From Apau Kayan, Borneo to Tokyo
The Adventure of a Kenyah Dayak Man Who Met a Japanese Person
- Makoto Inoue, Ndan Imang／2024.12
- JPY2,200／duodecimo, softcover, 312pages
*Only e-books and Amazon print-on-demand versions
(ISBN 9784868160090(e-books), 978-4-86816-011-3(Amazon POD))
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction: Background Information Kalimantan / Borneo’s Indigenous People / Dayak Typification / Worldviews and Beliefs / Attack on a Dutch Garrison by Japanese Troops
Chapter 1: Birth
Main Theme The Disappeared Village of Long Dumu / Birth / Longhouses / The Great Move / Lifestyle / Establishment of Suharto’s New Order / A Terrible War / Headhunting / Frugal Living
Obbligato Birth / Father and Mother
Chapter 2: Early Life
Main Theme Scared of Airplanes / Border Dispute with Malaysia / Hunting Experiences / Swidden Agriculture and Food / Favorite Food / Taught How to Hunt by His Father
Obbligato A Mother Who Believed in Him
Chapter 3: Elementary School Years
Main Theme Afraid of Punishment / Stone Writing Tools and Homework / The Outside World / Opening of the Airfield / Name Change Recommendation Ahead of Graduation
Obbligato High Economic Growth / Severe Burns and Alienation / Bittersweet Youth Baseball
Chapter 4: Middle School Years
Main Theme Journey to Long Nawang Village / Working Hard in Middle School / Responding to Famine / Tuition Fees / Ndan’s First Pair of Shoes / An Unfortunate Conclusion / Presence of the National Armed Forces
Obbligato The “All-Japanese-Are-Middle-Class” Mentality and the First Oil Shock / Resisting Repeated Violence
Chapter 5: Life in the City and an Inferiority Complex
Main Theme To the Provincial Capital Samarinda / Graduating from Middle School in Samarinda / Inferiority Complex as an Indigenous Person / Restored Self-Confidence as an Indigenous Person / Life and Learning in High School and University / Indonesian Economic Development
Obbligato Japan as Number One / High School Basketball Club / University Entrance Exams / Boarding Life in Tokyo / Inferiority Complex to Feeling Good / Fighting on the Basketball Court at University / Choosing Specialization
Chapter 6: Getting a Job and Getting Married
Main Theme The Struggles of Job Hunting / Marriage / The Age of “Development” and Suharto’s Withdrawal
Obbligato Choosing a Job / Adolescence at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute / Why Study Foreign Countries? Why International Cooperation? / Sojourn in Kalimantan / Peak and Bursting of the Bubble
Chapter 7: Getting a PhD in Japan
Main Theme Meeting a Japanese Person and Hinterland Fieldwork / New Endeavors / Impressions of Japan / Japanese Food / Obtaining a PhD / The Next Dream
Obbligato Policy Research and International Cooperation That Benefits Local Residents / The Inoue Seminar as a “Port” / Expectations for Ndan
Commentary The Behavioral Principles of Swidden Farmers / Migrant Work as Travel / The Likelihood of a Turning Point / Importance of a “Relational World” / The Forest and Swidden Agriculture in a “Relational World” /Role of External Experts / Experience before “Being Made” / Meaning of Learning from the Field
Afterword (1) by Ndan Imang
Afterword (2) by INOUE Makoto
Notes
Authors
INOUE Makoto
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1960, he lives in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. He is a professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. He earned his Doctor of Agriculture degree from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. He specializes in environmental sociology, forest governance, and Southeast Asian area studies. After working at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; Tropical Rainforest Research Center of the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (JICA Long-Term Expert); and Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo, he assumed his current position in 2017. He has served as President of the Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology, Vice President of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Vice President of the Japanese Society for Current Anthropology, and Trustee of the Japan Society of Tropical Ecology. He is also the Representative Director of the Japan Environmental Council (JEC) and author of In Search of the Idea of the Commons: Thinking with the Forests of Kalimantan(New World Affairs) (Iwanami Shoten, 2004). His hobby is karate-do (Japan Karatedo Federation Wado-kai 5th dan, instructor 2nd grade, Japan Sports Association karatedo coach 1).
Ndan Imang
Born in Long Dumu in 1964, he lives in Samarinda City, East Kalimantan, Republic of Indonesia. He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture, Murawarman University. He has a PhD in Agriculture from the University of Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Murawarman University, where he also completed a Master’s degree in forestry. He specializes in agricultural socioeconomics, swidden agriculture, and agribusiness.