Anthropology and Development in South-East Asia Theory and Practice

by King, Victor T.

• ISBN13: 9789835600418
• ISBN10: 9835600414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is the first text on South-East Asia to examine the relations between anthropology and development in both their theoretical and practical dimensions. This book covers a range of anthropological contributions to development as well as case-studies taken from a variety of fields, including resettlement, tourism, health care, gender, and ecology.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	v
Tables	xvi
Maps	xvi
Plates	xvii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xviii
Anthropology in Theory and Practice	1	(11)
Anthropology and Socio-cultural Change	1	(1)
Anthropology and Practice	2	(2)
Anthropology, Theory, and Practice	4	(3)
Anthropology, Teamwork, and Advocacy	7	(2)
Anthropology at a Distance	9	(1)
An Applied Anthropology?	10	(2)
Anthropology and Colonialism: An Ambiguous Relationship	12	(20)
Introduction	12	(1)
Britain	12	(4)
The Netherlands	16	(1)
France	17	(2)
America	19	(1)
Colonial Anthropology: The Case For and Against	20	(3)
Anthropology in Colonial Sarawak: A Case-study	23	(7)
Summary	30	(2)
Ethics and Methods: The Case For and Against Involvement	32	(17)
Anthropology's Contribution to Development	32	(5)
The Problems of Involvement	37	(1)
Anthropologists, Development, and Self-definition	37	(8)
Anthropology as Perceived from the Outside	45	(3)
A Critical Anthropology	48	(1)
Planning and Strategies for Development: Science or Magic?	49	(29)
Introduction	49	(3)
Malaysia	52	(8)
Indonesia	60	(8)
Singapore	68	(8)
Summary:The Larger Picture	76	(2)
Land-schemes, Lakes, and Canals: Rural Development Issues	78	(45)
Introduction	78	(1)
Resettlement and the Bureaucratization of Village Life	79	(1)
Concepts	80	(2)
Peninsular Malaysian Land Development Schemes	82	(10)
Resettlement in Sarawak	92	(17)
Headponds in Laos	109	(3)
The Sociology of Irrigation	112	(9)
Summary	121	(2)
Forests and Farms: Environmental Issues	123	(36)
Introduction	123	(1)
Ecological Perspectives	124	(5)
The Concept of Sustainability	129	(2)
Transmigration Sites and Environmental Pressures in Indonesia	131	(8)
Declining Forests and Economic Survival on the Philippine Frontier	139	(9)
People-forest Interactions in East Kalimantan and Sarawak	148	(5)
Environmental NGOs	153	(4)
Summary	157	(2)
Men and Women: Gender Issues in Development	159	(24)
Introduction	159	(1)
Concepts	160	(3)
Women and Development: A General Perspective	163	(4)
Women and Development in Indonesia	167	(5)
Women and Development in the Philippines: Female Artisans	172	(4)
Women and Development in Laos	176	(6)
Summary: An Agenda for Gender	182	(1)
Packaging Culture and Selling Nature: Tourism and Development	183	(31)
Introduction	183	(1)
What is a Tourist?	184	(3)
Concepts and Issues	187	(1)
Culture, Authenticity, and Change	188	(5)
Tourism and Globalization	193	(2)
Contexts of Tourism Development	195	(2)
Case-studies	197	(15)
Summary	212	(2)
Healers, Herbs, and Health: Indigenous Knowledge and Development	214	(25)
Introduction	214	(1)
Medicine and Anthropology	214	(4)
South-East Asian Medical Ideas and Practices	218	(5)
Midwives and Orang Asli in Malaysia	223	(4)
Primary Health Care in Java: The Need to Acknowledge Indigenous Systems	227	(4)
Indigenous Pharmacopoeia	231	(6)
Summary	237	(2)
Flats and Towns: Urban Change and Development	239	(21)
Concepts	239	(5)
A Shanty Town in Jakarta	244	(6)
High-rise Living in Singapore	250	(9)
Summary	259	(1)
Postscript	260	(4)
Bibliography	264	(27)
Index	291