by Lye Tuck-Po 20 September 2023 This is a photo of my host mother Yi in Cambodia, photographed while she was working in her maize field...

by Lye Tuck-Po / 19 September 2023 In this blog, my intent was to describe Batek childcare. Except that it's rather boring. My writing of...

by Lye Tuck-Po / 18 September 2023 Excerpts: Neither the Batek’s way of life nor their children’s behaviour has changed radically....

by Lye Tuck-Po 18 September 2023 This game is called anthropologist-baiting. It is much enjoyed by Batek children, and is played whenever...

by Lye Tuck-Po 17 September 2023 What stands out in my memories of the old days was how firmly the Batek protected my fieldnotes....

I started "studying" the Batek in 1993, so this is my 30th year with them. For the past few years I've been working on a visual...