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CONTENTS
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLES
A Very Brief History and
Prehistory of the Mentawai Islands
History and 'Mentawai':
Colonialism, Scholarship, and Identity in the Rereiket,
West Indonesia.
Local
Places, Non-Local Imaginings: Culture, Politics and Imagination in the "Mentawais"
Small-scale
Capitalism and Development in the Mentawais
Mentawai
in Global Context (1): Beaches, Travellers, and
Vague Boundaries: Developing Glocal Perspectives on
the Mentawai Islands
Mentawai in Global Context (2): Globalization, Regional
Autonomy, and the Innervation of Local Political
Process in the Mentawai Islands
Spaces of Life; Spaces of
Death: Towards an Ethnography of the Austronesian
House
Bibliography of Resources.
ETHNOGRAPHIC
PARTICULARS
1.
Introduction and Acknowledgments
2.
Theoretical Perspective
3. Village,
Cosmos, People
4.
House and Heirlooms
5.
The Suku ('descent' groups): profiles and
interrelations
6.
The Suku: Identity, Origins and other matters
7.
Entities of Life; Entities of Death
8.
The Puliaijat
References
Cited in Ethnographic Particulars
Glossary
of Terms
MENTAWAI
JOURNAL
This section consists of a number of short,
textual, snapshots focusing upon incidents recorded by the author, Glenn
Reeves, during a period of extended residence on the island of Siberut
during the early 1990s and a brief period in the latter half of 2000, which
also included a visit to Sipora. They are intended
to give the reader a feel for the texture of daily life as well as providing
insight into some of the areas and issues of concern to the local people.
This is also the stated intent of the articles in "Ethnographic
Particulars". However the textual strategy applied in this
"Journal" section represents a
different means to the same end. It is generally an attempt to draw closer to
the humanity of the local people than was perhaps achieved above. Note that
names have been changed to preserve anonymity as much as possible.
Barnabus and the Evangelists
The
Death of Taptapmanai
Sigobai and Akbar Get Out and About
The
Village Head
The
Foreign Tourist, the Harassed Guide, the Difficult Hosts, a Sikerei in Search of Some Shavings, and a Church Service
Two
Parents and Several Children
From
Single to Couple
Borongan: Wells, a Wharf, Chainsaws, a Mosque,
Roads...and Money
Family
Planning: State Power and Qualified Local Resistance Madobag, Matotonan, Ugai: Nov/Dec 2000
Padang-Sipora Dec 2000
LOCAL
MOVEMENTS TOWARDS AUTONOMY
There are no 'people without history', to
paraphrase a notable commentary on the subject. This section contains example
articles demonstrating the increasing level of social and political activism
on the part of local people on Siberut, Sipora, and the Pagai Islands. It gives a brief glimpse of
the process of history-making currently underway, an understanding of which
is critical to a nuanced appreciation of the place that local people are
carving out for themselves in the modern world. The articles are drawn, with
permission, from early editions of the information bulletin "Puailiggoubat".
Strengthening
the Community's Position
Autonomy Rakyat dan Otonomi
Daerah/Regional Autonomy and Community Autonomy
PUAILIGGOUBAT:
Media Informasi dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Mentawai
First
published in early 2001 under the auspices of the NGO, Citra Mandiri, the general mission of this publication is as
"cerminan diri kita sebagai orang Mentawai"/"a
reflection of ourselves as indigenous Mentawaians".
As of December 2001 a new expanded tabloid edition is published monthly and
available by subscription from the office of Yayasan
Citra Mandiri. A selection of articles is available
below, giving an indication of the sorts of topics and issues dealt with. An
appreciation of this type of material provides an understanding of important
issues as defined by local people.
EDITORIALS
2001 Archive
ARTICLES
2001
Archive
Menghindari Calon Tikus/Avoiding
Dodgy Candidates
SURF
TOURISM
The rapid expansion of surf tourism in the Mentawai Islands in the period 1995-2009 has subjected
them to world scrutiny to a degree probably unmatched in their history. In
this we are possibly seeing the beginning of a new chapter in the relationship
between the region's residents and the rest of the world. However there is
still some way to go before a clearer picture
of the key social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of this
engagement emerges. The following links provide some initial insight into
this phenomenon.
1.
Managing the Mentawais: An Examination of
Sustainable Tourism Mananagement and the Surfing
Tourism Industry in the Mentawai Archipelago,
Indonesia. By Jess Ponting.
2.
Small-scale capitalism and development in the Mentawais:
some thoughts and footnotes to Jess Ponting's
"Managing the Mentawais"
3.
"The Mentawai Bupati,
MWB, Vaninda, and Foreign Investment" by D.Rimata
4.
"PT.MWB's Management of Surf Tourism". by
D.Rimata
The following link provides a glimpse of
some of the ways in which the surfing industry is currently impacting upon
the indigenous population:
The Mentawai Health Project (MHP)
Miscellaneous Resources
GREAT SEARCH ENGINE
Click on this link for the Royal Netherlands Insitute
of Southeast Asian and Carribean Studies search
engine for an exhaustive list of multidisciplinary scholarly publications on Indonesia.
You can email yourself a search output list of relevant articles, complete
with bibliographical details and article abstracts.
Defining
Wildness and Wilderness: Minangkabau Images and
Actions on Siberut (West Sumatra). By Gerard A. Persoon The
Social Sciences Information Gateway: Ethnology, Ethnography, &
Anthropology
Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library,Australian National University.
Native Web
The
Indonesia Portal
Author
and webmaster Glenn can be contacted at mentawai<at>mentawai.org
Copyright 2000-2009 Glenn Reeves
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