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Ethnic identity, Christian conversion and resettlement among the Forest Tobelo of northeastern Halmahera, Indonesia
[s.n.] • [s.l.] • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: Duncan, Christopher R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a study of how conversion to Christianity and resettlement in coastal villages have affected the ethnic identity of the Forest Tobelo, a formerly nomadic hunter-gather group of the forest interior of Halmahera Island. Instead of merging with the demographically dominant coastal farming communities with whom they share a language, traditional history and religious experience, the abrupt transitions experienced by the Forest Tobelo actually served to strengthen their sense of being a culturally distinct ethnic community, based on their lived experience of forest dwelling and of being discriminated against by their village-dwelling neighbors.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Economic planning and development
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Individual enterprise
- Ethnic stratification
- Community
- Public welfare
- Political movements
- Religious experience
- Ecclesiastical organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tobelo
- 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.
- 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; 2021
- 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
- 1988-1996
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tanjung Lili, East Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Christopher Robert Duncan
- Thesis (PhD)--Yale, 1998
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-439)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tobelo (Indonesian people)