TY - JOUR KW - Indonesia KW - environment KW - technology AU - Carol J. Pierce Colfer AB -

This paper discusses the move of some members of the Dayak tribe from their old homes in the Borneo highlands to a new area by the coast. Their shifting-cultivator style of agriculture has been modified due to the availability of outboard motors, machine-hulled rice, and chainsaws. These machines

  1. provide material advantages for the Dayak people,
  2. present more potential for environmental degradation if used indiscriminately, and
  3. tend to disempower women because of their weight (only men can easily handle them).
AN - 91-01903 BT - Borneo Research Bulletin C6 - 2162-8432 DA - 04/1983 IS - 1 LA - English N1 - Part II in Borneo Research Bulletin, 1983 15(2)
CIKARD 91-01773 N2 -

This paper discusses the move of some members of the Dayak tribe from their old homes in the Borneo highlands to a new area by the coast. Their shifting-cultivator style of agriculture has been modified due to the availability of outboard motors, machine-hulled rice, and chainsaws. These machines

  1. provide material advantages for the Dayak people,
  2. present more potential for environmental degradation if used indiscriminately, and
  3. tend to disempower women because of their weight (only men can easily handle them).
PY - 1983 SP - 3 EP - 21 T2 - Borneo Research Bulletin TI - Change and indigenous agroforestry in East Kalimantan [Part I] UR - http://www.borneoresearchcouncil.org/BRB%20PDF%20scans/BRB_1983_15_01.pdf VL - 15 ER -