The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia

Cultural and academic links between SOAS and the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization (ATMA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) include academic and cultural exchange. The Williams-Hunt Collection (SOAS) of aerial photographs adds an archival dimension stemming from the life and work...

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Main Author:	Elizabeth Moore
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/1/SARI27%5B2%5D2009_%5B12%5D.pdf

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spelling	ukm-11952016-12-14T06:29:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/ The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Elizabeth Moore, Cultural and academic links between SOAS and the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization (ATMA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) include academic and cultural exchange. The Williams-Hunt Collection (SOAS) of aerial photographs adds an archival dimension stemming from the life and work of Peter Williams-Hunt (1919-1953). Williams-Hunt is best known for his role as Advisor to the Aborigines in Malaysia shortly after World War II. During this period, he wrote several seminal articles on the Orang Asli. He was also a trained aerial photographic interpreter and collected more than 5000 aerial photographs of Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and miscellaneous areas of Vietnam during his postings to Southeast Asia during the war. The author had new copies made of the old photographs and compiled them into a database as part of her doctoral work in the 1980s. At present, thanks to collaboration with Surat Lertlum in Thailand, many parts of the aerial archive are now available online. The article summarizes aspects of the Williams- Hunt Collection and discusses the unique contribution made by Williams-Hunt to archaeology, anthropology and museum collections. His work on ancient settlements pioneered the analysis of the archaeological landscape and his anthropological study was the first to document the changing pattern of the landscape of the many different groups cultivating the forested regions of peninsular Malaysia Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/1/SARI27%5B2%5D2009_%5B12%5D.pdf Elizabeth Moore, (2009) The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. SARI: Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 27 (2). pp. 265-284. ISSN 0127-2721 http://www.ukm.my/sari/index.html
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description	Cultural and academic links between SOAS and the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization (ATMA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) include academic and cultural exchange. The Williams-Hunt Collection (SOAS) of aerial photographs adds an archival dimension stemming from the life and work of Peter Williams-Hunt (1919-1953). Williams-Hunt is best known for his role as Advisor to the Aborigines in Malaysia shortly after World War II. During this period, he wrote several seminal articles on the Orang Asli. He was also a trained aerial photographic interpreter and collected more than 5000 aerial photographs of Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and miscellaneous areas of Vietnam during his postings to Southeast Asia during the war. The author had new copies made of the old photographs and compiled them into a database as part of her doctoral work in the 1980s. At present, thanks to collaboration with Surat Lertlum in Thailand, many parts of the aerial archive are now available online. The article summarizes aspects of the Williams- Hunt Collection and discusses the unique contribution made by Williams-Hunt to archaeology, anthropology and museum collections. His work on ancient settlements pioneered the analysis of the archaeological landscape and his anthropological study was the first to document the changing pattern of the landscape of the many different groups cultivating the forested regions of peninsular Malaysia
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title	The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
title_short	The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
title_full	The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
title_fullStr	The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed	The Williams-Hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
title_sort	williams-hunt collection aerial photographs and cultural landscapes in malaysia and southeast asia
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2009
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1195/1/SARI27%5B2%5D2009_%5B12%5D.pdf
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