Dear all
some of you might be interested in this as an example of
cross-disciplinary working, and also producing books that are for a
non-academic or more mixed audience, including the Œsubjects¹ themselves..
On 28/03/2014 09:17, "Monica Janowski" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>Some of you know that I've got a new book coming out which is focused on
>a legend from the Kelabit Highlands, and which includes an exploration of
>the way of life and cosmology of the Kelabit. It's a book which is
>intended for a wide audience including academics, the Kelabit themselves
>and a wider interested public. It includes hundreds of photos and ten
>paintings by a Kelabit artist, Stephen Baya. It's being co-published by
>the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and the Sarawak Museum. There will
>be several book launches for the book, including one in Copenhagen (I
>don't know the date of this one yet) and one in Sarawak on 1 August, as
>part of the opening of the Sarawak Cultured Rainforest exhibition, which
>I'll be curating and which comes out of the project on which I've been
>working with a group of archaeologists and environmental scientists in
>recent years, in the Kelabit Highlands.
>
>The first book launch will be at SOAS on 19th May, as part of a book
>launch for several books being published by members of the Food Studies
>Group at SOAS. I'm attaching a flyer for the launch. If you're able to
>come, it would be lovely to see you there.
>
>all the best, Monica
>
>Dr. Monica Janowski
>Research Associate,
>Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology,
>School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,
>Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square,
>London WC1H 0XG
>Mobile: 07967 505688
>email: [log in to unmask]
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