Programme - Tuesday 6 July

09:15-10:30

Session
Paper
Author(s)
Session III-A

Cultural Heritage (2)
The Importance of Preserving Memories: A Story of a Long Apu Family's Pesaka Bead
Terry Justin Dit, Eileen Foong
Relevance & Survival of Burak Lua or Irau Mekaq Ngadan Ceremony amongst the New Generation Kelabits
Alice Urud, Doris Lian
Ngiroti Dondan/Tanun: A Preliminary Study on Bidayuh Folktales
Yvonne Michelle Campbell, Nur Ardini Jian Abdullah
Session III-B

Health/ Healing
Manang and masyarakat iban di Sarawak: perspektif antroplogi perubatan dan kepercayaan
Haliza Riji, Hajjah Wan Aminah, Noor Eshah
Session III-C

Ecology/ Marine Resources
Impact of Global Warming on Borneon Forest - the Worst Possible Scenario
Kazimierz Becek, Khairunnisa Ibrahim
River Preservation: Bombon
Jocelyn Lee Yee Vun, Dorothy Chin Chiew Yun
Session III-D

ICT
Online Behaviour: An Overview of Sarawak
Goi Chai Lee
KadusOnline: An Alternative for Learning KadazanDusun Language
Asni Tahir, Hasnah Tanalol, Salmah Fattah
Are Highly Satisfied Website Visitors Really Different? Findings From Sarawak
Boo Ho Voon, Sandra Rangai
Session III-E

Security/Unity
Nationalism: The Issues of territorial disputes between Malaysia and Indonesia in the Celebes Sea
Ahmad Nizar Yaakub
Assessing the Level of Unity and Integration in Malaysia Using the System Dynamics Simulation Model
Yap Yin

 

10:30-12:00

Session
Paper
Author(s)
Session IV-A

Cultural Heritage (3)
Bahasa Dalam: Continuity, Changes and Preservation
Hjh Dayang Fatimah
Changing Sound Environment and its Impact on Music Practice - Cases from Borneo
Gisa Jaehnichen
The Music of Orang Sungai in Kinabatangan River, Sandakan
Ian Stephen Baxter
Session IV-B

Language (1)
Influence from Dominant Languages on Minority Language Documentation Projects: Some Examples From Brunei
Adrian Clynes
On the Linguistic Classifications of the Penan Languages
Antonia Soriente
Negation of Bonggi
Michael Boutin
Session IV-C

Tourism
People, Nature Conservation and Tourism: A Case of the Berawan community around Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Kyoko Sakuma
Comparative Analysis of Ecotourism Practices in other Countries and Malaysia (Borneo)
Nazatul Shima Abd Rani, Siti Kasmah Mohd Kassim
Identifying Ecotourism Potential in Danau Sentarum National Park
Mira Lubis
Session IV-D

History (2)
The Meaning of Dayak: Reconsidering its Linguistic Root
Laura Steckman
Shadowy states in Borneo: where was Tanjungpura and what was Hermata?
Andrew Smith
The Causes of the Brunei Rebellion of 1962
Kathleen Joan Harry
Session IV-E

Identity/Social transformation
From Longhouse to Town: Living Strategy and Changing Meaning of Longhouse
Yumi Kato
Change and Continuity among the Bajau of Larapan, Semporna
Faisal S. Hazis
Transformations in Gender Role "Transgressions" in the Iban Longhouse Context of Sarawak, Borneo
Rama Venkatasawmy, Michelle Sowden

 

13:30-16:00

Session
Paper
Author(s)
Session V

Panel - Burial
Secondary Treatment of the Dead among the Melanau of Sarawak
Ann Appleton
Secondary Treatment of the dead among Peoples of North Borneo: Phenomena of the Nulang Arc
Abd Rashid, Jayl Langub
Secondary Treatment of the Dead among the Kelabit of Sarawak
Monica Janowski, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Borbala Nyíri
Nulaeng: Funeral practice of the Seping
Abd Rashid, Jayl Langub