Via: Whatsapp Videochat, 11.04.2023
-Wann warst du bei den Penan in Borneo?
Ich war bei den Panan in den Jahren 2001, 2003, 2007 und 2011. Das erste Mal als wir uns auf die Suche von Bruno Manser machten.
-Wie kamst du dazu mit den Penan zu interagieren?
Interagiert habe ich vermehrt leider nur mit dem Dolmetscher. Er war ein Halb-Penan und er übersetzte von Malay, die Sprache der Penan, ins Englische. Die Penan selbst sprechen kein Englisch.
-Wie hat die Modernisierung den Lebensstil der Penan verändert?
Es leben noch einige wenige Hunderte Penan wirklich als Nomaden, diese befinden sich in den oberen Regionen. Bei diesen hat sich nicht viel verändert. Im flacheren Teil wird halt leider stark abgeholzt. Aus diesem Grund ist es nicht mehr wirklich möglich dort so zu leben. Sie kriegen von der Regierung Baracken und leben zur Hälfe in diesen und zur anderen Hälfte im Dschungel. Also einfach gesagt wurde der Grossteil der Penan indirekt dazu gezwungen ihr nomadisches Leben aufzugeben. Leider hat dies nur sehr selten Vorteile für die Penan, da viele von ihnen in Dörfern oder Städten verelenden.
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List of contacted Webpages:
-Bruno Manser Fonds: No BCC, because contacted over webpageform (Added as soon as possible)
-Nikin: Sent confirmation over E-Mail
-Swissinfo.ch: No BCC, because contacted over webpageform (Added as soon as possible)
-indojunkie.com: Added to BCC
-survivalinternational.de: Added to BCC
-Geo/Geolino: Added to BCC
-Naturfreunde Schweiz: Added to BCC
-Schweizer Familie: Added to BCC
-Zürcher Oberländer: No BCC, because contacted over webpageform (Added as soon as possible)
-NZZ: No BCC, because contacted over webpageform (Added as soon as possible)
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As planned, I spoke with my friends about creating a podcast episode. They both said they would love to, and I hope we will be able to produce an episode on Friday the 21.04.2023. The podcast is called Lo-cast, and they produce episodes about many different subjects. Even thought they have a small audience, they have a few listeners which regularly turn on the podcast.
A quick update regarding my project. We started with the IDAF and I have created my media planning. My goal is to be able to publish my project, because of that I intend on getting in contact with as many people as possible.
Additionally, I was able to do one of my interviews. Unfortunately, I still have not received an awnser from my other interview partner, so I guess I will not hear anything anymore. I still need to do the evaluation, but I am planning on doing it this afternoon.
Hey there! My project is about the Penan from Borneo. The Penan have a very different lifestyle in comparison to our own! If you are interested in getting to know a new culture, this is the project you should follow.
Media possibilities I would like to use in my project:
Interview --> Audio, evt even a video
Online Research --> Different websites
Videos --> Movie form Bruno Manser, Youtube, etc
Unfortunately it wont be possible to visit the Penan myself. It is just to far away.
Pictures for "Penan from Boreno"
All of the pictures bellow have been taken and belong to Tomas Wüthrich. The pictures have been made on his journey to the Penan in 2019.
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THIS IS NOT A FINAL VERSION
Penan from Borneo
The Penan are an indigenous tribe on the island of Borneo, Malaysia/Indonesia. Today there are around 10’000 tribesman left. Most of the Penan settled down and left the nomadic lifestyle behind, but they still rely on the rainforest for most of their basic needs. Roughly a few 100 Penan still live the nomadic lifestyle and fully depend on their surrounding for their day-to-day needs. The traditional nomadic lifestyle includes hunting, fishing, and gathering of over 300 plants, roots and fruits.
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Unfortunately, I won't be able to visit the Penan myself. But luckily I found a collaboration partner, which was in personal contact with this indigenous tribe from Borneo and has interacted with them on multiple occasions. He was one of the people who was looking for Bruno Manser when he vanished. Additionally, with Frau Suter's help, I was able to get in contact with the sister of Bruno Manser. With the help of these two contacts, I should be able to create a good project.
I'm looking forward to do this project, although it's a difficult task to resolve.
In my opinion...
It is inspiring to see the comparison between us and Penans from Borneo, everything about life, the culture and nature there and Switzerland.
In a short time, I already realized that Yuri has fun with the project and always keeps us up to date.
This can be seen in every post, because every post was written very consider. All steps are documented very carefully, and you always know where you stand.
In my opinion, your goal sounds promising. «The goal for this project is to show, that there is a different way to live your life and find happiness.» As it arouses the interest in reading more.
I don't know what else could be added here, because it is still very early.
From a scale of 1-10 I would give Yuri and his project a 9 so far, so it is very easy to understand, it sounds interesting and exciting and will definitely look in more often.
I hope that the "Penan from Borneo" project will continue to be successful.