Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines
The Indigenous Aeta Magbukún maintain a primarily nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle in their forested ancestral lands. Through the continued encroachment of non-Indigenous populations, the Aeta Magbukún persist at a critical level. Finding it increasingly difficult to sustain their traditional livel...
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| author | Balilla, V. Anwar McHenry, Julia McHenry, M. Parkinson, R. Banal, D. |
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| description | The Indigenous Aeta Magbukún maintain a primarily nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle in their forested ancestral lands. Through the continued encroachment of non-Indigenous populations, the Aeta Magbukún persist at a critical level. Finding it increasingly difficult to sustain their traditional livelihoods, they must engage in informal commerce to procure sufficient food throughout the year. This work explores the basis of self-identity, traditional kinship ties, evolution of sociopolitical organisation, and the developing political options that sustain the small and vulnerable Indigenous population. Despite recent tentative sociopolitical developments, securing cultural protection requires greater effort in developing political communication and representation at a local and national level. In doing so, the Aeta Magbukún can meet their basic needs, secure traditional cultural knowledge, and are able to influence their own development during a time of relatively rapid acculturation within the mainstream Philippine societal complex. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-182062017-09-13T13:43:07Z Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines Balilla, V. Anwar McHenry, Julia McHenry, M. Parkinson, R. Banal, D. The Indigenous Aeta Magbukún maintain a primarily nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle in their forested ancestral lands. Through the continued encroachment of non-Indigenous populations, the Aeta Magbukún persist at a critical level. Finding it increasingly difficult to sustain their traditional livelihoods, they must engage in informal commerce to procure sufficient food throughout the year. This work explores the basis of self-identity, traditional kinship ties, evolution of sociopolitical organisation, and the developing political options that sustain the small and vulnerable Indigenous population. Despite recent tentative sociopolitical developments, securing cultural protection requires greater effort in developing political communication and representation at a local and national level. In doing so, the Aeta Magbukún can meet their basic needs, secure traditional cultural knowledge, and are able to influence their own development during a time of relatively rapid acculturation within the mainstream Philippine societal complex. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18206 10.1155/2013/391878 Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Balilla, V. Anwar McHenry, Julia McHenry, M. Parkinson, R. Banal, D. Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines |
| title | Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines |
| title_full | Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines |
| title_short | Indigenous Aeta Magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the Philippines |
| title_sort | indigenous aeta magbukún self-identity, social-political structures, and self-determination at the local level in the philippines |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18206 |