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Yong People on the Move: Making a New Homeland

Yong People on the Move: Making a New Homeland

This book is a pioneer work that tells the "history from below" of the Yong, one…

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Ethnography Thrice Under Fire: Myanmar’s At-Risk Researchers of At-Risk Communities in At-Risk Environments

Ethnography Thrice Under Fire: Myanmar’s At-Risk Researchers of At-Risk Communities in At-Risk Environments

Gustaaf Houtman, Elliot Lodge, and Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, editors What happens when ethnographers join the resistance movement…

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Assemblages and Myanmar: How Realities are Made Up

Assemblages and Myanmar: How Realities are Made Up

This book gives a different perspective on what we think we see as ‘Myanmar’, and in…

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Sino-Thai Explorations: Agricultural Transition of Ethnic Groups and Livelihoods

Sino-Thai Explorations: Agricultural Transition of Ethnic Groups and Livelihoods

This publication is now the third in an annual collection of papers from ethnology students at…

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Invisible Yet Invincible: Narratives of Women Fighting Dictatorship in Burma/Myanmar

Invisible Yet Invincible: Narratives of Women Fighting Dictatorship in Burma/Myanmar

One of the most-if not the most-remarkable trademarks of Burma/Myanmar's Spring Revolution against the 2021 coup…

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Understanding Practices of Protection and Resilience

Understanding Practices of Protection and Resilience

Co-producing Knowledge among Myanmar Scholars-in-exile Violence and political instability following the 2021 coup-d’état has forced thousands…

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เกษตรนิเวศ: วิทยาศาสตร์และการเมือง

เกษตรนิเวศ: วิทยาศาสตร์และการเมือง

Thai language translation of "Agroecology: Science and Politics" by Peter Rosset and Miguel Altieri หนังสือเล่มนี้รวบรวมกรณีศึกษาและหลักการของเกษตรนิเวศวิทยาระดับโลก โดยเชื่อมโยงกับแนวคิดเรื่องอธิปไตยด้านอาหาร…

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CPRI 26: Green Territorialization and Indigenous Politics

CPRI 26: Green Territorialization and Indigenous Politics

A Case Study of Aye Chaung Public Protected Forest in Chin State, Myanmar This study examines…

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Land, Violence and Subjugation in Myanmar

Land, Violence and Subjugation in Myanmar

In this research monograph, Aung Naing explores the intricate relationship between land seizure and violence in…

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CPRI 25: Pedagogy of the Karen

CPRI 25: Pedagogy of the Karen

Indigenous Education as Self-determination The Karen Education and Culture Department (KECD) of the Karen National Union…

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CPRI 24: Land Commodification in Southern Mon State

CPRI 24: Land Commodification in Southern Mon State

This study by Ba Nyar Oo examines the impact of Myanmar’s 2011 political transition on rural…

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Sino Thai Explorations: Transnational Flows, Reconnection, and Collaborative Development in the Post-pandemic Era

Sino Thai Explorations: Transnational Flows, Reconnection, and Collaborative Development in the Post-pandemic Era

This is the second publication featuring the perspectives of undergraduate ethnology students at Yunnan University on…

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Triple Crisis in Myanmar: Coup, Covid & Climate Change

Triple Crisis in Myanmar: Coup, Covid & Climate Change

Triple Crisis in Myanmar is a selection of contributions to the 7th International Conference on International…

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Conflict, Complexity & Climate Change

Conflict, Complexity & Climate Change

"Conflict, Complexity and Climate Change: Emergent federal systems and resiliencein post-coup Myanmar" by Ashley South is…

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CPRI 23: Impact of Social-Economic Remittances on Social Mobility in Cambodia

CPRI 23: Impact of Social-Economic Remittances on Social Mobility in Cambodia

Ethnographic Insights from Two Migrant-sending Villages Through looking at remittances from the perspective of two migrant…

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UMD 26: Tradition and Modernity in Ta’ang Tea Cultivation

