazandusun Language Foundation. Kota Kinabalu. ISBN 983-9325-26-4. 45 pages. Annol, Evelyn, 1996. Moboos, Mambasa' Om Monuat id Kadazandusun. Kadazandusun Language...

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: The Left-Wing Movement in Malaya, Singapore and Borneo in the 1960s: An Era of Hope or Devil's Decade?(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... The 1960s was a period of leftwing resurgence in the world. As Britain was disengaging from its empire, the ethnically plural societies she had generated within her protectorates and colonies in Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo and...

Journal of Economic Entomology: Assessing the Use of Butterflies as Indicators of Logging in Borneo at Three Taxonomic Levels.(Reprint)(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Logging is an issue of major conservation concern. Less than 5% of tropical forests are currently protected, and many of these are in so-called "paper parks." Many species may therefore depend on exploited forests, and management decisions...

Ph.D. thesis, Yale: The Un-natural History of Culture: Ethnicity, Tradition and Territorial Conflicts in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1800-1997.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Struggles over valuable natural resources are characterized not only by conflicts over resource control, but also fundamental contests over meaning and value. In defining access rights, opponents' narratives frequently challenge definitions of...

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Prevalence and Predictors of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children and Adults from the Penan Ethnic Minority of Malaysian Borneo.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... To determine the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori antigen carriage in stool in the Penan ethnic minority in Malaysian Borneo, we studied 295 Penans 0.6-89.0 years of age from 1) the remote Limbang Division, 2) Mulu regional center, and 3)...

American Journal of Human Genetics: The Dual Origin of the Malagasy in Island Southeast Asia and East Africa: Evidence from Maternal and Paternal Lineages.(Reprint)(Brief article)
January 1, 2006... Linguistic and archaeological evidence about the origins of the Malagasy, the indigenous peoples of Madagascar, points to mixed African and Indonesian ancestry. By contrast, genetic evidence about the origins of the Malagasy has hitherto...

Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute: Height Growth Relationships in Secondary Plant Communities in Kalimantan for Forestry Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism of COP 7.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... We classified the secondary vegetation of degraded ecosystems in the humid tropics of Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan) into 5 plant communities and analyzed their overstory height growth. Each community had a different growth curve, although the...

Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute: Patterns of Slash-and-Burn Land Use and Their Effects on Forest Succession--Swidden-Land Forests in Borneo.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... To evaluate the impact of increased numbers of pyrophytic tree species on succession and the role of pyrophytic tree stands as carbon sinks and reservoirs, the floristic composition and bioeconomics of swidden-land forests were studied in...

Ph.D. dissertation, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College: Economic Valuation of Natural Resource Management: A Case Study of the Benuaq Dayak Tribe in Kalimantan, Indonesia.(Reprint)(Case study)
January 1, 2006... The unavailability of total economic values of indigenous people in Indonesia, both in the short and long term, has created the rejection of their existence in the forest area. The purpose of this study is to estimate the total economic value...

Environmental Management: Scoring the Importance of Tropical Forest Landscapes with Local People: Patterns and Insights.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... Good natural resource management is scarce in many remote tropical regions. Improved management requires better local consultation, but accessing and understanding the preferences and concerns of stakeholders can be difficult. Scoring, where...

Leiden: KITLV: A Lifelong Passion: P. J. Veth (1814-1895) and the Dutch East Indies.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2006... "Anyone who is not astonished at Professor Veth's knowledge knows nothing about knowledge." Thus spoke Multatuli, one of the most important anti-colonial writers (Max Havelaar) of modern Dutch history. P.J. Veth was the man who discovered...

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Parental IQ and Cognitive Development of Malnourished Indonesian Children.(Reprint)
January 1, 2006... A cross-sectional study of children in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, was conducted to examine the relationship between malnutrition history, child IQ, school attendance, socioeconomic status, parental education and parental IQ. In unadjusted...

Borneo bibliography 2006.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2006... Abdul Karim Haji Abu Bakar 2006 Perkembangan Pelita Brunei: Satu Kajian Ringkas. Pelita Brunei (Keluaran Khas section), 15 Februari 2006:3. Abdullah, M. T., A. A. A. Arabi and A. A. Tuen 2004 Biodiversity and Conservation of Bats in the...