Social and Material Influences on the Kelabit Dwelt Environment
Relations with the environment are key to the ways rural people pursue dwelling practices. But the complex processes of globalization now challenge the isolation of such groups, affecting their perception and use of the environment. One place this can be seen is the Kelabit Highlands of northern Sar...
Veröffentlicht in: | Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. - International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE). - 23(2012), 2, Seite 69-82 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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2012
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review |
Schlagworte: | Arts Physical sciences Applied sciences Social sciences Biological sciences Business |
Zusammenfassung: | Relations with the environment are key to the ways rural people pursue dwelling practices. But the complex processes of globalization now challenge the isolation of such groups, affecting their perception and use of the environment. One place this can be seen is the Kelabit Highlands of northern Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo), where the recent arrival of commercial logging has allowed local people to make wider connections via the logging roads. In the Kelabit Highlands, cultural and historic traditions are being reconstituted in light of new material relations with a dynamic environment, bringing changes to customs of house building. |
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ISSN: | 10502092 |