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Banjarmasin

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Banjarmasin

River port in Indonesia, on the island of Borneo; capital of Kalimantan Selatan province; population (1995 est) 534,600. Exports include pepper, coal, iron, rubber, timber, and precious stones.

Much of the city is built on piles in the surrounding rivers. The university was founded in 1960.


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A valuable account of local responses to political control (first by the Banjarmasin Sultanate, then the Dutch after the Banjarmasin War of 1859-1862) in chapter 9, emphasizes the relative autonomy of local populations in making decisions about production and conservation (via sacred groves), despite interventions.
In the Banjarmasin plant, informal on-the-job training (OJT) is currently used to train new employees on the wood products assembly line, where they learn to assemble various kinds of wood products by working alongside an experienced worker, with little help from supervisors.
 
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