Dale, Cyprianus Jehan Paju | Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University

Dale, Cyprianus Jehan Paju

Dale, Cyprianus Jehan Paju
Research Departments・Position
Global Humanosphere
Affiliated Researcher
Area
Indonesia, West Papua, Southeast Asia
Research Interests / Keywords
Politics of development, endogenous transformation, interspecies companionship, anthropology of christianity

Dale, Cyprianus Jehan Paju

Conservation, Ecotourism, and Interspecies Companionship in Komodo National Park Indonesia

At CSEAS, he is working on a book manuscript from his dissertation while embarking on a new research project that examines social, cultural, and ecological transformations brought by the introduction of large-scale tourism development and conservation projects in the Islands of Flores, Indonesia. At the core of this research is an investigation of the entanglement between conservation, eco-tourism, and interspecies companionship in the Komodo National Park, a 1773 km2 terrestrial and marine protected zone that is the home of Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) and their companions, including humans.