Sometime before June 1992, I had heard about a brief study by a doctoral student, Reed Wadley, on the impact of roads in the area of Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve. My husband, 10-year old son, and I were headed up the Kapuas River to work in that area of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, and I had a clear plan to be on the lookout for Reed. After hours and hours of travel in an over-burdened speedboat, zooming around the Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, in search of the perfect spot for a field center, our group of conservation folks arrived at the edge of the village of Lanjak, on the northern edge of the Reserve. In the process of reporting to the local camat (sub-district head), we encountered Reed--who was also excited to run into us.
He and I immediately hit it off and began discussing our respective plans for ethnographic (and other) research in the area, and how we might collaborate--as we sat side by side on the camat's couch. My most vivid memory of that meeting was when, for …
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January 1, 2008... In This Issue We begin this issue with a memorial section dedicated to two extraordinarily gifted scholars, Reed Wadley and Robert Barrett. Both died, tragically, at the peak of their intellectual powers. Of the two, Reed was the youngest. I first met Reed in 1994 at the BRC meetings...
Reed L. Wadley: 1962-2008.(MEMORIALS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reed Wadley, Associate Professor at the University of Missouri (Columbia) died June 28 after a courageous two-year long battle with Ewing's sarcoma. Dr. Wadley's cremated remains were divided between his family in Idaho and his Iban family in Borneo. He is survived...
In honor of Reed Lee Wadley.(MEMORIALS)
January 1, 2008... Sometime before June 1992, I had heard about a brief study by a doctoral student, Reed Wadley, on the impact of roads in the area of Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve. My husband, 10-year old son, and I were headed up the Kapuas River to work in that area of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, and I...
Remembering Reed Wadley--"... and you will.".(In memoriam)
January 1, 2008... In my mind today, I can hear those three short words just as I did during my Ph.D. qualifying exam. The goal that day was for a committee to identify my weaknesses--a necessary, but unpleasant rite of passage--and we had been at it for several hours. A professor posed a question to me,...
Robert John Barrett: 1949-2007.(In memoriam)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Passionate Love: The Contributions of the Late Professor Robert John Barrett Professor Robert John Barrett died suddenly, after a long and difficult illness, on January 12th, 2007. At the time of his death, at the age of 57, he was Head of the Discipline of...
Reed L. Wadley: 1962-2008.(MEMORIALS)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reed Wadley, Associate Professor at the University of Missouri (Columbia) died June 28 after a courageous two-year long battle with Ewing's sarcoma. Dr. Wadley's cremated remains were divided between his family in Idaho and his Iban family in Borneo. He is survived...
In honor of Reed Lee Wadley.(MEMORIALS)
January 1, 2008... Sometime before June 1992, I had heard about a brief study by a doctoral student, Reed Wadley, on the impact of roads in the area of Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve. My husband, 10-year old son, and I were headed up the Kapuas River to work in that area of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, and I...
Remembering Reed Wadley--"... and you will.".(In memoriam)
January 1, 2008... In my mind today, I can hear those three short words just as I did during my Ph.D. qualifying exam. The goal that day was for a committee to identify my weaknesses--a necessary, but unpleasant rite of passage--and we had been at it for several hours. A professor posed a question to me,...
Robert John Barrett: 1949-2007.(In memoriam)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Passionate Love: The Contributions of the Late Professor Robert John Barrett Professor Robert John Barrett died suddenly, after a long and difficult illness, on January 12th, 2007. At the time of his death, at the age of 57, he was Head of the Discipline of...
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propinsi (or provinsi; province), east-central Borneo, Indonesia. It is bounded by the East Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah to the northwest and the north, by the Celebes Sea to the northeast and the Makassar Strait to the southeast, and by the Indonesian provinces of South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) to the south, Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) to the southwest, and West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) to the west. East Kalimantan also embraces a number of islands in the Celebes Sea, including Sebatik (southern half), Bunyu, Tarakan, Panjang, Derawan, and Bilangbilangan, among others. The
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Alqadrie, Syarif Ibrahim, 1999, Konflik etnis di Ambon dan Sambas: suatu tinjauan sosiologis. Antropologi Indonesia, Vol 23 (no. 58): 36-57.
Were the ethnic conflicts in Sambas and Ambon the result of the same set of factors? The author of this article thinks that they were, blaming the ambivalent and unfair treatment meted out by the police and the armed forces, and the subsequent absence of proper and just law enforcement. Feeling pushed into a corner with no way out, the local people, the Malays and Dayaks in Sambas and the Muslim and Christian
Were the ethnic conflicts in Sambas and Ambon the result of the same set of factors? The author of this article thinks that they were, blaming the ambivalent and unfair treatment meted out by the police and the armed forces, and the subsequent absence of proper and just law enforcement. Feeling pushed into a corner with no way out, the local people, the Malays and Dayaks in Sambas and the Muslim and Christian
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Some have said the images appear to be altered with photo-editing software while others have suggested that the snake-like image is really a log or a wake left behind by a speedboat.
People who have studied the aerial photograph dismiss the latter allegations, saying that a log could not take that clear winding shape and that boats do not leave a twisting wake.
Villagers believe the legendary beast, the Nabau, had a dragon’s head, seven nostrils and could change its shape.
A 100-foot-long serpent may sound unbelievable, but just last month fossils found in Colombia revealed an ancient giant snake that stretched about 45 feet long and weighed more than 2,500 pounds.
People who have studied the aerial photograph dismiss the latter allegations, saying that a log could not take that clear winding shape and that boats do not leave a twisting wake.
Villagers believe the legendary beast, the Nabau, had a dragon’s head, seven nostrils and could change its shape.
A 100-foot-long serpent may sound unbelievable, but just last month fossils found in Colombia revealed an ancient giant snake that stretched about 45 feet long and weighed more than 2,500 pounds.
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illagers in Borneo who have long believed that a legendary 100-foot-long snake called the Nabau trolls the Baleh River say recent photographs show that the beast has returned, The Daily Mail reports.
One of the photos showing a serpent-like figure was taken from a helicopter by a member of a disaster team monitoring flood regions, while a second was taken from a remote village. Critics, however, have called both photographs into question, Livescience.com reports.
One of the photos showing a serpent-like figure was taken from a helicopter by a member of a disaster team monitoring flood regions, while a second was taken from a remote village. Critics, however, have called both photographs into question, Livescience.com reports.
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Article: Borneo. Jewel in a Jade Rainbow, Letters and ...
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