Views from the Ground : Reflections on Studying Indigeneity in Southeast Asia

This roundtable took place at the end of a two-day workshop, ‘Unpacking Indigeneity in Southeast Asia’, which was held on 25–26 April 2019 at the University of Malaya. It was convened by the editors of this special section, Rusaslina Idrus and Liana Chua, as part of their British Academy/Newton Mobility Grant collaboration (NMGR1180433)

The Rise and Fall of the Tribal Research Institute (TRI): "Hill Tribe" Policy and Studies in Thailand(<Special Issue>Redefining "Otherness" from Northern Thailand)

この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。The Tribal Research Center/Institute (TRI) was inaugurated in 1965 and dissolved by theThai government Bureaucratic Reform Act in 2002. This paper discusses the rise and fallof the TRI by showing that the TRI has come from the need of the Thai government, withthe support from foreign agencies, to have an "advisory and training" center to deal with"hill tribe problems," in the context where few ethnic studies institutes and researchersexisted. TRI had actively served its mother organizations by providing them necessaryinformation and recommendation for the monitoring, evaluation and improvement of thegovernment and highland development projects, while its resource center and experts hadserved academic society for many decades. In 2000s, when "hill tribe problems" havediminished: communist operation stopped, opium cultivation reduced and hill tribes wereseemingly well integrated into Thai society, the government no longer needed to maintainits focus on the hill tribes and related organizations. The TRI's role was terminatedwithout any proper handing over of its human and other resources to the right institute.Unlike 40 years ago, however, now ethnic studies institutes and especially ethnic ownorganizations and communities have grown up to take care of their problems, arising fromgovernment policy and modernization, by carrying out ethnic studies and development bytheir own

The Karen Leke Religious Movement in the Thailand-Myanmar Borderland: Deterritorialization and Diversification

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Talaku Movement among the Karen in Thai-Burma Borderland: Territorialization and Deterritorialization Processes

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The Mountain Owner Has Come: Religious Assemblage across Thai-Burma Border

International audienc

The Karen Leke Religious Movement in the Thailand-Myanmar Borderland: Deterritorialization and Diversification

International audienc

The Mountain Owner Has Come: Religious Assemblage across Thai-Burma Border

International audienc

Talaku Movement among the Karen in Thai-Burma Borderland: Territorialization and Deterritorialization Processes

International audienc

The Rise and Fall of the Tribal Research Institute (TRI): "Hill Tribe" Policy and Studies in Thailand(<Special Issue>Redefining "Otherness" from Northern Thailand)

The Tribal Research Center/Institute (TRI) was inaugurated in 1965 and dissolved by theThai government Bureaucratic Reform Act in 2002. This paper discusses the rise and fallof the TRI by showing that the TRI has come from the need of the Thai government, withthe support from foreign agencies, to have an "advisory and training" center to deal with"hill tribe problems, " in the context where few ethnic studies institutes and researchersexisted. TRI had actively served its mother organizations by providing them necessaryinformation and recommendation for the monitoring, evaluation and improvement of thegovernment and highland development projects, while its resource center and experts hadserved academic society for many decades. In 2000s, when "hill tribe problems" havediminished: communist operation stopped, opium cultivation reduced and hill tribes wereseemingly well integrated into Thai society, the government no longer needed to maintainits focus on the hill tribes and related organizations. The TRI's role was terminatedwithout any proper handing over of its human and other resources to the right institute.Unlike 40 years ago, however, now ethnic studies institutes and especially ethnic ownorganizations and communities have grown up to take care of their problems, arising fromgovernment policy and modernization, by carrying out ethnic studies and development bytheir own.この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました

Chapter 2. Modern education systems and impact on ethnic minorities

The development of modern education in Thailand aimed primarily at backing up the foundation of the nation-state in a spirit of Thai-ness and modernity. In that respect, local cultures and identities were cast aside by the government. However, with the rise of communism in the region after 1949 and the support of Communism in border areas, the Thai government found it necessary to re-conquer these regions, and proceeded to do so via public education, among other solutions. The curriculum taught in schools did not take into account the specificities of the children who were taught the same subject and in the same language (Central Thai) as their lowland counterparts. Attempts have been made to improve education and safeguard local indigenous culture, showing the importance of keeping the opportunity for people to find alternative ways of development in an ever more complex world