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Author Archives: Vila Somiah

Dr. Vilashini Somiah is a Sabahan anthropologist who received her PhD from the National University of Singapore. Currently a senior lecturer at the Gender Studies Programme at the University of Malaya, her work focuses primarily on underrepresented narratives of women, youth, migrants and marginalised Borneans living in the interiors. With over a decade of research experience behind her Dr. Somiah has also produced interdisciplinary research in the fields of history, politics and socio-economy. Outside of academia, she writes ethnographic articles on the local socio-political landscape.

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Nama Sempekat MA63? Nama kebuah ia mai reti ti besai ngagai Sabah enggau Sarawak

Avatar photo by Alfred Diglin, Vila Somiah and Timothy James 15 September 202021 December 2021

Ba dalam Sempekat Malaysia 1963, Sabah enggau Sarawak bela nyadi kaban kunsi begulai enggau dulu kelia dikangau Serakup Persekutuan Malaya, tang pia penemu tu nyu makin majak lenyau. Ditu meh kebuah mulai ke ia serta nama mai ia besai reti ngagai semua.

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What Is the MA63? And Why it Is Important to Sabah and Sarawak

Avatar photo by Vila Somiah and Timothy James 15 September 20206 April 2022

Under the Malaysia Agreement of 1963, Sabah and Sarawak were equal partners to the former Federation of Malaya, but this standing has since been eroded. Here’s what restoring it will mean, and why it’s important.

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Examining the Evolution of “Pendatang”

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Vila Somiah, Rosmaini Sunarjo and Ellena Ekarahendy 13 May 201931 May 2021

Between the 1960s and 1980s, the meaning of “pendatang” in Bahasa Malaysia shifted from a neutral “migrant” to become synonymous with danger and treachery: a political outsider whose influx in large numbers challenges national identity and security. How did this happen?

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