Victor T. King
 |
|
Academic Qualifications
BA Geography and Sociology (Hull)
MA (Anthropology and Indonesian Studies (SOAS, London)
PhD Social Antoropology (Hull)
FRSA
Teaching
- Societies and Cultures of Borneo
Academic Areas
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Social Change and Development
- Tourism Studies
Selected Publications
Books
Park, S. W., & King, V. T. (forthcoming). Perspectives on Southeast Asia and the Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond. Singapore: ISEAS Press.
King, V. T., & Wilder, W. D. (2012). Antropologi Modern Asia Tenggara: Sebuah Pengantar [translation of The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: an Introduction]. Yogyakarta: Kreasi Wacana.
Hitchcock, M., King, V. T., & Parnell, M. (2010). Heritage Tourism in Southeast Asia. Copenhagen: NIAS Press / Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Hitchcock, M., King, V. T., & Parnell, M. (2009). Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions. Copenhagen: NIAS Press / Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
King, V. T. (2008). The Sociology of Southeast Asia: Transformations in a Developing Region. Copenhagen: NIAS Press / Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Jawan, J. A., & King, V. T. (2004). Ethnicity and Electoral Politics in Sarawak, East Malaysia. Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Press.
King, V. T., & Wilder, W. D. (2003). The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia. An Introduction. London: Routledge.
King, V. T. (1999). Anthropology and Development in South-East Asia: Theory and Practice. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.
King, V. T. (1999). Rural Development and Social Science Research. Case Studies from Borneo. Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council.
King, V. T. (1998). Environmental Challenges in South-East Asia. Copenhagen: NIAS / London: Curzon Press.
King, V. T., & Hitchcock, M. (1997). Images of Malay Indonesian Identity. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.
King, V. T., & Horton, A. V. M. (1995). From Buckfast to Borneo: Essays Presented to Father Robert Nicholl on the 85th Anniversary of his Birth. Hull: Centre for South-East Asian Studies, University of Hull.
King, V. T. (1995). Explorers of South-East Asia, Six Lives. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.
King, V. T. (1994). Tourism in Borneo: Issues and Perspectives. Williamsburg, VA: Borneo Research Council.
Hitchcock, M., King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (1993). Tourism in South-East Asia. London: Routledge.
King, V. T. (1993). The Peoples of Borneo. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
King, V. T. (1992). Issues in Rural Development in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (1990). Margins and Minorities: The Peripheral Areas and Peoples of Malaysia. Hull: Hull University Press.
King, V. T. (1989). H. F. Tillema, A Journey among the Peoples of Central Borneo in Word and Picture. Singapore: Oxford University Press.
Avé, J. B., & King, V. T. (1986). People of the Weeping Forests: Tradition and Change in Borneo [English edition]. Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde.
Avé, J. B., & King, V. T. (1986). Borneo: Oerwoud in Ondergang, Culturen op Drift. Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde.
King, V. T. (1985). The Maloh of West Kalimantan: An Ethnographic Study of Social Inequality and Social Change among an Indonesian Borneo People. Holland/USA: Foris Publications.
King, V. T. (1978). Essays on Borneo Societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Journal Papers
King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (2011). World heritage sites and domestic tourism in Thailand: Social change and management implications. South East Asia Research, 19, 381–420.
King, V. T. (2010). Sosiologi persanakan. Jurnal Terjemahan Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 2(1), 113–124.
King, V. T. (2010). Memperkasa jati diri generasi net menerusi peranan generasi net. Malaysian Journal of Youth Studies, 3, 147–170.
King, V. T. (2010). Borneo studies: Perspectives from a jobbing social scientist. Akademika, 77, 15–40.
King, V. T. (2010). Youth organizations as a starting point to formal politics: A case of Malaysia. Nepalese Journal of Public Policy and Governance, 27, December 2010 (e-journal) (http://njpg.pactu.edu.np/)
King, V. T. (2008). The middle class in Southeast Asia: Diversities, identities, comparisons and the Vietnamese case. International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 4, 73–109.