UMD 26: Tradition and Modernity in Ta’ang Tea Cultivation

Gendered Forms of Knowledge, Ecology, Migration and Practice in Kyushaw Village Kyushaw village, a small Ta’ang…

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UMD 25: Education amid Renunciation

UMD 25: Education amid Renunciation

The Movement of Young Ta'ang Girls from Conflict Areas to Mandalay's Nunneries This research provides an…

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UMD 24: Fight or Flight

UMD 24: Fight or Flight

Land Grabbing in the Development of Mandalay's International Airport and the Local Fight for Justice Rural…

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UMD 23: Giving to Myanmar’s ‘Living Image’

UMD 23: Giving to Myanmar’s ‘Living Image’

The Mahamuni Pagoda's Votive Networks and Management in a New Age of Urban Development The Mahamuni…

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UMD 22: Negotiated Spaces and Kyukyaw Liminalities

UMD 22: Negotiated Spaces and Kyukyaw Liminalities

Life and Community in the Informal Settlements of Mandalay's Ayeyarwady Riverbank Focused on two adjacent riverbank…

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UMD 21: Dam Displacement and Local Power

UMD 21: Dam Displacement and Local Power

Ruptured Villages and Widened Inequalities in the Localized Resettlement and Compensation Process of the Upper Paunglaung…

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Key Themes in Land Governance: Synopses of Research, Policy and Action in the Mekong Region

Key Themes in Land Governance: Synopses of Research, Policy and Action in the Mekong Region

The Mekong region is marked by particular kinds of historical and contemporary land uses, social relations…

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Moving Around Myanmar

Moving Around Myanmar

Migration in, from, and back to Burma "Moving Around Myanmar" is collected volume of research on…

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UMD 20/CPRI 22: Women’s Economic Empowerment

UMD 20/CPRI 22: Women’s Economic Empowerment

A Case Study of Internally Displaced Women's Small and Microenterprises in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar This…

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UMD 19: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment in the Dry Zone, Myanmar

UMD 19: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment in the Dry Zone, Myanmar

In an era of global financial insecurities led in part by regional instability, worldwide health crises,…

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Migration & Women’s Land Tenure Security in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: Case studies from Thailand, Laos and Myanmar

Migration & Women’s Land Tenure Security in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: Case studies from Thailand, Laos and Myanmar

A collaboration between FAO and RCSD at Chiang Mai University, the book explores how migration affects…

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UMD 19/CPRI 21: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment

UMD 19/CPRI 21: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment

in the Dry Zone, Myanmar In an era of global financial insecurities led in part by…

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UMD 18/CPRI 20: India’s Geo-strategic Kaladan Mission in Western Burma

UMD 18/CPRI 20: India’s Geo-strategic Kaladan Mission in Western Burma

Regional integration, confrontation, social movement In this monograph, June Nilian Sang has thoroughly researched the emergence,…

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UMD 17/CPRI 19: Negotiation for Life

UMD 17/CPRI 19: Negotiation for Life

Karen Customary Lands in Tanintharyi, Myanmar May Saung Oo has done valuable work with this research…

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CPRI 18: The Role of Karen Policy Networks in Myanmar’s National Peace Process

CPRI 18: The Role of Karen Policy Networks in Myanmar’s National Peace Process

The KNU has become accepted as a de facto government within Karen State. Political tension has…

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UMD 16: Rural to Urban Transition in a Former Periphery

UMD 16: Rural to Urban Transition in a Former Periphery

State-led development, land use change and livelihood transformation in Kyaw, Gangaw Township, Myanmar The Township of…

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CPRI 17: Organic Food Networks in Vietnam

CPRI 17: Organic Food Networks in Vietnam

The Development of Organic Farming Networks in the Market-driven Economy and Socialist-oriented Policy in Hoi An,…

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CPRI 16: Contested Peace and Flexible Return

CPRI 16: Contested Peace and Flexible Return

Agency and Political Inclusion in the Continuous Movement of Karen IDPs in Myanmar When funding for…

