This course introduces students to the ethnography of the various indigenous groups in the Malay Archipelago based on language/culture, social system, beliefs and other forms of classification. The emphasis will be on the social identity of these indigenous groups in facing the impact of changes and development. Furthermore, it will focus on their ability to form social organizations and boundaries which are appropriate with the multi-racial political penetration as well as environmental and resource exploitation.

References:
1. Carey, I. (1979). Orang Asli: The Aboriginal Tribes of Peninsular Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

2. Amran Abdullah and Hamidah Hussain. (1993). Suku Kaum Sarawak. KL: Prisma.

3. Endicott, Kirk. (1979). Batek Negrito Religion: The World-view and Rituals of a Hunting and Gathering People of Peninsular Malaysia. New York: Clarendon/Oxford University Press.