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Dayak

vr.tr.dayak · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the Dayak peoples and their diversity, relay history, culture and contemporary issues from ethnographic and regional sources with attribution, describe subgroups using their own names, and distinguish the collective term from specific peoples and from the coastal Malay populations of Borneo.

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Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the Dayak peoples and their diversity, relay history, culture and contemporary issues from ethnographic and regional sources with attribution, describe subgroups using their own names, and distinguish the collective term from specific peoples and from the coastal Malay populations of Borneo.

The indigenous peoples of Borneo, a collective term for more than 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic groups including the Iban, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah, Bahau, Ngaju and others sometimes grouped as Klemantan, with smaller communities such as the Abai and Bakung, speaking Austronesian languages, traditionally living in longhouses along rivers and practising swidden agriculture, and today found in Indonesian Kalimantan, Malaysian Sarawak and Sabah, and Brunei with many Christians alongside Kaharingan and Muslim communities.

What it is for: Not applicable; peoples.

It can be explain the collective term and groups; relay history and culture; describe contemporary issues; distinguish from other Borneo populations.

Distinguishing features

Borneo indigenous umbrella

Longhouse tradition

Riverine societies

Great diversity

What it looks like

Not a visible object; peoples of Borneo.

Physical character

population: about 6-7 million - estimates

ethnic subgroups: over 200 count

countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei list

How it is recognised

Indigenous peoples of Borneo

Iban, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah, Bahau, Ngaju, Klemantan grouping, Abai, Bakung

Coastal Malays and Banjar are distinct; the term is a colonial-era umbrella

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

native Indonesians

lives on - across three countries

Borneo

speaks - of several branches

Austronesian languages

is contrasted with - the coastal populations

Malays

In practice

Families and kinds

Iban or Sea Dayak

Bidayuh or Land Dayak

Kayan, Kenyah and Bahau of the interior

Ngaju and other Barito peoples

Klemantan grouping in older ethnography

smaller groups such as the Abai and Bakung

Standards and regulation

Indonesian and Malaysian laws on indigenous and customary land rights

Sarawak native customary rights

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Failure modes and hazards

Stereotypes about headhunting history

Treating the umbrella term as one people

Land rights and deforestation disputes, to be attributed

Also called

AbaiAbalBakung MetulangKlemantan peopleBahauKenyah DayakBarakaiDayak AbaiSelakoBarangasBanjauBalanganBerusuBantianBalauOt Danum peopleMurut peopleNgaju peopleTidungIbanBerakiKanowit

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand Who the Dayak are.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition and groups.

Definition

Definition.

  1. Who are the Dayak peoples, how did the umbrella term arise, and which groups does it cover? definition
  2. Is the question about the collective term, a specific people or a contemporary issue? boundary

Groups

Groups.

Groups

Groups.

  1. Who are the Iban, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah, Bahau, Ngaju and smaller groups, using their own names? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific people? action
Culture Culture.

Sources.

Society

Society and longhouses.

Society

Society.

  1. How are longhouse communities, adat and kinship organised? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Religion

Religion and arts.

Religion

Religion.

  1. What are Kaharingan, Christianity and Islam among Dayak communities, and what are their arts, tattoos and festivals such as Gawai? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.

Attribution.

Precolonial

Precolonial and colonial.

Precolonial

Precolonial.

  1. How did Dayak societies develop, and how did Brooke rule and Dutch colonialism affect them, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of stereotypes? boundary

Modern

Modern history.

Modern

Modern.

  1. What were the roles of Dayak communities in the Second World War, Confrontation and post-independence politics, with accounts attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of Borneo? action
Context Contemporary issues.

Context.

Land

Land and environment.

Land

Land.

  1. How do plantations, logging and customary land rights affect Dayak communities, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Identity

Identity and politics.

Identity

Identity.

  1. How is Dayak identity expressed in politics and organisations today? provenance
  2. Which entry fits indigenous peoples of Indonesia? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should Iban, Kenyah and other peoples be separate primary entries?
  • How should ethnographic sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming subgroups and an older classification; should they be split off with the names the groups use?
Draft as JSON