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UMD 15: Community of Practice in the Brass Gong Foundries of Tampawady, Mandalay

UMD 15: Community of Practice in the Brass Gong Foundries of Tampawady, Mandalay

The transformations happening throughout Myanmar society are visible in the community of brass gong artisans of…

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UMD 14: Erosion and Community Resilience

UMD 14: Erosion and Community Resilience

A Case Study of Shwetasoke Village, Kawa Township, Bago Region Dr. Zin Mar Latt has taken…

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Sino Thai Explorations

Sino Thai Explorations

Chinese Student Perspectives on Mobility and Transformation in Northern Thailand This publication features perspectives from anthropology…

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CDSSEA 26: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Women’s Empowerment

CDSSEA 26: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Women’s Empowerment

Women in conflict situations face specific vulnerabilities such as rape, sexual, physical and mental abuse, exploitation…

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UMD 13: Public Participation, Social Movements and Environmental Decision Making Process

UMD 13: Public Participation, Social Movements and Environmental Decision Making Process

The Letpadaung Copper Mine Project is a nexus of social conflict due to abuses of power,…

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CDSSEA 25: Cambodian Migrants

CDSSEA 25: Cambodian Migrants

Social Protection, Local Integration and Multiple Boundaries in the Thai Border Villages of Khok Sung, Sa…

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CDSSEA 24: Assessing Faith-based Organizations in Development

CDSSEA 24: Assessing Faith-based Organizations in Development

A Case Study of Hakha Baptist Church in Chin State, Myanmar This book focuses on the…

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CDSSEA 22: Space-making of Karenni Refugee Identity

CDSSEA 22: Space-making of Karenni Refugee Identity

A Case Study of Ban Mai Nai Soi Camp This research analyzes how Karenni refugees of…

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CPRI 15: Cross Border Production of Watermelon in Laos

CPRI 15: Cross Border Production of Watermelon in Laos

China's rapid growth and rise as global superpower has had significant influence on the Mekong region,…

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CDSSEA 18: Gender, Conflict-induced Displacement, and Livelihood

CDSSEA 18: Gender, Conflict-induced Displacement, and Livelihood

A Case Study of Lana Zupja Camp, Kachin State, Myanmar The resumption of armed clashes between…

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CDSSEA 19: Vulnerability and Adaptation of Women Aquaculturalists to Climate Change

CDSSEA 19: Vulnerability and Adaptation of Women Aquaculturalists to Climate Change

Case Study of Women in Small-scale Aquaculture in Tien Hai District, Thai Binh, Vietnam In Vietnam,…

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CDSSEA 20: Workplace Stigma and Discrimination against LGBTs in Cambodia

CDSSEA 20: Workplace Stigma and Discrimination against LGBTs in Cambodia

LGBT minorities in Cambodia have had limited rights in expressing their gender identity in the workplace.…

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CDSSEA 23: Gender and Forced Resettlement of an Ethnic Minority Group

CDSSEA 23: Gender and Forced Resettlement of an Ethnic Minority Group

The Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project (SB4HP) in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam This study analyzes the…

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CDSSEA 16: Politics of Mangrove Restoration

CDSSEA 16: Politics of Mangrove Restoration

Changing Policies and Strategies of Mangrove Restoration in the Central Coast of Vietnam This report concerns…

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CDSSEA 17: Accumulation by Dispossession and Local Livelihood Insecurity

CDSSEA 17: Accumulation by Dispossession and Local Livelihood Insecurity

Case Study of Ruby Mining in Mogok, Myanmar Mogok is a city 200km north of Mandalay…

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CDSSEA 21: Resettlement Impact on Poor Households

CDSSEA 21: Resettlement Impact on Poor Households

Gender-based analysis of a railway project in Battambang, Cambodia The eviction of people has a deep…

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CPRI 14: Border Development, Resettlement and Adaptation in a Special Economic Zone

CPRI 14: Border Development, Resettlement and Adaptation in a Special Economic Zone

