Case Studies- Related Issues Consist of Social-Community-Culture The fading of social and cultural heritage is the other issues that rise after the dam construction. Based on the Brandt and Fekri Hassan (2000), cultural heritage is the community’s history that connect the society throughout times. It could be in any forms as long as it indicate the identity to certain community (Brandt & Fekri Hassan, 2000). There are two type of the cultural possession thatcould be lost due to the dam construction that are underground significant historical remains and also the cultural house or building that become the place for religious and spiritual purpose (Cernea, 2004).
When the government decided to build a dam at their place, and they need to resettle at the new place, this had make their culture and social practice slowly disappeared as the time passed especially their daily life.
The disruption and uprooting frequently occasioned by dam construction separate people from the material context of their cultural identity and threaten them with a loss of vital cultural resources.
(Brandt & Fekri Hassan, 2000, p. 15)
Their daily routine had changed from looking for resources in the forest to the looking for job in the nearest …show more content…
Limited job opportunity and unsuitable land for farming had change the role that had been played by the women in the indigenous community. Before, women had played important role in food production and in generating income for generation (Resettlement of indigenous peoples affected by the Bakun Hydro-Electric Project, Sarawak, Malaysia, 1999). Now, they had to depend on the men to get the resources and labor. This is because, the land that had been given to them is not enough and apart from that, the distance from resettlement place to the workplace was far, so, they had to depend on men for transport. This also literally had increased the discrimination on
When the government decided to build a dam at their place, and they need to resettle at the new place, this had make their culture and social practice slowly disappeared as the time passed especially their daily life.
The disruption and uprooting frequently occasioned by dam construction separate people from the material context of their cultural identity and threaten them with a loss of vital cultural resources.
(Brandt & Fekri Hassan, 2000, p. 15)
Their daily routine had changed from looking for resources in the forest to the looking for job in the nearest …show more content…
Limited job opportunity and unsuitable land for farming had change the role that had been played by the women in the indigenous community. Before, women had played important role in food production and in generating income for generation (Resettlement of indigenous peoples affected by the Bakun Hydro-Electric Project, Sarawak, Malaysia, 1999). Now, they had to depend on the men to get the resources and labor. This is because, the land that had been given to them is not enough and apart from that, the distance from resettlement place to the workplace was far, so, they had to depend on men for transport. This also literally had increased the discrimination on