King, V. T. (2008). Tourism in Asia: A review of the achievements and challenges. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 23, 104–136.
King, V. T., Phuong, A. N., & Nguyen, H. M. (2008). Professional middle class youth in post-reform Vietnam: Identity, continuity and change. Modern Asian Studies, 42, 783–813.
King, V. T., & Kim, Y. K. (2005). ”Reflexive” reactions of Eastern Indonesian women to the economic crisis: A case-study of Tomohon, Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Indonesia and the Malay World, 3, 307–325.
King, V. T., & Kim, Y. K. (2004). Regional development programmes and the life-dynamics of Tomohonese women. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 19, 254–287.
Jenkins, G., & King, V. T. (2003). Heritage and development in a Malaysian city: George Town under threat? Tourism and Heritage in Southeast Asia, 31, 44–57.
King, V. T. (2002). South-East Asia: A field of anthropological study? Recherce en Sciences Humaines sur l'Asie du Sud-Est, 3, 1–31.
King, V. T. (2001). A question of identity. Names, societies and ethnic groups in interior Kalimantan and Brunei Darussalam. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 16, 1–37.
King, V. T., & Jawan, J. (1997). The Ibans of Sarawak: The nature of their peripherality and its political and economic consequences. Southeast Asian Ethnography, 11, 33–59.
King, V. T. (1996). Reflections on the nature of Brunei society. Janang Warta Akademi Pengajian Brunei, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 6, 145–61.
King, V. T. (1995). Politik bembangunan: The political economy of rainforest exploitation and development in Sarawak, East Malaysia. Global Ecology and Biogeograpy Letters, 3, 235–244.
King, V. T. (1994). The sociology of South-East Asia: A critical review of some concepts and issues. Bijdragen tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, 150, 171–206.
King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (1994). Business and culture in South-East Asia: Its relevance for Britain. Journal of Far Eastern Business, 1, 56–79.
King, V. T. (1994). What is Brunei society? Reflections on a conceptual and ethnographic issue. Southeast Asia Research, 2, 176–198.
Taylor, D. M., Hortin, D., Parnwell, M. J. G., Marsden, T. K., & King, V. T. (1994). The degradation of rainforests in Sarawak, East Malaysia, and its implications for future management policies. Geoforum, 25, 351–369.
King, V. T. (1993). Tourism and culture in Malaysia. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 20, 1–17.
King, V. T. (1988). Models and realities: Malaysian national planning and East Malaysian development problems. Modern Asian Studies, 22, 263–98.
King, V. T. (1986). Land development in Sarawak, Malaysia: A case study. Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, 1/2, 53–60.
King, V. T. (1986). South-East Asia. Essays in the political economy of structural change. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 16, 520–533.
King, V. T. (1986). An anthropology of development? Anthropologists in and out of the real world. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 14, 118–130.
King, V. T. (1986). Land settlement schemes and the alleviation of rural poverty in Sarawak, East Malaysia: A critical commentary. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 14, 71–99.
King, V. T. (1985). Symbols of social differentiation: A comparative investigation of signs, the signified and symbolic meanings in Borneo. Anthropos, 80, 125–152.
King, V. T. (1983). Aspects of sugar manufacture in Borneo. The Brunei Museum Journal, 5, 81–103.
King, V. T. (1982). Ethnicity in Borneo: An anthropological problem. Journal of Social Science, 10, 23–43.
King, V. T. (1981). Marxist analysis and highland Burma: A critical commentary. Cultures et développement, 13, 675–688.
King, V. T. (1980). Structural analysis and cognatic societies: Some Borneo examples. Sociologus, 30, 11–28.
King, V. T. (1979). Sociology in South-East Asia: A personal view. Cultures et développement, 13, 391–414.
King, V. T. (1979). Research on former nomads in West Kalimantan (Western Indonesian Borneo). Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research, 21, 89–98.