A case study of Khuan Village, Tonpheung District, Bo Kaeo Province in Lao PDR The Lao…

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CPRI 12: Burmese Migrant Domestic Workers

CPRI 12: Burmese Migrant Domestic Workers

Tactics of Negotiation of Muslim Female Domestic Workers in the Chang Klan Community of Chiang Mai,…

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CPRI 13: The Feminization of Modernity

CPRI 13: The Feminization of Modernity

A Case Study of Women Migrant Workers in a Lao Garment Factory Describes the theoretical debate…

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CDSSEA 11: Protection of Trafficked Khmu Girls from Lao PDR

CDSSEA 11: Protection of Trafficked Khmu Girls from Lao PDR

This research study focuses on the trafficking of Lao Khmu girls into Thailand, seeking new opportunities…

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CDSSEA 12: Cross-Border Higher Education, Social Capital Accumulation and Everyday Life Negotiation

CDSSEA 12: Cross-Border Higher Education, Social Capital Accumulation and Everyday Life Negotiation

Under a combination of push and pull factors, Cambodian students are non-docile but active decision-makers seeking…

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CDSSEA 13: Civil Society Response to Sexual Orientation Discrimination

CDSSEA 13: Civil Society Response to Sexual Orientation Discrimination

The emergence of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community has accelerated in recent years,…

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CDSSEA 14: Gender Participation in Forest Resource Management

CDSSEA 14: Gender Participation in Forest Resource Management

Benefit Sharing Mechanisms in Thuong Nhat Commune, Bach Ma National Park Buffer-zone, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam…

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CDSSEA 15: Women and Livelihood Adaption to Climate Change

CDSSEA 15: Women and Livelihood Adaption to Climate Change

in the Coastal Areas of Thai Thuy District, Vietnam This volume examines the vulnerability and adaptation…

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CPRI 11: Shifting Identities

CPRI 11: Shifting Identities

Perceptions and Experiences of the Burmese Nepali Diaspora in Urban Chiang Mai, Thailand This research studies…

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CDSSEA 07: Community Networking and Remittances as Social Capital for Rural Community Development in Chin State, Myanmar

CDSSEA 07: Community Networking and Remittances as Social Capital for Rural Community Development in Chin State, Myanmar

Sixty years of military rule and economic depression in Myanmar have led to large-scale emigration; Vanzang…

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CDSSEA 08: Participation of People with Disabilities in the Myanmar Labor Market

CDSSEA 08: Participation of People with Disabilities in the Myanmar Labor Market

Under human rights conventions, disabled persons should have equal rights to access public facilities and live…

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CDSSEA 09: Challenges to Press Freedom of Private News Media in Myanmar

CDSSEA 09: Challenges to Press Freedom of Private News Media in Myanmar

The role of the media as the “fourth pillar” of the nation is important for Myanmar’s…

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CDSSEA 10: Identification Regimes

CDSSEA 10: Identification Regimes

Negotiating Regimes of Identification in Mae La Refugee Camp and Mae Sot Township The refugee situation…

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CPRI 10: Interactions between State and Non-state Actors in Resource Governance

CPRI 10: Interactions between State and Non-state Actors in Resource Governance

A Case of Community Protected Areas (CPAs) in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary, Koh Kong, Cambodia Sary…

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CPRI 09: Land Grabbing as a Process of State-building in Kachin Areas of Northern Shan State, Myanmar

CPRI 09: Land Grabbing as a Process of State-building in Kachin Areas of Northern Shan State, Myanmar

L Gum Ja Htung takes a comprehensive look at how large-scale land concessions in Kachin areas…

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CPRI 08: The Village in Transition

CPRI 08: The Village in Transition

Development and Socio-economic and Cultural Change in Mae Kampong, Chiang Mai Tourism development has emerged as…

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CPRI 07: The Practice of Learning among Shan Migrant Workers in Chiang Mai

CPRI 07: The Practice of Learning among Shan Migrant Workers in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai hosts a large population of immigrant workers from Myanmar, the majority of them Shan…

