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An 8 page paper which examines and analyzes the Batek people of Malaysia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
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that perhaps 750 members of this culture survive in the forests of Malaysia today (Beswick, 2010; 80). They are a relatively simple, and very peaceful, people who are unique. The
following paper examines how the fact that the culture is a nomadic foraging-gatherer culture influences their approach to various issues. The paper examines gender, social organization and political organization.
Gender In first looking at gender one author, in reviewing a very popular book on the Batek titled "The Headman Was a
Woman: The Gender Egalitarian Batek Of Malaysia," indicates that "the Batek exhibited a system where neither sex held control over the other or was considered to hold more cultural value
than the other" (Murguia, 2009). According to the book this can be attributed to elements in the society, based on the nomadic foraging-gathering structure, that involve other aspects of the
society. These elements, according to the book, are "(1) the economic independence of its entire people, (2) the practices of decentralizing authority and sharing governance, and (3) the principle importance
of nonviolence" (Murguia, 2009). In the society the women are not subject to the economic power of the men for all people
have some sense of economic possession and all the people have their own level of independence. This is perhaps founded on many realities within the society, and realities connected to
social as well as political organization. For example there is no violence in the culture and men and women have many of the same responsibilities and are both able to
provide for themselves. "Men normally hunt while women gather vegetables, but both foods are valued equally and both sexes are part of the food-sharing network in their camps.
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