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The Voices of the Rainforest team at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia organised a project review workshop at the Bangi Resort Hotel, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, from 16th to 18th December 2024. The workshop aimed to reflect on the Voices of the Rainforest’s operations over the past nine months. Fieldwork research assistants—Mrs Qayherah Ahmad Zam...
The Voices of the Rainforest organised a Reflexive Thematic Analysis workshop on 12th December 2024 to provide postgraduate researchers in the School of Education, University of Leeds, with the opportunity to critically engage with the process. The workshop also served as a vital platform for participants to work with real data collected from the project,...
From 21 to 23 October 2024, two research assistants from the education team of Voices of the Rainforest conducted a fieldwork visit to three partnered schools in the Mersing district of Johor, Malaysia: Sekolah Kebangsaan Tanah Abang, Sekolah Kebangsaan Punan, and Sekolah Kebangsaan Peta. The purpose of these visits was to interview teachers, explore how the schools integrate their unique environmental contexts into teaching, and understand how local challenges shape educational practices.
From 27 to 29 September 2024, the Voices of the Rainforest anthropology team visited Pos Lanai, an indigenous village in the district of Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia. The team, led by Dr Zanisah Man and comprising four research assistants undertook the visit to provide training to the research assistants as part of the reconnaissance phase of their ethnographic fieldwork.
Voices of the Rainforest has reached an important stage as research operations have gained full momentum with the appointment of a research officer and four research assistants in Malaysia. Led by a team of interdisciplinary researchers, and rooted in anthropology and education, the project seeks to amplify the voices of indigenous communities while investigating their...
The Voices of the Rainforest project is advancing rapidly as the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr Syafiq Mat Noor, visited partnered schools in Perak and Kelantan from 19 to 29 August 2024. The visits aimed to build relationships and strengthen collaboration with schools that will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the project.
Dr Siti Nur Diyana Mahmud from the STEM Enculturation Research Centre, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, is leading the Voices of the Rainforest research operations in Malaysia. She oversees teams of researchers in Malaysia and is a principal member of the education work packages. About Dr Siti Nur Diyana Mahmud Dr Siti Nur Diyana...
Voices of the Rainforest is a new climate change education project that aims to co-create a traditional, ecological, knowledge-based climate change curriculum framework for primary schools with indigenous communities, children, and school partners in Malaysia. Indigenous communities often find themselves on the frontline of climate change impacts. In Peninsular Malaysia, these indigenous communities consist of...
Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in education or anthropology as well as experience in participatory research? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities?
The Voices of the Rainforest is seeking to hire seven research officers/assistants to be based at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. We particularly encourage applications from candidates of indigenous communities or minority ethnic backgrounds, as they are currently under-represented in academia. The posts Fieldwork Research Assistant x 3 Research Assistant x 2 Research Officer (Q41) x 1...