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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Canoeing Rawa Bento Swamp

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Photo by Luke Mackin Wetlands (swamps, marshes, estuaries, etc) are an important part of the landscape of Southeast Asia.  In the past w...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Where Does Chocolate Come From? Cacao Cultivation on Sumatra

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In the previous two posts I've described some of my experiences from my trip up through the province of Sumatra Barat (West Sumatra) l...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A Minangkabau Language Primer

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As I mentioned in previous posts last week I spent some time up in West Sumatra, which is the center of the Minangkabau culture.  The Minang...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

A Journey Through The Minang Heartland...

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This past week I took my little Honda on a 900-kilometer ride up north through Minangkabau country at the request of a friend of mine, who...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Mystery of Merangin's Missing Women

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Picture from here . In 1990 economist and future nobel laureate Amartya Sen wrote a landmark article in the New York Times Review of Boo...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

An Application of Central Place Theory: Merangin District, Sumatra

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Map from here .  Note Jambi Province  This week I'm down in Bangko, the capital of Merangin district for some research work.  Mera...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Revisting Gunung Tujuh: The Political Ecology of Forest Encroachment

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A couple of days ago I made my way back to Gunung Tujuh , the site of several villages bordering on Kerinci Seblat National Park.  I'...
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