Pampang Culture Village and International Tourism in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo

• Published in: Human organization 2001-12, Vol.60 (4), p.414-422
• Main Author: Schiller, Anne
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Asia; Borneo; Competition; Cultural change; Cultural Conflict; Cultural identity; Cultural Maintenance; Culture; Customary international law; Dance; Dayak; Ethnicity; Ethnology; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous Populations; Indonesia; International; International travels; Islands; Kalimantan; Kenyah; Longhouses; Nation building; Native peoples; Organization theory; Picard, Michel; Social Change; Social impact; Social relations. Intercultural and interethnic relations. Collective identity; Social structure and social relations; South Asian studies; Southeast Asian culture; Stadiums; Tourism; Tourist attractions; Towns; Traditional dance; Villages
• ISSN: 0018-7259; 1938-3525
• DOI: 10.17730/humo.60.4.e130h8lerhtqdpk4

Pampang, a village inhabited by Kenyan Dayaks, an indigenous people of Indonesian Borneo, was recently declared the first "culture village" in the province of East Kalimantan. This study traces the development of "Pampang Culture Village" and examines the incipient effects of tourism on the lives and livelihoods of local people. Even as the village's cultivation as a tourist destination has begun to gamer benefits for residents, their role in the enterprise remains ambiguous. Left unresolved, this confusion could contribute to fissures within the community. Another disturbing side effect is the creation of a new arena for competition among native subgroups. Competition for tourists may have negative consequences for whether indigenous peoples can forge and maintain a common identity for themselves in an era of rapid social transformation.