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CPRI 06: Burmese-Muslim Social Networks in the Borderland

CPRI 06: Burmese-Muslim Social Networks in the Borderland

A Case Study of Islam Bamroon Muslim Community in Mae Sot, Thailand Burmese Muslims have been…

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CPRI 05: Japanese Retirement Migration in Chiang Mai, Thailand

CPRI 05: Japanese Retirement Migration in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Miwa Shibuya has conducted  fascinating research looking at the lives of Japanese retirees in Chiang Mai;…

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CPRI 04: The Decline of Thailand’s Stand-alone Movie Theaters

CPRI 04: The Decline of Thailand’s Stand-alone Movie Theaters

Contraction of the Urban Commons Through much of the twentieth century, stand-alone theaters were a social…

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CPRI 03: Commoditization of Culture in an Ethnic Community

CPRI 03: Commoditization of Culture in an Ethnic Community

The ‘Long-Necked’ Kayan (Padaung) in Mae Hong Son, Thailand Originally from Burma/Myanmar near the country’s southeastern…

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CPRI 02: Living with Opium

CPRI 02: Living with Opium

Livelihood Strategies among Rural Highlanders in Southern Shan State, Myanmar Myanmar/Burma accounts for 18% of global…

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CPRI 01: Spaces of Exception

CPRI 01: Spaces of Exception

Shifting Strategies of the Kokang Chinese along the Myanmar/China Border Myint Myint Kyu’s study explores the…

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UMD 7 : Gambling as Development

UMD 7 : Gambling as Development

A Case Study of Myanmar’s Kokang Self-administered Zone This study examines the casino industry that has…

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UMD 10: Lives of Migrant Factory Workers from Rural Areas

UMD 10: Lives of Migrant Factory Workers from Rural Areas

Political, Social, and Economic Lives of Migrant Workers in the Hlaing Tha Yar Industrial Zone In…

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UMD 8 : Social Relationships of Myanmar Migrant Workers in Malaysia

UMD 8 : Social Relationships of Myanmar Migrant Workers in Malaysia

An Ethnographic Study Migration for employment is a challenging global issue compounded by rising numbers of…

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UMD 11: Understanding the Health-seeking Behavior of People with Lay-ngan-yaw-gar (stroke) in Bago Township, Myanmar

UMD 11: Understanding the Health-seeking Behavior of People with Lay-ngan-yaw-gar (stroke) in Bago Township, Myanmar

Although lay-ngan-yaw-gar (stroke) is a common public health issue in Myanmar, the majority of studies to date…

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UMD 12 : Festivals and Events as a Manifestation of Community Cohesion

UMD 12 : Festivals and Events as a Manifestation of Community Cohesion

Buddhist and Hindus Residents in an Impoverished Urban Neighborhood This paper describes cultural and religious festivals…

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UMD 9 : The Impact of Gas Pipeline Projects and their Corporate Social Responsibility Programs

UMD 9 : The Impact of Gas Pipeline Projects and their Corporate Social Responsibility Programs

Development Challenges in Yephyu, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar In this volume of the Understanding Myanmar’s Development series,…

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CDSSEA 06: Reproductive Health Issues among Young Female Factory Workers

CDSSEA 06: Reproductive Health Issues among Young Female Factory Workers

The rapid growth of industry in Cambodia has provided employment opportunities for young women, especially in…

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CDSSEA 05: Sand Mining and Village Livelihoods in Prek Angkun, Koh Kong, Cambodia

CDSSEA 05: Sand Mining and Village Livelihoods in Prek Angkun, Koh Kong, Cambodia

Sand mining has been taking place over the past several years across various parts of Cambodia,…

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CDSSEA 04: Regionalization through Media Consumption

CDSSEA 04: Regionalization through Media Consumption

This research was inspired by the recent emergence of Thai and Filipino soap operas in Vietnam.…

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CDSSEA 03: Access to and Usage of Clean Water in Peri-urban Vietnam

