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A
A Space Making of Karenni Refugees’ Identities: A Case Study of Ban Mai Nai Soi Camp
Access to fishery resources and survival strategies of Vietnamese fishers within the informal economy in Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Accumulation by Dispossession and Local Livelihood Insecurity: A Case Study of Ruby Mining in Mogok, Myanmar
Agrarian changes and sustainable livelihood strategies in Sub-Urban Vientiane, Lao PDR
Agricultural Transformation and Highlander Choice: A Case Study of a Pwo Karen Village in Northern Thailand
Articulating farmers’ engagement with agritourism in rural areas of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Asianization, Imagination, Fan Culture and Cultural Capital of Vietnamese Youth: A Case Study of K-Pop Cover Dance Group in Hanoi
B
Between two selves: politics of identity and negotiation of rights for Kayan refugees in Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Beyond simply ‘return’: How IDP mobility, agency and self-identification contradict the underpinnings of refugee policy
Border Development, Resettlement and Adaptation in a Special Economic Zone: A Case Study of Khuan Village, Tonpheung District, Boeko Province in Lao PDR
Border Riverscape: Negotiating Space and Identity Construction of the Long-distance River Traders under the Greater Mekong Subregional Trade Regime
Bride Price Negotiation Among the Chin Women in Myanmar
Building Collective Tenure for Sustainable Forest Management in a Multi – Ethnic Community : A Case Study in Taohua Administrative Village of Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Burmese Migrant Workers: Tactics of Negotiation Among Domestic Workers in Chang Klan Community, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Burmese-Muslim Social Networks in the Borderland: A Case Study of Islam Bamroong Muslim Community in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand
C
Carbon Mitigation Initiatives: Transformations in Environmental Subjectivity in Three Agricultural Communities in Thailand
Changes in livelihood strategies and gender roles in a fishery-dependent floating community in Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Changes in livelihood strategies as a response of local people to changes in land tenure policies: a case study of a buffer zone community in Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam
Changing practices of fruit-based agroforestry as Miao farmers’ responses to market and rural development policies in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, P.R. China
Chiang Rai United Football Club and The Construction of Provincial Identity in Northern Thailand
Co-management, Local Knowledge and Community-based Natural Resource Management: A Case Study of Community Forestry in Wuyang Village, Waimaw Township, Kachin State, Myanmar
Coffee and ethnic entrepreneurship at Doi Chang in Chiang Rai province
Commodification of Education in Myanmar’ Chin State under the Shadow Education System
Commoditization of culture and tourism development in an ethnic community : a case study of the long-necked Kayan (Padaung) in Mae Hong Son Province
Common property as enclosure: a case study of a community backswamp in Southern Lao PDR
Community and identities: the politics of place of the Lisu in Northern Thailand
Community Networking and Remittances as Social Capital for Rural Community Development, Chin State, Myanmar
Community Participation in a Rainwater Harvesting Scheme in Maharashtra State, India
Community Responses to Cultural Heritage Conservation in Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR
Conservation politics in mangrove ecosystems : a case study of resource degradation and sustainable livelihood in Oakpo-Kwin-Chaung Village, Bogale Township, Ayeyarwaddy Division, Myanmar
Consumption of Tourism in the World Heritage Site of Wat Phou Champasak, Champasak Province, Lao PDR
Contested legitimation of access to fisheries: a case study of everyday practices among fishers in Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Contesting Rights over Land: A Case Study of Landless Farmers’ Social Movement in Lamphun Province
D
Decentralization and local politics of forest management in Vietnam: a case study of Co Tu ethnic community
Development-induced displacement and spatiality of sustainable livelihoods: a case study of the irrigation project in the Nam Tin watershed, Houyxai district, Bokeo Province, Lao PDR
Dike Construction, Social Differentiation and Local Adaptive Strategies: A Case Study of a Farming Village in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Discourses of Development: Spatial Struggles of Civil Society in Map Ta Phut, Thailand
Disrupted livelihoods of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands, Vietnam
Diversifying Livelihoods in the Reduction of Extreme Poverty of Household Beneficiaries of Public Works Programs in Rwanda
