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Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia

In this situation report, we discuss the response of the Orang Asli, the aboriginal people of Peninsular Malaysia, to COVID-19, focusing specifically on the community's actions to protect themselves from the coronavirus during the government-imposed lockdown. Drawing from an Indigenous understa...

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Main Authors: Idrus, Rusaslina, Man, Zanisah, Williams-Hunt, Anthony, Chopil, Tijah Yok
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spelling my.um.eprints.349172022-05-25T08:13:27Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/34917/ Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia Idrus, Rusaslina Man, Zanisah Williams-Hunt, Anthony Chopil, Tijah Yok GN Anthropology In this situation report, we discuss the response of the Orang Asli, the aboriginal people of Peninsular Malaysia, to COVID-19, focusing specifically on the community's actions to protect themselves from the coronavirus during the government-imposed lockdown. Drawing from an Indigenous understanding of illness and health, the Orang Asli took the threat of the pandemic seriously and responded with proactive steps to keep their community safe, which included setting up barricades and checkpoints to control movement into their villages, performing health maintenance rituals and prayers and retreating into the forest. We argue that the Orang Asli's response mitigated the spread of the virus into their villages. Their adaptation and resilience emphasize the need to respect their traditional knowledge and way of life, as well as the importance of strengthening the Orang Asli's control over their traditional territories and environment. SAGE Publications 2021-09 Article PeerReviewed Idrus, Rusaslina and Man, Zanisah and Williams-Hunt, Anthony and Chopil, Tijah Yok (2021) Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia. Alternative-An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 17 (3). pp. 439-443. ISSN 1177-1801, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801211038723 <https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801211038723>. 10.1177/11771801211038723
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topic GN Anthropology
spellingShingle GN Anthropology
Idrus, Rusaslina
Man, Zanisah
Williams-Hunt, Anthony
Chopil, Tijah Yok
Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
description In this situation report, we discuss the response of the Orang Asli, the aboriginal people of Peninsular Malaysia, to COVID-19, focusing specifically on the community's actions to protect themselves from the coronavirus during the government-imposed lockdown. Drawing from an Indigenous understanding of illness and health, the Orang Asli took the threat of the pandemic seriously and responded with proactive steps to keep their community safe, which included setting up barricades and checkpoints to control movement into their villages, performing health maintenance rituals and prayers and retreating into the forest. We argue that the Orang Asli's response mitigated the spread of the virus into their villages. Their adaptation and resilience emphasize the need to respect their traditional knowledge and way of life, as well as the importance of strengthening the Orang Asli's control over their traditional territories and environment.
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author Idrus, Rusaslina
Man, Zanisah
Williams-Hunt, Anthony
Chopil, Tijah Yok
author_facet Idrus, Rusaslina
Man, Zanisah
Williams-Hunt, Anthony
Chopil, Tijah Yok
author_sort Idrus, Rusaslina
title Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Indigenous resilience and the COVID-19 response: A situation report on the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort indigenous resilience and the covid-19 response: a situation report on the orang asli in peninsular malaysia
publisher SAGE Publications
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/34917/
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