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via Malay Mail, 22 July 2024: The book Border History of a Borneo Longhouse (affiliate link) authored by anthropologist Datin Valerie Mashman, was launched in Amsterdam. It explores the history of Long Peluan in the Kelabit Highlands, highlighting the village’s resilience and values through warfare, migration, peace-making, and Christian conversion. This work is significant for Austronesian studies, Southeast Asian history, and the anthropology of value and social change.
“This microhistory highlights the resilience of values in the face of transformative change, values providing a cultural structure for the Kelabit to redefine and adapt while maintaining their identity as a community,” she said.
According to the statement, this work is relevant to Austronesian studies, Southeast Asian history, oral history, the anthropology of value, sociality and ethnic identity, Christian conversion and issues of borderlands, decolonisation and indigeneity.
The book is of interest to readers concerned with the history of transnational peoples of Borneo, including the Kelabit, Sa’ban, Kenyah, Ngurek, Penan and Lun Dayeh, added the statement.
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