Dynamics of Tibetan pastoralism as practice of identity and knowledge: a case study in a village of Northwest Yunnan Province, P.R. China
Dynamism of Local Ecological Knowledge: Case Study of Muong Community in Northern Vietnam
E
Education in Emergency: A Case Study of the Jeyang Internal Displaced Community, Kachin State, Myanmar
Ethnic Khmers’ Negotiation with Modernist Development: A Case Study of Focal Area Development, in Nong Nga Village, Champasack Province, Southern La
F
Familial Relatedness and Pregnancy Caring Practices of Displaced Karen Women in a Refugee Camp, Northwestern Thailand
Flood, Residential Cluster Program, Complexity of Adaptation as Local Responses: A Case Study of an Agricultural Commune in An Giang Province, Vietnam
Forestland as Contested Space: A Case Study of Land Concession in Pursat Province, Cambodia
From Outcasts to Activists: The Biopolitics of HIV/AIDS Support Groups in Lao PDR
G
Gender and Identity in Migration System: Movement of Bulang Labor from Yunnan to Thailand
Gendered Knowledge in the Management of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Case Study of Dzao Community in the Buffer Zone of Bavi National Park in Northern Vietnam
Graying gracefully in Lanna: the experience of ageing in Chiang Mai amidst a demographic shift
Green territorialization and indigenous politics: a case study of Aye Chaung public protected forest in Chin state, Myanmar
H
Hmong Dubbed Series: The Production and Consumption of Asian Dramas Among Hmong Community in Lao PDR
Household livelihood diversification as a result of the high modernism development project : a case of Can Tho bridge in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam
I
Impacts of Poverty Reduction Strategies on an Ethnic Minority: A Case Study of a Khmer Farming Village in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Implication of Myanmar Political Transitions on IDPs’ Access to Land and Their Human Security in Karenni State
India’s Kaladan Transnational Development Project and the Response of Civil Society in Western Burma
Institutional sustainability for water resource management : a case study of Dong people’s water resources management in Zengchong village, Congjiang Country, Guizhou Province, P.R. China
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
Intra-community contestation in institutional development process of historic-village tourism management : a case study of Tuanshan village in Jianshui Country, Yunnan province, people’s republic of China
K
Kachin borderlanders : a case study of Laiza town along the Yunnan-Myanmar frontier area
L
Land Grabbing As A Process Of State-Building In Kachin Areas, North Shan State, Myanmar
Landscape as a Contested Space: A Case Study of the Boat People in the Huong River, Hue City, Vietnam
Learning to be Happy: Gross National Happiness Policy and Pedagogical Practices in Bhutan
Lived Experiences and Post-Nargis Livelihood Recovery: A Case Study of Padekaw Village, Bogalay Township, Pyapon District, Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar
Livelihood Adaptation in Resettlement Project of Urban Development: A Case Study of Pattana Village, Pakse District, Champasak Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Livelihood Strategies of Farmers in Dry Zone of Myanmar in Coping with Poverty and Vulnerability
Living in Two Countries: Migration Life for Japanese Retirees
Living with Floods: the Perennial Struggle of People in Gaibandha District of Bangladesh
Living with Opium: Livelihood Strategies Among Rural Uplanders in Southern Shan State, Myanmar
Local adaptive responses to sedentarization program: a case study of Huong Nguyen commune, A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam
Local Development Practice as Discourse of Conservation: A Case Study of Yi People in Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province
Local Institutional Responses to Commodity Chain of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Case Study in Nuozhadu Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, P.R. China
M
Making Economic Subject: Cambodian Student Migrants, Social Capital Accumulations and Everyday Life Negotiation in Hanoi, Vietnam
Marginalization and Local Response to the State Forestry Management: A Case Study of Makong Community in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Central Vietnam
Marginalization and negotiating ethno-space in development among the Baduy people of Banten province, Indonesia
Market as social space of negotiation : a case study of rural trade marketing in Jila village, Lufeng, Yunnan, P.R. China
Migrants and Social Remittance as an Agent of Change in Traditional Festivals’ Practices in Za Yet Pyin Village, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Mobility and social networks of Lahu female vendors in Northern Thailand