CDSSEA 03: Access to and Usage of Clean Water in Peri-urban Vietnam

It is widely acknowledged that water plays a critical role in sustainable development and poverty reduction.…

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CDSSEA 02: Asianization, Imagination

CDSSEA 02: Asianization, Imagination

Fan Culture and Cultural Capital of Vietnamese Youth This book explores the influence that economic integration,…

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CDSSEA 01: Health Care Privatization and Migrant Construction Workers in Hanoi, Vietnam

CDSSEA 01: Health Care Privatization and Migrant Construction Workers in Hanoi, Vietnam

Since the introduction of the Doi moi policy, Vietnam has changed significantly, moving from abject poverty…

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UMD 4 : Evaluating Varieties of Rice Adapted to Lowland Rainfed Conditions in Central Myanmar

UMD 4 : Evaluating Varieties of Rice Adapted to Lowland Rainfed Conditions in Central Myanmar

A Farmer Participatory Approach Owing to traditional farming techniques and uneven rainfall, rice productivity in the…

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UMD 5 : Changes and Challenges

UMD 5 : Changes and Challenges

The Khami Chin People of Southern Chin State and their Adaptive Livelihood Strategies In this fifth…

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UMD 6 : The Role of Ethnic Media in the “New Myanmar”

UMD 6 : The Role of Ethnic Media in the “New Myanmar”

Soe Lynn Htwe shows in this volume how ethnic media outlets in Myanmar are facing a…

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UMD 3 : The Role of General Practitioners in the Myanmar Health Care System

UMD 3 : The Role of General Practitioners in the Myanmar Health Care System

A Study of Private Clinics in Yangon Region, Myanmar In this third volume of the UMD…

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Rethinking Development Studies in Southeast Asia: State of Knowledge and Challenges

Rethinking Development Studies in Southeast Asia: State of Knowledge and Challenges

This volume is a final wrap-up of the findings of the presentations and papers presented in…

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UMD 1 : Factors Influencing the Uses and Effects of Small Loans

UMD 1 : Factors Influencing the Uses and Effects of Small Loans

The Case of Lamzaang, a Rural Village in Northern Chin State In this first volume of…

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UMD 2 : A Threatened Identity

UMD 2 : A Threatened Identity

Social Structure and Traditional Leadership in Cho Chin Society before Christianity Salai Myochit—himself an ethnic Chin—conducted…

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Uncertain Lives: Changing Borders and Mobility in the Borderland of the Upper Mekong

Uncertain Lives: Changing Borders and Mobility in the Borderland of the Upper Mekong

“...this collection forms a noble addition to and an advance on an already considerable genre of…

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Mon-Khmer: Peoples of the Mekong Region

Mon-Khmer: Peoples of the Mekong Region

Mon-Khmer Peoples are found in all six Mekong countries: Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.…

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Transforming Societies in Myanmar

Transforming Societies in Myanmar

The Dynamics of Conflict and Cooperation, The Shadows of Success: Transformation and Marginalisation in Southeast Asia…

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Biodiversity, Local Knowledge and Sustainable Development (Reprint)

Biodiversity, Local Knowledge and Sustainable Development (Reprint)

This book is a product of seven years of field research of Dr. Yos Santasombat in…

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Fishing in a Transitional Context

Fishing in a Transitional Context

A Case Study of Tam Giang Lagoon, Thua Thien Hue in Vietnam This study seeks to…

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Research Report No.9 Water Resource Management and its Interaction with Political Paradigms

Research Report No.9 Water Resource Management and its Interaction with Political Paradigms

Two Comparative Cases in Dianchi Lake and the Three Parallel Rivers Region Kunming, the capital of…

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Stateless Rohingya… Running on Empty

Stateless Rohingya… Running on Empty

"Stateless Rohingya... Running on Empty" reveals the true story of the world's most neglected population group, helping…

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Challenges and Responses to a World in Crisis

Challenges and Responses to a World in Crisis

Available in English and Thai. A book “Challenges and Responses to a World in Crisis” is a…

