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Dr Syafiq Mat Noor delivered a plenary on Decolonising the Climate Change Curriculum through the Use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge at the 5th PSALM (Passion for Scholarship and Love for Mission) International Conference for Teacher Education and Formation in Manila, Philippines, on 8th February 2025. This conference, organised by the University of Santo Tomas, the...
From 2–4 January 2025, the Principal Team of Voices of the Rainforest, Dr Syafiq Mat Noor and Dr Siti Nur Diyana Mahmud, accompanied by Research Assistants Dr Nur Izzati Abdullah and Nur Iman Kamarudin Azhar, embarked on a three-day field visit to indigenous Semai communities. During this visit, they conducted phenomenological interviews with teachers in...
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.
Rapid ethnographic fieldwork for Voices of the Rainforest commenced on 15 October 2024 across three research sites: Kelantan and Perak with the indigenous Jahai communities, Pahang with the indigenous Semai communities, and Johor and Pahang with the indigenous Jakun communities. Qayherah Ahmad Zam Zam, a Fieldwork Research Assistant, is conducting a three-month ethnographic fieldwork with...
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...