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Preliminary Observations on Indigenous Knowledge and the Uses of Natural Resources in Banting and Padawan (Pemerhatian Awal Tentang Kearifan Tempatan dan Kegunaan Sumber Asli di Banting dan Padawan)

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Title Preliminary Observations on Indigenous Knowledge and the Uses of Natural Resources in Banting and Padawan (Pemerhatian Awal Tentang Kearifan Tempatan dan Kegunaan Sumber Asli di Banting dan Padawan)
 
Creator Larry Sait, Eva Kristin
Mersat, Neilson Ilan
Wong, Swee Kiong
 
Subject Social Sciences; Anthropology; sociology
 
Description This paper discusses preliminary findings of the study on indigenous knowledge of various cultural, religious, medicinal and culinary uses of the natural resources found in two different indigenous communities in Sarawak, namely the Iban of Banting and the Bidayuh of Padawan. Structured interviews were carried out with each household head in the selected villages to  determine indigenous knowledge of these communities on the usage of and reliance on natural resources. Through focus group discussions, indigenous knowledge on the various uses of identified natural resources is still available in these two communities. Their dependence on natural resources as building materials, food and, in the economic aspects still exist.  However, their dependence on natural resource is diminishing. The indigenous knowledge gap between the old and younger generation of both Iban dan Bidayuh areas has also been identified. Most of the young people  are no longer practicing  traditional way of life because they are more comfortable with  the modern way of life today. In addition, most Iban people in Banting, and the Bidayuh in Padawan have embraced Christianity and practiced modern way of life.Keywords: Indigenous knowledge; natural resources; modernisation; Iban; Bidayuh, AbstrakBerdasarkan penemuan awal kajian, maka makalah ini bertujuan membincangkan kegunaan sumber asli dalam kehidupan etnik Iban di Banting, Sri Aman, dan etnik Bidayuh di Padawan, Kuching, Sarawak, berdasarkan pengetahuan peribumi. Seterusnya, cabaran amalan pengetahuan peribumi juga dibincangkan. Temu bual berstruktur telah dikendalikan bersama setiap ketua isi rumah di kampung-kampung terpilih  untuk mengetahui kearifan tempatan  bagi masyarakat tersebut berkaitan dengan penggunaan dan kebergantungan terhadap sumber asli. Melalui perbincangan dalam kumpulan, kearifan tempatan  mengenai pelbagai kegunaan sumber asli yang dikenalpasti adalah masih terdapat  dalam kedua-dua komuniti ini. Kebergantungan  kepada sumber asli sebagai bahan binaan, makanan dan dalam aspek ekonomi adalah masih wujud. Walau bagaimapun, kebergantungan mereka terhadap sumber asli  adalah  semakin berkurangan. Kelompongan kearifan tempatan di antara generasi tua dan muda juga  telah dikenalpasti di kedua-dua kawasan Iban dan Bidayuh tersebut.. Kebanyakan  generasi muda tidak lagi mengamalkan cara hidup tradisional kerana mereka lebih selesa dengan cara hidup moden masa kini. Selain itu, kebanyakan  orang Iban di Banting dan Bidayuh di Padawan telah memeluk agama Kristian dan mengamal cara hidup moden.  Kata kunci: kearifan tempatan; sumber asli; modenisasi; Iban; Bidayuh
 
Publisher UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
 
Contributor Ministry of Higher Education
 
Date 2018-11-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/article/view/17003
 
Source Akademika; Vol 88, No 3 (2018): Akademika 88
0126-8694
0126-5008
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/article/view/17003/8553
 
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