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ประชาคมเศรษฐกิจอาเซียน โอกาสและข้อท้าทายของท้องถิ่นภาคเหนือ

ประชาคมเศรษฐกิจอาเซียน โอกาสและข้อท้าทายของท้องถิ่นภาคเหนือ

สาระสำคัญของหนังสือเล่มนี้ประมวลมาจากผลการเสวนาภายใต้หัวข้อประชาคมเศรษฐกิจอาเซียน โอกาสและข้อท้าทายของท้องถิ่นภาคเหนือ ซึ่งเป็นกิจกรรมหนึ่งในการประชุมนานาชาติ Towards an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): Prospect, Challenges and Paradoxes in Development, Governance…

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Research Report 8: Crossing Boundaries – Learning from the Past to Build the Future

Research Report 8: Crossing Boundaries – Learning from the Past to Build the Future

An Archaeological Collaboration between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam This working paper investigates the archaeological vestiges of…

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Research Report 7: Journeys to a Given Destination

Research Report 7: Journeys to a Given Destination

An Insider's View on Becoming a Spirit Medium (Then) in Van Quan District, Lang Son Province…

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Transcending State Boundaries

Transcending State Boundaries

Contesting Development, Social Suffering and Negotiation In this second volume, six papers have been included, covering…

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Burma at a Glance: Social History, Power and Democracy

Burma at a Glance: Social History, Power and Democracy

ISBN: 978-974-672-654-0Publication date : 2011Price : 120 Baht / 0 US$

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Research Report 6: Modern Roads, Mobility and Changes in Community Life

Research Report 6: Modern Roads, Mobility and Changes in Community Life

A Study in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China This research explores the…

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Research Report 5: The Economic Impacts of Lao Bao Special Economic and Commercial Zone

Research Report 5: The Economic Impacts of Lao Bao Special Economic and Commercial Zone

A Preliminary Evaluation Lao Bao Special Economic and Commercial Area (SECA) was launched in the early…

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Spatial Politics and Economic Development in the Mekong Sub-region

Spatial Politics and Economic Development in the Mekong Sub-region

ISBN: 978-974-672-600-9Publication date : April 2011Price : 300 Baht / 0 US$

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Revisiting Agrarian Transformations in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: New Challenges

Revisiting Agrarian Transformations in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: New Challenges

ISBN: 978-974-672-585-9Publication date : March 2011Price : 300 Baht / 0 US$

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Research Report 4: Wat Luang Muang Lue

Research Report 4: Wat Luang Muang Lue

Buddhist Revival and Transformation in Sipsong Panna Following the repression of religious traditions during the Mao…

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RCSD Research Report 3: HIV/AIDS: Interpretation and Prevention Practices among Commercial Sex Worker within the Socio-Policial Context of the Sex Industry in China

RCSD Research Report 3: HIV/AIDS: Interpretation and Prevention Practices among Commercial Sex Worker within the Socio-Policial Context of the Sex Industry in China

This paper seeks to make a critical contribution to the developing policy environment by examining the…

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RCSD Research Report 2: Commercializing Hmong Used Clothing

RCSD Research Report 2: Commercializing Hmong Used Clothing

The Transnational Trade in Hmong Textiles across the Mekong Region The trade in Hmong clothing is…

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RCSD Research Report 1: Farmers’ Associations in Cambodia

RCSD Research Report 1: Farmers’ Associations in Cambodia

Internal Functions and External Relations This research report looks at the development of Farmers’ Associations (FAs)…

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Participatory Action Research: Embracing the Knowledge Perspective within Field Research

Participatory Action Research: Embracing the Knowledge Perspective within Field Research

The purpose of this manual is to reach out to those students and researchers who wish…

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The Politics of Decentralization

The Politics of Decentralization

Natural Resource Management in Asia This book brings together empirically grounded studies of the decentralization of…

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Working Paper 12: Theravada Buddhism in Sipsong Panna