Mother-Tongue Education Among the Saho Ethnic Group in Eritrea
Myanmar migrant workers in Japanese firms and the impact of human capital accumulation on migrants and their families: a case study of Thilawa special economic zone in Myanmar
N
Negotiating “Poverty”: Poor Urban Women in a Slum Community in Ho Chi Minh City and the Challenge to their Invisibility
Negotiating Access in Forest Governance of a Semi-urban Village in the Hilly Region of Nepal
Negotiating Co-Management in a Fishing Community on the Coastal Area of Cambodia
Negotiating Empowerment: The Multiple Experiences of Women on a Micro-Credit Program in the Maldives
Negotiating Livelihood Security in Community Forestry: A Case Study of an Externally-Initiated Community Forest in Southern Shan State, Myanmar
Negotiating livelihood strategies for development of a multi-ethnic community in Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam
Negotiating space in the rural-urban social world: mobility and marketing strategies among female petty traders on the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam
Negotiation for Indigenous Knowledge in Northern Thai Public Schools
Negotiation Process of Karen Communities on Land Legitimacy and Customary Land Management in Dual Administration Zone: Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Neo-traditionalist movements and the practice of Aqkaqzanr in a multi-religious community in Northern Thailand
Neo-Tribes and Traditional Tribes: Identity Construction and Interaction of Tourists and Highland People in Village in Northern Thailand
New social movements and contemporary framing of development protest in Northern Thailand: a case study of the Chiang Mai World mega-project
O
Opportunities and Limitations of Migrant Education at Borderland of Thailand: Perspective of Burmese Migrant Parents and Teachers
P
Payment for Forest Environmental Services and Forestland Governance: A Case Study of Integrated Shrimp – Mangrove Farming in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
Pedagogy of the Karen: Indigenous Education as Self-determination
Persistence of Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Changing Forest Tenure System in the Highland of Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Political Ecology of Fisheries Resource Exploitation in Tamgiang Lagoon, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam
Political Ecology of Landscape Management in the Proposed Zinghmuhtlang National Park, Chin State, Myanmar
Political Ecology of Rangeland Protection on the Tibetan Plateau: A Case Study of Three Rivers Source Community, Qinghai Province, P.R. China
Politics of Identity and Articulations of Belonging: A Transnational Kachin Community in Northern Thailand
Politics of Mangrove Restoration in Central Coast of Vietnam
Practices of a Non-State Mediated Payment for Ecosystem Service Pilot Project, Mae Sa Watershed, Northern Thailand
Practices of reconciliation in the Anlong Veng Community, Cambodia
Privatization of Health Care System and Migrant Construction Workers in Hanoi
R
Racing to the GMS Borderland: Viet Kieu and Vietnamese Students at Rajabhat University in the Northeast of Thailand
Rakhine Migrant Factory Workers’ Social Network, Knowledge and Learning Process in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone
Re-territorialization and local villagers’ responses: changing livelihood strategies of the Suay in rubber growing areas of Champasack Province, Lao PDR
Redefining Farm Livelihoods Within an Urbanizing Commune in Hanoi, Vietnam
Regionalization Through Media Consumption: The Consumption of Thai and Filipino Soap Operas Among Vietnamese Audiences
Repatriated Female Trafficking Victims in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR
Returning Home: Place Reconstruction of Overseas Vietnamese in Danang, Vietnam
Role of Social Capital in Climate Adaptation of Fish-Pond Farmers in Northern Region of Thailand
S
Securing pastoralism in post-socialist Mongolia : herders’ livelihood strategies in the context of climate and market uncertainties
Shan Ethnic Food: The Cultural Politics of Taste in Chiang Mai City
Shan Migrant Entrepreneurship in Rotational Market Space in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Shan Migrant Entrepreneurship in Rotational Market Space in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Shan on the move: negotiating identities through spatial practices among Shan cross-border migrants in Northern Thailand
Shifting Identities: Perceptions and Experiences of the Burmese Nepali Diaspora in Urban Chiang Mai, Thailand
Situated Knowledge of the Management of Aquatic Food Biodiversity Within a Rice Field Ecosystem: A Case Study of Houay Yae Village, Vang Vieng District in Central Laos
Social Networking and Livelihood Strategies in the Era of Post-Socialism in a China-Laos Border Relation: A Case Study of Watermelon Cultivation in Muang Sing, Lao P.D.R.
