| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOMIZAWA Hisao University of Shizuoka, Faculty of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (70180164)
SHIMIZU Hiromu Kyushu University, Dept. of Cultural Anthropology, Professor, 大学院・比較社会文化研究科, 教授 (70126085)
YAMASHITA Shinji Tokyo University, Dept. of Cultural Anthropology, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (60117728)
UESUGI Tomiyuki Seijo University, Faculty of Literature, Associate Professor, 文芸学部, 助教授 (00250019)
ITO Makoto Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dept. of Social Anthropology, Associate Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (60183175)
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research is to examine, from anthropological point of view, dynamic relationship between culture, society and state by observing the human flow in Insular Southeast Asia, with special focus on Sabah, Malaysia. The research topics include the autochthonous groups of Sabah such as Kadazant, highly mobile groups such as Bugis and Bajau, migrant workers in the time of British North Borneo Company, the history of emigration to North Borneo, and the development plans in the present-day Sabah. The main findings are as follows :
(1) migrants from China and Java in the colonial time were carefully controlled by the colonial governments.
(2) Bugis, from Indonesia, take advantage of their status as Moslems in establishing their footsteps in Sabah.
(3) Bajau, utilizing their area coverage in Malaysia and the Philippines, tend to stress their Sabah origin in favor of higher standard of living.
(4) the autochthonous groups of Sabah have repeatedly re-define their identity as the political climate in Sabah changed.
(5) eco-tourism on which the present Sabah economy depends, shows an epitome of Sabah, as it presents mixture of employees and visitors from different countries.
These points show the continuous nature of human flow through centuries and the crystallization of "ethnic groups" in the establishment of state system. They also show good examples of people's attachment to and detachment from the current state system.
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