The Task and Perspective of Anthropological Study about Bajau Laut

バジャウ ラウト ニカンスル ジンルイガク テキ ケンキュウ ノ カダイ ト テンボウ

ウエダ, トオル

Ueda, Toru

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

英語

パトロン・クライアント関係

マレーシア・サバ州

スールー海

定住

Bajau Laut

patron-client relationship

Sabah Malaysia

The Sulu Sea

settlement

This paper aims at critical examination of the precedent studies about an ethnic group called Bajau Laut, who have been described as the "Sea Nomads" or "Sea Gypsies", living on the Sulu Sea ranging from Sabah Malaysia to the Philippines. It also attempts to explore the direction for future studies. After reviewing the nature of the two patron-client relationships, mentioned in the monograph about Bajau Laut written by American anthropologist, Clifford Sather, the difference between them will be clarified. This difference depends on the different contexts in which Bajau Laut are embedded. Attention must be paid in anthropological research to the difference of each context accordingly, because despite their high-mobility life in the border zone as called the "Sea Gypsies" or "Sea Nomads", they are still living in the national order.

英語