SE Asia, in particular Borneo, and the Polish community in the UK; environmental anthropology including human relations with the ‘wild’, agriculture, and the symbolism of crops and animals; anthropology of food, esp. rice, and use of food as an ‘ethnic marker’ in the context of migration; kinship and ‘relatedness’ through food.
Publications
Tuked Rini, Cosmic Traveller. Life and Legend in the Heart of Borneo
Janowski, Monica (2014). Singapore: (NIAS Press and Sarawak Museum)
Footprints and Marks in the Forest: the Penan and the Kelabit of Borneo
Janowski, Monica and Langub, Jayl (2011). In: Barker, Graeme, (eds.) and Janowski, Monica, (eds.), Why cultivate? Anthropological and Archaeological Approaches to Foraging-Farming Transitions in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Anthropological Research
Rice Beer and Social Cohesion in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2011). In: Schiefenhovel, W., (eds.) and Macbeth, Helen, (eds.), Liquid bread: beer and brewing in cross-cultural perspective. Oxford and New York: Berghahn
Introduction to Why Cultivate? Anthropological and Archaeological approaches to Foraging-Farming Transitions in SE Asia
Janowski, Monica and Barker, Graeme (2011). In: Janowski, Monica, (eds.) and Barker, Graeme, (eds.), Why Cultivate? Understandings of past and present adoption, abandonment, and commitment to agriculture in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Janowski, Monica (2010). In: Kaartinen, Timo, (eds.) and Collins, James T., (eds.), Western Borneo: Exploring Language Communities and Literaray Traditions. Oxford: Oxford University Press [TBC]
Grandparenthood and naming among the Kelabit of Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2008). In: Douaire-Marsaudon, Francoise, (ed.), Grand-mère, grand-père : la grand-parentalité en Asie et dans le Pacifique: figures, pratiques, parcours. Aix-en-Provence: Presses Universitaires de Provence
Passion or medicine? Radio, research and change in Africa
Janowski, Monica and Janowski, Kaz (2008). In: Blewitt, John, (ed.), Community, Empowerment and Sustainable Development. Exeter: Schumacher Institute (Green Books)
Rice as a bridge between two symbolic economies: Migration within and out of the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2005). In: Wadley, Reed, (ed.), Histories of the Borneo Environment. Economic, political and social dimensions of change and continuity,. Leiden: KITLV Press
The wet and the dry: the history of rice cultivation in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2004). In: Boomgaard, Peter, (eds.) and Henley, David, (eds.), Smallholders and stockbreeders. Histories of foodcrop and livestock farming in SE Asia. Leiden: KITLV Press, pp 139-162
Who's in charge around here? Struggle for leadership in a changing world among the Kelabit of Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2003). In: Sparkes, Stephen, (eds.) and Howell, Signe, (eds.), The House in Southeast Asia: A Changing Social and Economic Domain. London: Routledge, pp 95-113
Masculinity, potency and pig fat: the Kelabit of Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2003). In: Walker, Harlan, (ed.), The fat of the land : proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2002. London: Footwork
In the Field: inter-cultural communication through radio and other media
Janowski, Monica and Janowski, Kaz (2002). In: Lo Bianco, Joseph, (ed.), Voices from Phnomh Penh. Development and Language: Global influences and local effects.. Melbourne: Language Australia Ltd.
Rice, Women, Men, and the Natural Environment among the Kelabit of Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (2001). In: Low, Alain, (eds.) and Tremayne, Soraya, (eds.), Sacred custodians of the Earth? : women, spirituality and the environment. Oxford; New York: Berghahn
The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak
Janowski, Monica (1995). In: Carsten, Janet, (eds.) and Hugh-Jones, Stephen, (eds.), About the House: Levi-Strauss and Beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 84-104
The symbolic significance of food from the forest among the Kelabit of Sarawak, East Malaysia
Janowski, Monica (1993). In: Hladik, C.M., (eds.), Hladik, A., (eds.), Linares, O.F., (eds.), Pagezy, H., (eds.), Semple, A., (eds.) and Hadley, M., (eds.), Tropical Forests, People and Food. Biocultural Interactions and Applications to Development. Paris: UNESCO and Parthenon
The making of earthenware cooking pots in the Kelabit Highlands
Janowski, Monica (1991). In: Chin, Lucas, (eds.) and Mashman, Valerie, (eds.), Sarawak cultural legacy: a living tradition. Kuching: Society Atelier Sarawak
