Book
The lifestyle of the Badjaos: a study of education and culture
Centro Escolar University Research and Development Center • Manila • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Teo, Saladin S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work by a Sama-Bajau describes subsistence activities, social organization, child rearing, ceremonies, and spiritual beliefs. It provides broad explanations for how the Sama-Bajau remained largely detached from the Philippine nation and the modern world at large. One is the perception that public schools are tools for converting their children into Catholics, making many Sama-Bajau families reluctant send children to school, not to mention the need for their labor in fishing and a frequent lack of cash for school supplies. A second reason was the insurgency war waged by Muslim fundamentalists against the national government that halted development programs to increase tourism and to promote seaweed farming and commercial fishing. As a solution, the author calls for a more robust program of public education that addresses the specific needs of Sama-Bajau youth, and provides vocational training and civics lessons for adults.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Dwellings
- Boats
- Streets and traffic
- Topography and geology
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Household
- Family relationships
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender roles and issues
- Childhood activities
- Adolescent activities
- Education system
- Educational theory and methods
- Public welfare
- Public welfare
- Citizenship
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Organized ceremonial
- General character of religion
- Animism
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Sociocultural trends
- Reviews and critiques
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sama-Bajau
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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 ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1978-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Municipality of Siasi, Sulu, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Saladin S. Teo
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-179)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90941175
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)
- Ethnology--Philippines