Topic Proposal, Outline and Related Literature

Topic Proposal
Ethnic Group: Sama (Bajau)
Limitations:
Option 1: Philippines only
Option 2: Maritime Southeast Asia
Related Concepts: Cosmology; House; Perspectivism; Social Organization and Kinship

Outline
I. Introduction
a. Background on the Sama
b. Background on Selected Concepts
c. Limitations of the Research
d. Methodology
e. Short Review of Related Literature
II. Detailed Discussion** (Depending on the Specific Concept/s Selected)
III. Conclusions/Suggestions for Further Studies

Related Literature:
Books:
Bellwood, Peter, James J. Fox, and Darrell Tryon, eds. The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative
Perspective. Canberra, Australia: ANU E Press, 2006.

Han, Benjamin A. A Perspective of the Life and Death Cycle among the Sama of Tawi-tawi. Quezon: Education
Research Program, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines and
Department of Education, Culture and Sports, Bureau of Non-Formal Education, 1996. **Filipiniana/CHE;
Regular Circulation; Multiple Copies.

Han, Benjamin. Mundaan-Kokoman : A Study of Sama Ethnic Survival and Identity. **University Archives.

Jundam, Mashur Bin-Ghalib. Sama. Quezon: Asian Center, University of the Philippines, 1983. **IIS; Room-
Use.

Magosaha, Harry Arlo. Magosaha : An Ethnography of the Tawi-Tawi Sama Dilaut. Quezon: Ateneo De Manila
Press, 2001. **Filipiniana; Regular Circulation; Multiple Copies.

Nimmo, H. Arlo. A Very Far Place : Tales of Tawi-Tawi. Quezon: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 2012.
**Filipiniana, IN PROCESS.

Saint, Catherine, and George Brown. Bajau. Jakarta: Yayasan Sejati, 1994.**ASP, Regular Circulation, 1 copy.

Warren, James Francis. The Sulu Zone : 1768-1898 : The Dynamics of External Trade, Slavery and Ethnicity in
the Transformation of a Southeast Asian Maritime State. Quezon: New Day Publishers, 1985.

Journal Articles:
Clifton, Julian, and Chris Majors. "Culture, Conservation, and Conflict: Perspectives on Marine Protection
Among the Bajau of Southeast Asia." Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal 25, no. 7, 716-25.

Daug, Artchil C., Christopher O. Kimilat, Glory Grace Ann G. Bayon, and Angenel D. Rufon. "THE
POSSIBILITY OF ETHNOGENESIS OF THE BADJAO IN BARANGAY TAMBACAN, ILIGAN CITY."
International Conference on Social Sciences Research, 2013.
https://worldconferences.net/proceedings/icssr2013/toc/047 - Christopher - THE POSSIBILITY OF
ETHNOGENESIS OF THE BADJAO.pdf.
Ismail, Iziq Eafifi, Abdullah Sani Hj Ahmad, and Ismail Ibrahim. "Influences of Regional Sama-Bajau Coastal
Dwellings: Social Perspectives through Identity Molding." International Journal of Culture and History 1, no. 2
(December 2015). http://www.ijch.net/vol1/022-D005.pdf.

Ismail, Iziq Eafifi, and Abdullah Sani Hj. Ahmad. "Spatial Arrangement of Coastal Sama-Bajau Houses Based
on Adjacency Diagram." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY3,
November 30, 2015.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285037620_Spatial_Arrangement_of_Coastal_Sama-
Bajau_Houses_Based_on_Adjacency_Diagram.

Jubilado, Rodney C. "On Cultural Fluidity: The Sama-Bajau of the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas." Kunapipi 32, no. 1.
Accessed November 23, 2016. http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1257&context=kunapipi.

Jubilado, Rodney C., Hanafi Hussin, and Maria Manueli. "THE SAMA-BAJAUS OF SULU-SULAWESI
SEAS: PERSPECTIVES FROM LINGUISTICS AND CULTURE." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 15, no.
1 (December 2010). http://e-journal.um.edu.my/public/article-view.php?id=1693.

Madlan, Lailawati Binti, Bee Seok Chua, Jasmin Adela Mutang, et al. "The Prejudice of Bajau: From Own and
Others Ethnic Perspective: A Preliminary Study in Sabah." International Journal of Information and Education
Technology 4, no. 3 (June 2014). http://eprints.ums.edu.my/12253/.

Nagatsu, Kazufumi. "Pirates, Sea Nomads or Protectors of Islam?: A Note on "Bajau" Identifications in the
Malaysian Context." (translated as Asian and African Area Studies), March 2001.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/32182131_Pirates_Sea_Nomads_or_Protectors_of_Islam_A_Note_on
_Bajau_Identifications_in_the_Malaysian_Context.

Saat, Gusni. "The Identity and Social Mobility of Sama-Bajau." Sari 21 (2003): 3-11. Accessed November 23,
2016. http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1227/1/The_Identity_and_Social_Mobility_of_Sama-Bajau.pdf.

Schagatay, Erika, Angelica Lodin-Sundstrm, and Erik Abrahamsson. "Underwater Working times in Two
Groups of Traditional Apnea Divers in Asia: The Ama and the Bajau." Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 41, no.
1 (March 2011). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21560982.
Stacey, Natasha. "Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone." Asia-Pacific
Environment Monographs 2 (2007). http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24h9b6.

Unclassified:
Hussin, Hanafi, and MCM Santamaria. "DANCING WITH THE GHOSTS OF THE SEA: EXPERIENCING
THE PAGKANDULI RITUAL OF THE SAMA DILAUT (BAJAU LAUT) IN SIKULAN, TAWI-TAWI,
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES."
doi:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266344768_DANCING_WITH_THE_GHOSTS_OF_THE_SEA_
EXPERIENCING_THE_PAGKANDULI_RITUAL_OF_THE_SAMA_DILAUT_BAJAU_LAUT_IN_SIKUL
AN_TAWI-TAWI_SOUTHERN_PHILIPPINES.