King, V. T. (1978). Revitalization movements in Kalimantan. Indonesia Circle (SOAS), 17, 14–27.
King, V. T. (1978). Moral economy and peasant uprisings in South-East Asia. Cultures et développement, 10, 123–149.
King, V. T. (1977). Unity, formalism and structure: Comments on Iban augury and related problems. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 133, 63–87.
King, V. T. (1976). Transition and Maloh birth. Folk, 18, 189–204.
King, V. T. (1976). Some aspects of Iban-Maloh contact in West Kalimantan. Indonesia, 21, 85–114.
King, V. T. (1976). Migration, warfare and culture contact in Borneo: A critique of ecological analysis. Oceania, 46, 306–327.
King, V. T. (1976). Cursing, special death and spirits in Embaloh society. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 132, 124–145.
King, V. T. (1973). Some observations on the Samin movement of North-Central Java. Suggestions for the theoretical analysis of the dynamics of rural unrest. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 129, 457–481.
Book Chapters
King, V. T. (2012). Knowledge from the margins of Malaysia: Globalisation and research on the ground. In Zawawi Ibrahim (Ed.), Social Science Knowledge in a Globalising World (pp. 117–164). Kajang: Malaysian Social Science Association / Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre.
King, V. T. (2009). Anthropology and tourism in Southeast Asia: Comparative studies, cultural differentiation and agency. In M. Hitchcock, V. T. King & M. Parnwell (Eds.), Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions (pp. 43–68). Copenhagen: NIAS Press, Copenhagen / Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
King, V. T. (2006). Southeast Asia: Personal reflections on a region. In C. Chou & V. Houben (Eds.), Southeast Asian Studies: Debates and New Directions (pp. 23–44). Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies / Leiden: International institute of Asian Studies.
King, V. T. (2002). Foreword. In A. V. M. Horton (Ed.), I. H. N. Evans, Bornean Diaries, 1938–42 (pp. vii-xxiii). Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council.
King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (1999). Environmental change, local responses and the notion of 'Development' in Sarawak. In V. T. King (Ed.), Rural Development and Social Science Research. Case Studies from Borneo, Proceedings of the Borneo Research Council (pp. 159–191). Phillips, ME: Borneo Research Council.
King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (1998). Environmental changes and population movements. The Iban of Sarawak. In V. T. King (Ed.), Environmental Challenges in South-East Asia (pp. 137–168). Copenhagen: NIAS / London: Curzon.
King, V. T. (1996). Sociology. In Mohammed Halib & T. Huxley (Eds.), An Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies (pp. 148–188). London: Tauris Academic Studies.
King, V. T., & Jawan, J. (1996). The Ibans of Sarawak, Malaysia: Ethnicity, marginalization and development. In D. Dwyer & D. Drakakis-Smith (Eds.), Ethnicity and Development: Geographical Perspectives (pp. 195–214). London: John Wiley.
King, V. T. (1996). Environmental change in Malaysian Borneo: Fire, drought and rain. In M. Parnwell & R. Bryant (Eds.), Environmental Change in South-East Asia: People, Politics, and Sustainable Development (pp. 165–189). London: Routledge.
King, V. T. (1995). Indigenous Peoples and Land Rights in Sarawak, Malaysia: To be or not to be a bumiputra. In R. H. Barnes, A. Gray, & B. Kingsbury (Eds.), Indigenous Peoples of Asia (pp. 289–305, 434–435, 478–480). Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies in the United States.
King, V. T., & Bantong Antaran (1995). Ethnographic collections in the Brunei Museum. In V. T. King, & A. V. M. Horton (Eds.), From Buckfast to Borneo Essays Presented to Father Robert Nicholl on the 85th Anniversary of his Birth (pp. 326–334). University of Hull: Centre for South East Asian Studies / Kuching: Sarawak Literary Society.
King, V. T. (1994). Tourism and culture in Malaysia, with reference to Borneo. In V. T. King (Ed.), Tourism in Borneo: Issues and Perspectives (pp. 29–43). Williamsburg, VI: Borneo Research Council.
