Tijah Yok Chopil

• Indigenous resilience and the Covid-19 response

  Open Access•Rusaslina Idrus, Zanisah Man et al.•ARTICLE•AlterNative An International…•2021•Referências: 6

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  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, whic…

• Reclaiming the Eclipsed Female in the Sacred

  Open Access•Thambiah, Shanthi Thambiah et al.•ARTICLE•Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en…•2018•Referências: 10

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  This article examines an indigenous religion in Malaysia-that of the Semai of Kampung Chang, Sungai Gepai in Bidor, Perak-and expounds the changes in women's position in Semai cosmology, rituals, and roles. We show that the Bidor Semai religion is neither hierarchical nor egalitarian in terms of the position of women and men; rather, a much more complex situation exists. However, while male authority is becoming more prevalent, the existence of t…

• Reclaiming the Eclipsed Female in the Sacred

  Open Access•Thambiah, Shanthi Thambiah et al.•ARTICLE•Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en…•2018•Referências: 10

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  This article examines an indigenous religion in Malaysia-that of the Semai of Kampung Chang, Sungai Gepai in Bidor, Perak-and expounds the changes in women's position in Semai cosmology, rituals, and roles. We show that the Bidor Semai religion is neither hierarchical nor egalitarian in terms of the position of women and men; rather, a much more complex situation exists. However, while male authority is becoming more prevalent, the existence of t…

• Indigenous resilience and the Covid-19 response

  Open Access•Rusaslina Idrus, Zanisah Man et al.•ARTICLE•AlterNative An International…•2021•Referências: 6

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  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, whic…

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