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 4, 20231 min read
Penan portraits: the elders (III)
by Lye Tuck-Po 3/12/23 I took these photos at Long Singu in 2009-2010. Continued from here.
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Dec 3, 20231 min read
Rice: pounding and winnowing
by Lye Tuck-Po 2/12/23 The Western Penan are considered to be hunter-gatherers but the communities I worked with have been sedentary...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
Penan photos: the elders (II)
by Lye Tuck-Po Continued from here. I took these photos at Long Wat, Sarawak, in 2009-2010. Click on the thumbnail to view in large size....
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Oct 5, 20231 min read
Penan photos: the elders
by Lye Tuck-Po 5/10/23 I was shooting some photos of kids and young people in Penan country once, and they protested, "no, take photos of...
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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
News: A Vanishing Nomadic Clan
by Lye Tuck-Po 20/9/2023 Report on the Punan Batu of Kalimantan (thanks to Bion Griffin for the link). I can't comment, as I've no...
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Sep 15, 20231 min read
New publication: Scholar activist Khoo Khay Jin
Loh, Francis Kok Wah, ed. 2023. Scholar activist Khoo Khay Jin: reflections on the Penan, Sarawak and Malaysia. Petaling Jaya and Penang:...
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Sep 14, 20231 min read
Blacksmithing among the Penan
by Lye Tuck-Po 14 September 2023 Blacksmithing is a source of cash for the Penan. From these craftsmen come a variety of "parangs"...
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Sep 13, 20231 min read
Weavers of the forest: Sati's art
by Lye Tuck-Po 13 September 2023 I got Sati Uleng, my Penan friend and then-field assistant (2009-2010), to draw some pictures of Penan...
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Sep 13, 20231 min read
Weavers of the forest: Penan of Sarawak
On weaving among the Penan
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Sep 12, 20231 min read
Penan and rivers
by Lye Tuck-Po 12 September 2023 "To Penan. . .the landscape is more than simply a vast, complex network of rivers. Above all it is a...
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