Anthropology
Research Interests
Ethnography of Library Services
- I’m in the process of reading up on this topic now!
Anthropology of Religion
- Interrelationship between religion and other aspects of culture
- Social effects of religious behavior
- Emphasis on indigenous cultures of Malaysia and Indonesia
- Primary focus on northwestern Borneo – Sarawak, Malaysia & Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia
Environmental Anthropology
- How people interact with the environment to meet economic and ritual needs
- Impact of development schemes on people’s ability to meet those needs
- How people adapt when those developments impinge upon their livelihoods and ritual practices
Globalization
- Impact of global economy on local practices
- Maintenance of cultural identity despite transnational migration and expanding communications networks
- Impact of religious fundamentalism on indigenous and syncretic religious practices