Working Paper 12: Theravada Buddhism in Sipsong Panna

Past and Contemporary Trends The paper focuses on Theravada Buddhism, which is believed to have originally…

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Borderlands, Livelihood and Regionalization of Development in Southeast China and Mainland Southeast Asia

Borderlands, Livelihood and Regionalization of Development in Southeast China and Mainland Southeast Asia

Publication date : April 2009

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Working Paper 10: The Impact of Road Development on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Working Paper 10: The Impact of Road Development on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

A Case Study of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, the People's Republic of China This study investigates an…

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Working Paper 11: Getting through the Mekong Sub-region

Working Paper 11: Getting through the Mekong Sub-region

Kemu's Health in the Economic Transition Publication date : March 2009

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Working Paper 9: The Formation and Transformation of Local Institutions in Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Working Paper 9: The Formation and Transformation of Local Institutions in Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Two case studies in Mae Wang Watershed, Chiang Mai, Thailand Institutional analysis emerged as the central…

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Working Paper 8: Does Forest Devolution Benefit the Upland Poor?

Working Paper 8: Does Forest Devolution Benefit the Upland Poor?

An Ethnography of Forest Access and Control in Vietnam Forest devolution policies in Vietnam were implemented…

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Flexible Peasants: Reconceptualizing the Third World’s Rural Types

Flexible Peasants: Reconceptualizing the Third World’s Rural Types

The primary goal of peasants everywhere is survival. Yet the requirements of survival differ dramatically from…

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Working Paper 6: On Being “Forest Thieves”

Working Paper 6: On Being “Forest Thieves”

State Resource Policies, Market Forces and Struggle over Livelihood and Meaning of Nature in a Northwestern…

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Working Paper 7: Living on Both Sides of the Border

Working Paper 7: Living on Both Sides of the Border

Transnational Migrants, Pop Music and Nation of the Shan in Thailand The paper draws on Shan…

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Ambiguity of Identity: The Mieu in North Vietnam

Ambiguity of Identity: The Mieu in North Vietnam

The monograph is based on Nguyen Van Thang's Ph.D. dissertation at the department of Anthropology, University…

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Working Paper 5: Revival of Ritual Ceremony in Hue Royal Temples after Renovation (doi moi)

Working Paper 5: Revival of Ritual Ceremony in Hue Royal Temples after Renovation (doi moi)

The Reconstruction of Identity Changes resulting from renovation policy (doi moi) in 1986 in Vietname lead…

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Working Paper 4: Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin

Working Paper 4: Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin

A Reflection of Cambodia's Experiences in the Development of the Mekong Region The Mekong River, the…

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Working Paper No. 3 Land and Forestland Allocation Policy

Working Paper No. 3 Land and Forestland Allocation Policy

Impacts on Land Use Practices in Hatkhai and Yang-Khoua Villages, Thaphabath District, Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR…

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Working Paper 1: Land and Water Resource Management in Coastal Areas of Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Working Paper 1: Land and Water Resource Management in Coastal Areas of Mekong Delta, Vietnam

The study reveals the socio-economic impacts that occurred in the Mekong Delta despite the Vietnam government’s…

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Working Paper 2: Social Change in the Economic Transformation of Livelihoods

Working Paper 2: Social Change in the Economic Transformation of Livelihoods

Voices from the Upland Mountain Community in Southwestern China Since 1983, China’s attempts at market-driven economic…

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Redefining Nature : Karen Ecological Knowledge and Challenge in Modern Conservation Paradigm

Redefining Nature : Karen Ecological Knowledge and Challenge in Modern Conservation Paradigm

This book is an ethnography that offers a critical analysis of the development of the dominant…

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Local Control of Land and Forest

Local Control of Land and Forest

Cultural Dimension of Natural Resource Management in Northern Thailand This book is a fine collection of…

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International Symposium II on Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA)

International Symposium II on Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA)

"Governance in the Natural and Cultural Landscape," July 1-5, 2000, Chiang Mai Thailand CD-ROM contains abstracts…

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