Set in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, this study explores the shifting relationships between border communities and the state along the political border with East Malaysia. The book rests on the premises that remote border regions offer an exciting study arena that can tell us important things about how marginal citizens relate to their nation-state. The basic assumption is that central st…
Dalam rangka penyelamatan isi yang terkandung dalam karya budaya bangsa, khususnya yang terkandung dalam karya tulis yang berupa naskah kuno, Perpustakaan Nasional RI menerbitkan hasil transliterasi naskah Melayu yang berjudul Naskah Pengobatan di Kalimantan Selatan. Pemilihan naskah ini didasarkan pada kondisi naskah yang sudah cukup rapuh dan aksara serta bahasa naskah yang jarang diketahui m…
Sebuah cerita tentang persahabatan antara anak-anak dan orang tua yang dilansirkan dari kenyataan kehidupan berbagai kelompok etnik di suatu kampung di Kalimantan Barat. Alur cerita dikemas sebegitu mengalir dalam bentuk narasi fiksi ilmiah. Semoga melalui cerita ini, kesadaran tentang harmoni dan toleransi dalam kepelbedaan berbagai suku, agama, bahasa, dan budaya di Indonesia terbangun secara…
When the Indonesian New Order regime fell in 1998, regional politics with strong ethnic content emerged across the country. In West Kalimantan the predominant feature was particularly that of the Dayaks. This surge, however, was not unprecedented. After centuries of occupying a subordinate place in the political and social hierarchy under the nominal rule of the Malay sultanates, Dayaks became …
Set in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, this study explores the shifting relationships between border communities and the state along the political border with East Malaysia. The book rests on the premises that remote border regions offer an exciting study arena that can tell us important things about how marginal citizens relate to their nation-state. The basic assumption is that central st…