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Restoring the orangutan in a Whole- or Half-Earth context by Meijaard, Erik, Sheil, Douglas, Sherman, Julie, Chua, Liana, Ni'matullah, Safwanah, Wilson, Kerrie, Ancrenaz, Marc, Liswanto, Darmawan, Wich, Serge A., Goossens, Benoit, Kühl, Hjalmar S., Voigt, Maria, Rayadin, Yaya, Kurniawan, Yuyun, Trianto, Agus, Priatna, Dolly, Banes, Graham L., Massingham, Emily, Payne, John, Marshall, Andrew J.

“…Various global-scale proposals exist to reduce the loss of biological diversity. These include the Half-Earth and Whole-Earth visions that respectively seek to…”
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Conservation and the social sciences: Beyond critique and co‐optation. A case study from orangutan conservation by Chua, Liana, Harrison, Mark E., Fair, Hannah, Milne, Sol, Palmer, Alexandra, Rubis, June, Thung, Paul, Wich, Serge, Büscher, Bram, Cheyne, Susan M., Puri, Rajindra K., Schreer, Viola, Stępień, Anna, Meijaard, Erik, Molnar, Zsolt

“…Interactions between conservation and the social sciences are frequently characterized by either critique (of conservation by social scientists) or co‐optation…”
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Tropical peatlands and their conservation are important in the context of COVID-19 and potential future (zoonotic) disease pandemics by Harrison, Mark E, Wijedasa, Lahiru S, Cole, Lydia E.S, Cheyne, Susan M, Choiruzzad, Shofwan Al Banna, Chua, Liana, Dargie, Greta C, Ewango, Corneille E.N, Honorio Coronado, Euridice N, Ifo, Suspense A, Imron, Muhammad Ali, Kopansky, Dianna, Lestarisa, Trilianty, O'Reilly, Patrick J, Van Offelen, Julie, Refisch, Johannes, Roucoux, Katherine, Sugardjito, Jito, Thornton, Sara A, Upton, Caroline, Page, Susan

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global disruption, with the emergence of this and other pandemics having been linked to habitat encroachment and/or wildlife…”
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What's in a (Big) Name? The Art and Agency of a Bornean Photographic Collection by Chua1, Liana

“…This article concerns the photographic collection of Paka anak Otor, the Bidayuh owner of a 'mini-museum' in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, and how it became…”
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Selfies and Self-Fictions: Calibrating Co-presence in and of ‘the Field’ by Chua, Liana

“…Abstract Through what fictions do anthropologists become co-present in ‘the field’? And what happens when ‘the field’ becomes co-present in anthropologists’…”
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Too Cute to Cuddle? “Witnessing Publics” and Interspecies Relations on the Social Media-scape of Orangutan Conservation by Chua, Liana

“…In recent years, social media have become increasingly important means through which orangutan conservation organizations engage with the wider public. But…”
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Troubled landscapes, troubling anthropology: co-presence, necessity, and the making of ethnographic knowledge by Chua, Liana

“…If 'co-presence is a condition of [anthropological] inquiry' (Fabian), what sort of knowledge does it produce? I explore this question through an ethnography…”
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Conversion, continuity, and moral dilemmas among Christian Bidayuhs in Malaysian Borneo by CHUA, LIANA

“…The nascent anthropology of Christianity highlights rupture as central to conversion. Yet thick ethnography of a Bidayuh village in Malaysian Borneo reveals…”
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Selfies and Self-Fictions: Calibrating Co-presence in and of ‘the Field’ by Chua, Liana

“…Through what fictions do anthropologists become co-present in ‘the field’? And what happens when ‘the field’ becomes co-present in anthropologists’ lives? In…”
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Witnessing the Unseen: Extinction, Spirits, and Anthropological Responsibility by Chua, Liana

“…Abstract This article draws on two research projects – one on orangutan conservation, and the other on religious change among indigenous Bidayuh communities –…”
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Viral Devotionality and Christian Solidarity in/beyond Borneo by Chua, Liana

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Small acts and personal politics: On helping to save the orangutan via social media by CHUA, LIANA

“…In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest among political and media analysts in the value and utility of online activism. This article seeks to…”
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Gifting, Dam(n)ing and the Ambiguation of Development in Malaysian Borneo by Chua, Liana

“…This article seeks to move beyond the critical politicizing impulse that has characterized anthropologies of development since the 1990s towards a more…”
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Too Cute to Cuddle? "Witnessing Publics" and Interspecies Relations on the Social Media-scape of Orangutan Conservation/ Demasiado Fofo para Acarinhar? "Publicos Testemunhais" e Relagbes Inter-Especies no Espago das Redes Sociais do Orangotango by Chua, Liana

“…In recent years, social media have become increasingly important means through which orangutan conservation organizations engage with the wider public. But…”
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Editorial by Chua, Liana, Cooper, Timothy

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Editorial by Chua, Liana, Cooper, Timothy

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Editorial by Chua, Liana, Cooper, Timothy

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Introduction: Unpacking Indigeneity in Southeast Asia by Chua, Liana, Idrus, Rusaslina

“…In May 2019, the Sabah-based Borneo Dayak Forum (BDF)—an NGO that identifies itself as "the international representative body of the Dayaks [sic] Peoples at…”
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Endres, Kirsten W. & AndreaLauser (eds). Engaging the spirit world: popular beliefs and practices in modern Southeast Asia. x, 234 pp., illus., bibliogrs. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. £53.00 (cloth) by Chua, Liana

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Introduction by Chua, Liana, Grinberg, Omri

“…This introduction sets the scene for the special issue through an overview of extant anthropological approaches to witnessing and a discussion of the…”
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