Indigenous resilience and the Covid-19 response
A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 7562863 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Rusaslina Idrus (0000-0001-6247-498X, University of Malaya, autor correspondente), Zanisah Man (0000-0003-1259-0979, Anthropology and Sociology Programme, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Anthony Williams-Hunt (Semai Orang Asli activists), Tijah Yok Chopil (Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia [Orang Asli Village Network of Peninsular Malaysia]) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 439-443 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/11771801211038723 |
| OpenAlex | W3195489620 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 6 |
In this situation report, we discuss the response of the Orang Asli, the aboriginal people of Peninsular Malaysia, to COVID-19, focusing specifically on the community’s actions to protect themselves from the coronavirus during the government-imposed lockdown. Drawing from an Indigenous understanding of illness and health, the Orang Asli took the threat of the pandemic seriously and responded with proactive steps to keep their community safe, which included setting up barricades and checkpoints to control movement into their villages, performing health maintenance rituals and prayers and retreating into the forest. We argue that the Orang Asli’s response mitigated the spread of the virus into their villages. Their adaptation and resilience emphasize the need to respect their traditional knowledge and way of life, as well as the importance of strengthening the Orang Asli’s control over their traditional territories and environment
Community resilience · Economic growth · Environmental resource management · Geography · Indigenous · Pandemic · Political science · Psychological resilience · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Engineering · Medicine · Mining and Resource Management · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology
| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citações por ano | 1 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 3 |