King, V. T. (1992). Sociological research and development. In V. T. King & Nazaruddin Mohd. Jali (Eds.), Issues in Rural Development in Malaysia (pp. 250–262). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
King, V. T., & Jawan, J. (1992). Resettlement in Sarawak. In V. T. King & Nazaruddin Mohd. Jali (Eds.), Issues in Rural Development in Malaysia (pp. 145–170). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
King, V. T. (1992). In situ land development in Sarawa. In V. T. King & Nazaruddin Mohd. Jali (Eds.), Issues in Rural Development in Malaysia (pp. 82–93). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
King, V. T. (1991). Cognation and rank in Borneo. In F. Husken & J. Kemp (Eds.), Cognation and Social Organisation in Southeast Asia (pp. 15–31). Leiden: KITLV Press.
King, V. T. (1990). Why is Sarawak peripheral? In V. T. King & M. J. G. Parnwell (Eds.), Margins and Minorities: The Peripheral Areas and Peoples of Malaysia (pp. 110–129). Hull: Hull University Press.
King, V. T. (1990). Land settlement schemes in Sarawak, Malaysia: A mistaken strategy? In V. T. King & M. J. G. Parnwell (Eds.), Margins and Minorities: The Peripheral Areas and Peoples of Malaysia (pp. 163–183). Hull: Hull University Press.
King, V. T. (1988). Social Rank and Social Change among the Maloh of West Kalimantan. In M. R. Dove (Ed.), The Real and Imagined Roles of Culture in Development. Case Studies from Indonesia (pp. 219–53). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
King, V. T. (1985). Kedudukan Sosial dan Perubahan Sosial di Kalangan Suku Maloh, Kalimantan Barat. In M. R. Dove & Yayasan Obor(Eds.), Peranan Kebudayaan Tradisional Indonesia dalam Modernisasi (pp. 241–286). Jakarta, Indonesia.
King, V. T. (1983). Introduction. In J. B. Avé, V. T. King & J. de Wit (Eds.), West Kalimantan: A Bibliography (pp. 1–33). Holland: Foris Publications.
King, V. T. (1978) The Maloh. In V. T. King (Ed.), Essays on Borneo Societies (pp. 193–214). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
King, V. T. (1976). Conceptual and analytical problems in the study of the kindred. In G. N. Appell (Ed.), The Societies of Borneo: Explorations in the Theory of Cognatic Social Structure (pp. 121–145). Washington: American Anthropological Association Special Publication.
Recent Working Papers
King, V. T. (2012). Culture and identity: Some Borneo comparisons. Paper delivered at the 11th Biennial Borneo Research Council Conference, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 25–28 June, 2012.
King, V. T. (2012). UNESCO in Melaka: Cultural politics, identities and tourism in a World Heritage site. Leeds East Asia Papers, New Series No. 4, 2012, e-series.
King, V. T. (2011). The development of Southeast Asian studies in the United Kingdom (and Europe): The making of a region. Leeds East Asia Papers, New Series No. 3, 2011, e-series.
King, V. T. (2010). The development of Southeast Asian studies in the United Kingdom: The making of a region. In Proceedings of the 2010 SIEAS International Conference of Research Clusters, The Historical Construction of Southeast Asia, 19–20 March 2010, Sogang Institute of East Asian Studies, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, pp. 131–182.
King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (2010). World Heritage sites in Thailand: A comparative and critical appraisal. Leeds East Asia Papers, New Series No. 1, 2010, e-series.
King, V. T., & Lay, J. H. N. (2006). Youth organisations participation in the nation building of Malaysia. International Society for Third Sector Research, Conference Working Papers, Volume V, Bangkok Conference.
King, V. T. (2005). Defining Southeast Asia and the crisis in area studies: Personal reflections on a region. Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, University of Lund, Working Papers in Contemporary Asian Studies, 13.