[Anthropgrad] RMAP RESEARCH SEMINAR - Dr Rinato Ono - 12.30-1.30pm Tuesday 3 June

[RMAP Seminars]

SMALL-SCALE FISHING BY THE SAMA ON EAST COAST SABAH, BORNEO: COMPARISON 
OF LAND AND SEA SAMA FISHERMEN

Dr Rinato Ono (Postdoc Fellow, Anthropology and Natural History, ANU)

Tuesday 3 June 2008, 12.30-1.30pm
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) Coombs Building, ANU

Abstract
The Sama people are known as maritime people and sea nomads. Since the 
1950s their life styles and social status have changed with the emerging 
nations of Malaysia, Philppines and Indonesia, though traditional 
aspects have been retained. In this seminar I will present my recent 
research on small-scale fishing by the Sama (Bajau) people in Semporna 
on the east coast of Borneo in Malaysia. To contextualise this research 
I will discuss my work as archaeologist in reconstructing the 
prehistoric fishing practices of South East Asian and Pacific Islanders. 
In particular, the presentation will focus on two Sama groups: (1) Land 
Sama, who hold Malaysian citizenship, and engage in various subsistence 
and economic activities including fishing, and (2) Sea Sama, comprising 
largely of immigrants and refugees from Philippines since 1960s, who are 
mainly engage in fishing. By introducing their fishing styles, 
strategies, economic situations, food consumptions, and social 
interactions, I would like to discuss why the Sea Sama fishermen, who 
are mainly new comers and don't hold Malaysian citizenship, can practice 
fishing in the region.

Bio
Rinarto is an archaeologist and ethnoarchaelogist with a research focus 
on Island SEA and the Pacific (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and 
Micronesia). He holds a Ph.D from the University of Sophia in Tokyo. He 
has been a Research Fellow and the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka 
and at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto. Dr Ono 
is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and 
Natural History at RSPAS, ANU.
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Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

The Australian National University

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