International Conference on Bajau/Sama Communities 2004 (ICBC): 21-23 July, 2004, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.An International Conference on Bajau/Sama Communities was held on the Universiti Malaysia Sabah Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is the ninth Malaysian public university located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia and was established on November 24 1994. His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong proclaimed the establishment of UMS under Section 6(1) of the Universities and (UMS (Unified Messaging System) See unified messaging. ) campus, in Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu (kōt`ə kĭn'əbəl  `), formerly Jesselton, town (1991 pop. , Sabah,
Malaysia, on 21-23 July 2004. The conference was part of a program of
special events held to celebrate the 10th
Anniversary of UMS (1994-2004). The conference theme: Bajau/Sama in the Changing World. Conference Program: Wednesday, 21 July 9:45-11 am Welcoming speeches by Associate Professor Hasan Mat Nor, Chairman of he Main Organizing Committee, and by Tan Sri Professor Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Abu Hassan Abu Hassan was also the code name of Palestinian terrorist Ali Hassan Salameh. Abu Hassan is an opera in one act by Carl Maria von Weber to a German libretto by Franz Hiemer, based on a story in A Thousand and One Nights. Othman, Vice Chancellor vice chancellor n. Abbr. VC 1. A deputy or an assistant chancellor in a university. 2. A deputy to or a substitute for a head of state or an official bearing the title chancellor. 3. , Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Opening speech by Tun TUN, measure. A vessel of wine or oil, containing four hogsheads. Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Ahmadshah bin Abdullah, Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 11:30-12:30 Keynote address by Professor Clifford Sather, University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki is not to be confused with the Helsinki University of Technology. The University of Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingin yliopisto, Swedish: Helsingfors universitet , "Some Reflections on Forty Years of Sama/Bajau Studies." Sessions: Wednesday, 21 July, afternoon IA: Natural Resource Management "Kalluman ma tahik: Household Strategies, Gender, and Sea Tenure in a Sama Dilaut Community in Kabuukan Island, Sulu"--Wilfredo Magno Torres Ill. "Awareness and Attitude of the Community Towards Seaweed Farming Project in Banggi Island, Kudat"--Rosnah Ismail. "Ethnobotany ethnobotany /eth·no·bot·a·ny/ (-bot´ah-ne) the systematic study of the interactions between a culture and the plants in its environment, particularly the knowledge about and use of such plants. of the Bajaus of Semporna and Kota Belud"--Joseph Pounis Guntavid and Janis Galaip. IB: Aging and Economy "The Role of the Elderly in the Sama-Bajau Contemporary Society"--Mori Kogid, James M. Alin, Susan Andin and Roslinah Mahmud. "The Individual Labor Supply of the Bajau-Sama Elderly in Selected Areas of Sabah"--James M. Alin, Susan Andin, Mori Kogid and Roslina Mahum. Thursday, 22 July, morning IIA (1) (Information Industry Association, Washington, DC) In 1999, IIA merged with SPA (Software Publishers Association) to become the Software & Information Industry Association. See SIIA. : Negotiating Identities "Negotiating a World Without Borders: Narratives of Powerlessness and Resistance of Filipino Migrants in Malaysia"--Linda A. Lumayag-Too. "Indigeneity and the Mainstream: The Politics of Museum Display"--Olivia Guntarik. "Evolving a Development Framework for the Sama Dilaut in an Urban Center in southern Philippines"--Nimfa L. Bracamonte. IIB IIB Institute for Independent Business IIB Institute of International Business IIB Institute of International Bankers IIB International Investment Bank IIB Indian Institute of Banking & Finance IIB Included in Bankruptcy IIB Ice, Ice, Baby : Language and Literature "Considerations for a West Coast Bajau Orthography"--Mark T. Miller. "Sair: Tafsiran dari Gatra Sosio-linguistik terhadap genre Bajau Kota Belud"-Saidataul Nornis Hji. Mahali. "Location of Bajau Communities in Sulawesi"--David Mead. Thursday, 22 July, afternoon IIIA IIIA Internet Information Infrastructure Architecture IIIA Integrated Intelligence Information Application IIIA International Imaging Industry Association : Material Culture "Masyarakat 'Bajau' dan penyelidikan arkeologi di Sabah"--Yunus bin Sauman @ Sabin Sa·bin , Albert Bruce 1906-1993. American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against polio (1957), replacing the killed-virus vaccine invented by Jonas Salk. . "Motif ukiran Bajau"--Ismail Hj. Ibrahim. "Art and Identity in the Bajau Material Culture of Sabah"--Patricia Regis, Hanafi Hussin and Judeth John Baptist. IIIB: Economics of Transition "The Bajau Economy in Transition"--Gusni Saat and Kassim Mansor. "Persepsi komuniti Bajau terhadap perubahan sosioekonomi dan politik"--Fazli Abd. Hamid and Rizal Zamani Idris. "Marriage According to the Tradition of Bajau Laut of Semporna, Sabah"--James M. Alin, Roslinah Mahmud, Mori Kogid and Susan Andin. IV: Culture and Film "Nationalism, Memory and Film: The Significance of the Film Badjao in Philippine Cinema"--Aileen Toohey. Friday, 23 July, morning VA: Music and the Spiritual World "Acculturation acculturation, culture changes resulting from contact among various societies over time. Contact may have distinct results, such as the borrowing of certain traits by one culture from another, or the relative fusion of separate cultures. at Kota Belud Revisited: Iranun and Bajau Influences on the Gong Ensemble Music of the Tindal Dusun"--Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan, Hanafi Hussin and Judeth John Baptist. "Two tagunggu' Repertoires from the Bajau Communities of Kampung Bangau-Bangau, Semporna"--Jacqueline Pugh-Kitigan, Hanafi Hussin and Judeth John Baptist. VB: Colonialism and Its Effects "Masyarakat Bajau dari perspektif para pentadbir barat"--Mat Zin Mat Kib. "Malay Periodicals in North Borneo as the Ideological Background to the Emergence of Bajau Identity"--Yamamoto Hiroyuki. 10:30 am Closing Ceremony The conference was followed by a special exhibition at the Sabah Museum on Bajau-Sama cultures, launched on Saturday, 24 July at 9:30 am. The following day, Sunday, a day trip was arranged for participants wishing to attend the Tamu Besar at Kota Belud. The principal sponsoring organizers of the Conference were the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, and the Persatuan Seni Budaya Bajau Sabah. Further information on the Conference may be obtained by writing to: School of Social Sciences Universiti Malaysia Sabah Locked Bag 2073 88999 Kota Kinabalu Sabah, MALAYSIA e-mail contacts: Dean of Social Sciences, Assoc. Prof. Hasan Mat Nor (hasanmn@ums.edu.my) or Kadazan Dusun Chair, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan (jacquie@ums.edu.my) (Clifford Sather, University of Helsinki) |
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