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Borneo Studies in History, Society and Culture
Author | : Victor T. King |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 619 |
Release | : 2016-08-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811006725 |
This edited book is the first major review of what has been achieved in Borneo Studies to date. Chapters in this book situate research on Borneo within the general disciplinary fields of the social sciences, with the weight of attention devoted to anthropological research and related fields such as development studies, gender studies, environmental studies, social policy studies and cultural studies. Some of the chapters in this book are extended versions of presentations at the Borneo Research Council’s international conference hosted by Universiti Brunei Darussalam in June 2012 and a Borneo Studies workshop organised in Brunei in 2012. The volume examines some of the major debates and controversies in Borneo Studies, including those which have served to connect post-war research on Borneo to wider scholarship. It also assesses some of the more recent contributions and interests of locally based researchers in universities and other institutions in Borneo itself. The major strength of the book is the inclusion of a substantial amount of research undertaken by scholars working and teaching within the Southeast Asian region. In particular there is an examination of research materials published in the vernacular, notably the outpouring of work published in Indonesian by the Institut Dayakologi in Pontianak. In doing so, the book also addresses the urgent matters which have not received the attention they deserve, specifically subjects, themes and issues that have already been covered but require further contemplation, elaboration and research, and the scope for disciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration in Borneo Studies. The book is a valuable resource and reference work for students and researchers interested in social science scholarship on Borneo, and for those with wider interests in Indonesia and Malaysia, and in the Southeast Asian region.
Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures
Author | : Jan Gyllenbok |
Publisher | : Birkhäuser |
Total Pages | : 925 |
Release | : 2018-04-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319667122 |
This third volume of Gyllenbok's encyclopaedia of historical metrology comprises the second part of the compendium of measurement systems and currencies of all sovereign states of the modern World (J-Z). Units of measurement are of vital importance in every civilization through history. Since the early ages, man has through necessity devised various measures to assist him in everyday life. They have enabled and continue to enable us to trade in commonly and equitably understood amounts, and to investigate, understand, and control the chemical, physical, and biological processes of the natural world. The encyclopeadia will be of use not only to historians of science and technology, but also to economic and social historians and should be in every major academic and national library as standard reference work on the topic.
The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo
Author | : Robert L. Winzeler |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780824826321 |
Present-day travelers visiting Borneo to see the marvelous buildings pictured in books are liable to wonder if they somehow ended up in the wrong place. Much of the architecture of Borneo and other areas of the humid tropics was never intended to last and, built as it is of wood and other organic materials, last it has not. Among Borneo's spectacular indigenous buildings, the longhouses, mortuary monuments, and other architectural forms of the interior are some of the most outstanding, and much of the renewed interest in indigenous architecture has focused on the rapidly vanishing or now extinct traditional forms of a small number of surviving examples or recreations. Drawing on the author's extensive research and travel in Borneo, this impressive and original study offers a more comprehensive account of this architecture than any previous work. Organized into two sections, the book first documents and explains traditional built forms in terms of tools and materials, the environmental context, village organization and social arrangements. This section includes a full discussion of architecture designs and symbolism, especially those dealing with life and death. The author next look
Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures
Author | : Theresa Bane |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0786488948 |
This exhaustive volume catalogs nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions. From Aamon, the demon of life and reproduction with the head of a serpent and the body of a wolf in Christian demonology, to Zu, the half-man, half-bird personification of the southern wind and thunder clouds in Sumero-Akkadian mythology, entries offer descriptions of each demon's origins, appearance and cultural significance. Also included are descriptions of the demonic and diabolical members making up the hierarchy of Hell and the numerous species of demons that, according to various folklores, mythologies, and religions, populate the earth and plague mankind. Very thoroughly indexed.
ECGBL2013-Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Games Based Learning
Author | : Patrick Felicia |
Publisher | : Academic Conferences Limited |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Computer simulation |
ISBN | : 1908272694 |
ECGBL2011-Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Games Based Learning
Author | : Dimitris Gouscos |
Publisher | : Academic Conferences and Publishing International |
Total Pages | : 679 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1908272198 |