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From moorage to village: a glimpse of the changing lives of the Sama Dilaut
Philippine quarterly of culture and society • 39 (2) • Published In 2011 • Pages: 87-131
By: Jumala, Francis C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Combining extant ethnographic information collected in the 1960s with follow-up research in the mid-2000s, this study points to two major factors for why a boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau community lost its maritime-adapted lifestyle and independent cultural identity. One was that the government of Philippines bulldozed their coral-reef moorage when building roads. The other was an insurgency war waged in the region by Islamic secessionists. Consequently, Sama-Bajau communities were resettled in government-provided onshore housing, becoming wage laborers and beggars in a number of towns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Annual cycle
- Fishing
- Boats
- Dwellings
- Economic planning and development
- Research and development
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Environmental quality
- Housing
- Highways and bridges
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Revolution
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Income and demand
- Poverty
- Cultural identity and pride
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 2004-2005
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-2005
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tungkalang, Sanga-sanga Island, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Bangsamoro, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- Francis C. Jumala
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-131)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74640433
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)