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DIGITAL FRONTIER
REGION B, C & D : BEKENU - NIAH
DECEMBER 2015 & MARCH 2016
KAMPUNG KUALA SEBUTI, KAMPUNG BUNGAI, KAMPUNG PELIAU, KAMPUNG GATAS, KAMPUNG JAMBU (BEKENU)
COMMUNITY : KEDAYAN
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RUMAH PANJAI PATRICK LIBAU (NIAH)
COMMUNITY : IBAN
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KAMPUNG LAJONG, KAMPUNG MUHIBBAH, KAMPUNG PADANG, KAMPUNG MASJID (NIAH)
COMMUNITY : MELANAU & MELAYU
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KAMPUNG TANJUNG BALIPAT (NIAH)
COMMUNITY : PENAN MUSLIM
BEKENU
Figure 3: Map indicating research sites in Bekenu-Niah area (Source : Horn, 2015)
The newly built telecommunication tower in Bekenu area Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
A briefing session with the project enumerators Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
Media usage survey session with the people of Kampung Kuala Sibuti Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
Key Informant Interview with Encik Alwi, the son of the late former village headman in Sibuti. Also present was Karen Sim from Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Lambir National Park (green tee) Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
Post survey briefing Photo Copyright © 2016 Raine Melissa Riman All Rights Reserved
The women of Kuala Sibuti promotes their cottage food products through whatsapp and facebook. Photo Copyright © 2016 Raine Melissa Riman All Rights Reserved
Everyone in Kuala Sibuti was preparing for an upcoming wedding feast. Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
Beach fishing Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
The transmitter of a telecommunication line booster tower Photo Copyright © 2016 Christine Horn All Rights Reserved
NIAH
The first meeting between Swinburne and SFC with the community and headmans of Niah in December 2015
The headman of the Penan Muslim village of Tanjung Balipat and his brother (who used to work with Tom and Barbara Harrisson during the Niah Cave excavation in the 1960s) .
KTW signage at Tanjung Balipat
Caged fish farming
Interviewing the residence of Kampung Lajong
Kampung Lajong beach
Caged fish farming
An abandoned "heritage" house in Kampung Lajong
Groundwater source