Audio: gibbons
by Lye Tuck-Po I posted the following links for a (virtual) presentation at Wofford College. 1. Lar gibbon: Mother and child...
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Jan 231 min read
Sons of Tanyoŋ
by Lye Tuck-Po 23/1/24 I guess I've been following in the footsteps of Kirk and Karen Endicott, ever since 1993 when I found myself...
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Jan 111 min read
Ode to palms (2): harvesting "taduʔ"
by Lye Tuck-Po 10/1/24 Batek taduʔ is the mountain nibung palm, Oncosperma horridum or, in Malay, bayas. There are a lot growing by the...
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Jan 72 min read
An ode to palms
by Lye Tuck-Po 7/1/24 Outside Taman Negara national park, Pahang, Malaysia, August 14, 1999: Cangkay is opening up the trunk of a...
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Dec 15, 20232 min read
An anthropological diary... with a detour to Penan and Batek
by Lye Tuck-Po 15/12/23 Originally posted in my old blog, on March 14 2009 03:15:00 AM It's been a long day of intensive work. I must...
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Dec 14, 20232 min read
New publication: Peaceful Societies: Alternatives to Violence and War
by Lye Tuck-Po 14/12/12 I'm happy to report that Peaceful Societies: Alternatives to Violence and War by the late Bruce Bonta came out in...
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Dec 13, 20231 min read
Back from the field
by Lye Tuck-Po 12/12/23 Had a great time. I'm still slightly shaken from the trip home -- having arrived at 3 am! Got up my usual time...
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
Off to fieldwork
by Lye Tuck-Po 4/12/23 Secondary forests are important for gibbon reproduction, if food plants remain & the canopy is unbroken. We (Batek...
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Nov 9, 20232 min read
Return
by Lye Tuck-Po 9/11/23 A fieldwork recollection: Late in September 1998, I was at the Batek settlement of Kuala Yong, waiting for some...
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Oct 15, 20231 min read
Importance of shooting RAW
by Lye Tuck-Po This is something that I tell students in my class on visual ethnography: shooting RAW vs shooting jpegs. "A RAW file is...
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Sep 21, 20233 min read
Reading / writing ethnography
by Lye Tuck-Po 21/9/23 [This began as a 10-minute writing exercise, following a tip I learnt in college from Carolyn Bell, now retired] I...
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Sep 21, 20231 min read
Ah, video
by Lye Tuck-Po 21/9/23 Crossover posting from my YouTube channel. People on this blog know me as a writer and a photographer. But you...
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Sep 20, 20234 min read
Some thoughts on gender
by Lye Tuck-Po 20 September 2023 This is a photo of my host mother Yi in Cambodia, photographed while she was working in her maize field...
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Sep 20, 20231 min read
New publication: Sensing others
I'm excited that Alice Rudge's new book (which is winging its way to me, so I haven't read it yet) is out: Sensing Others Voicing Batek...
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Sep 19, 20233 min read
Knowing children (part 2)
by Lye Tuck-Po / 19 September 2023 In this blog, my intent was to describe Batek childcare. Except that it's rather boring. My writing of...
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Sep 18, 20234 min read
Knowing children (part 1)
by Lye Tuck-Po / 18 September 2023 Excerpts: Neither the Batek’s way of life nor their children’s behaviour has changed radically....
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Sep 18, 20231 min read
Anthropologist-baiting
by Lye Tuck-Po 18 September 2023 This game is called anthropologist-baiting. It is much enjoyed by Batek children, and is played whenever...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read
Writing fieldnotes
by Lye Tuck-Po 17 September 2023 What stands out in my memories of the old days was how firmly the Batek protected my fieldnotes....
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Sep 17, 20232 min read
Children of the Batek
I started "studying" the Batek in 1993, so this is my 30th year with them. For the past few years I've been working on a visual...
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