Book
Changing pathways: forest degradation and the Batek of Pahang, Malaysia
Lexington Books • Lanham • Published In 2004 • Pages:
By: Lye, Tuck-Po.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an anthropological account of the Batek people, a less known hunter and gatherer people who live in the forests of Peniinsular Malaysia. It is concerned with the Batek's increasing aprehension over the continuous degradation of the forests from which they take their identity and modes of life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Modification of behavior
- Cultural goals
- Cultural identity and pride
- Annual cycle
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Diet
- Forest products
- Environmental quality
- Settlement patterns
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Spirits and gods
- Avoidance and taboo
- Ethnogeography
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semang
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1995-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1878-2002
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lye Tuck-Po
- Introduction -- Communicating degradation -- The world of the forest -- In the beginning -- A sense of place -- Gathering in the forest -- To see, to hear, to walk, and to know -- Changing pathways
- Includes bibliographical references ([210]-219) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2004013922
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Batek (Malaysian people)--Social conditions/Batek (Malaysian people)--Government relations/Batek (Malaysian people)--Politics and government/Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Malaysia--Pahang/Forest ecology--Malaysia--Pahang/Forest degradation--Malaysia--Pahang/Forest conservation--Malaysia--Pahang/Pahang--Social conditions/Pahang--Environmental conditions/Semang (Malaysian people)