This essay reviews the history of Orang Asli studies, from colonial-era reports right up to the
present. It chronicles generational changes in personnel and quality of work, and highlights …

The Batek are hunter-gatherers who live in the lowland tropical forests of northeastern
Peninsular Malaysia. Over the past few decades, as more and more of their forest home is …

The so-called negritos adapt not just to a tropical forest environment but also to an
environment characterized by perturbations and fluctuations. As with other hunter-gatherers …

The term 'Aslian'refers to a distinctive group of approximately 20 Mon-Khmer languages
spoken in Peninsular Malaysia and the isthmian parts of southern Thailand. This paper is …

This chapter explores a seeming paradox in the walking practices of the Batek of Malaysia. 1
They are forest-dwelling hunter-gatherers who, at least in Pahang state where I have done …

This paper argues that the landscape is an important source of knowledge and continuity.
The case material is from the Batek, who are mobile forest-dwellers of Pahang, Malaysia …

According to the Batek of Pahang, Peninsula Malaysia, if there were no people in the forest,
the world would collapse. This position is tantamount to an indigenous concept of …

The Batek are a foraging-trading people living in and around Peninsular malaysia's largest
national park, taman Negara. In recent years some of their semi-permanent camps near the …

The Aslian-speaking peoples (Semai, Temiar, Jah hut and others) are often referred to as
the aboriginal populations of the Malay peninsula. The Aslian speak Austroasiatic …