Book
The evolution of Iban land tenure
Monash University • (39) • Published In 1986 • Pages: [iii], 28
By: Cramb, R. A. (Rob A.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article draws on anthropological and historical data to trace the evolution of Iban land tenure, particularly in the longer-settled and more commercialized Saribas District of Sarawak. Cramb begins the paper with an examination of the theoretical concepts of property, especially in regard to private vs. common or shared property. This is followed by a summary of the principles of Iban social organization, with a primary focus on the basic units of Iban society -- the household and longhouse community. Cramb then continues with a description of the development of land tenure at both the inter-community (with an emphasis on the trend toward exclusive community property rights in land), and the inter-household levels. The paper concludes '…that Iban land tenure institutions have adapted well to changing requirements and that the longhouse community remains a viable basis for the management of land use in hill farming areas' (p.2).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Norms
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Renting and leasing
- Household
- Community structure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iban
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Agricultural Expert
- Economist
- 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
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-80, 1082-83, 1985 (p. 2)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saribas District, Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by R. A. Cramb
- 'A revised version of a paper contributed to the 30th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society, Australian National University, Canbarra, 3-5 February, 1986.'
- Bibliography: p. 27-28
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)