Social space of the Kachin community networks through the Kachin celebrations in Baan Mai Samakki, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Social Suffering: A Case Study of Impact of Lam Ta Khong Pumped Storage Project on Livelihood
Space Making as a Struggle for Women’s “Visibility” in a Chiang Mai Slum
Spaces of exception and shifting strategies of the Kokang Chinese along the Myanmar/China border
Stakeholders Involvement in an Alternative Food Network in Hoi An, Vietnam Under Actor-Network Theory Perspective
State Regulation and Local Buddhist Practice in Sipsong Panna, P.R. China
Strategy against eviction and livelihoods of the Akuarium neighborhood in Jakarta’s transformation
T
Ta’ang Tea Farmers and the Customary Land Dispossession in the Context of China-Myanmar Economic Corridor in Northeast Myanmar
Thai Stock Market Index Lottery, Media Use and Modernity in the Daily Life of Pyay Housewives, Myanmar
The Adaptive Livelihood Strategies of Small-Scale Rubber Plantation Farmers in Luangnamtha Province, Lao PDR
The Challenges of Poverty Alleviation Program in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Valangiriya Village, Kaduwella Division, Colombo District
The Decline of Thailand’s stand-alone movie theaters and the contraction of the urban commons: a social history of modernity
The Feminization of Modernity: A Case Study of Female Migrant Workers in a Garment Factory in Vientiane, Lao PDR
The Identity Construction of Vietnamese-Lao in Lao PDR: A Case Study in Phonbok Village, Pakse District, Champasak Province
The Impact of Economic Land Concessions on the Local Livelihoods of Forest Communities In Kratie Province, Northeastern Cambodia
The impacts of covid-19 pandemic and Myanmar’s political crisis on the lives and livelihood of internally displaced migrants in Kachin- China borderlands
The Politics of Tourism and Ethnic Identity: A Case Study of the Tharu Community in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
The Practice of Learning Among Shan Migrant Workers in Chiang Mai City
The Role of Karen Policy-Networks in Myanmar Peace Process
The Social Aspects of Mental Illness Among Orthodox Christians of the Tigrinya Ethnic Group in Eritrea
The State and Community in Marine Fishery Resource Management: A Case Study of Chrouy Pros Fishing Community in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia
The struggle for survival in fishing community: a case study of property relation and livelihood strategies of poor fishers in Barangay Nipa, Concepcion Iloilo, Philippines
The transformation of gender roles in resource management of a Karen community in Northern Thailand
The Transformation of Northeastern Cambodia : the politics of development in and ethnic minority community of Yak Kaol, O’Chum district, Ratanakiri Province
The Transnational Rohingyas in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Stateless Identity and Migration Experience
The Village in Transition: Development and Socio-economic, and Cultural Change in Mae Kampong Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tourism and the production of space in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR: a case study in the Ban Jek Area
Tourism in Tibetan Community: A Study on Social Differentiation, Identity and Gender
Traffic safety as a social construct: exploring the interdependencies of policy, law enactment and individual behavior for developing a sustainable and safer traffic environment in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Transformation of Upland Economy: State Conservation Regime and Multiple Strategies Among Small-Scale Hmong Rubber Planters in Chiang Rai Province
Transforming shifting cultivation and diversifying livelihoods of an upland peasant community in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR
U
Under the Shadow of Saint Tran Hung Dao: Cultural Politics of Industrial Development in the Post-Socialist Vietnam
Urban Development: A Case Study of Resettlement Project in Vientiane, Lao PDR
Urban Expansion, Marginalization, and Local Responses: A Case Study of an Agricultural Community in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam
V
Violence Against Women in Shan Migrant Communities in Chiang Mai and the Role of NGOs in Support of Victims
Voices from the Mekong: Social Networking and Identity Negotiation in the Era of “Regional Development” in a Thai – Lao Border Community
Vulnerability and Adaptation of Communities to Industrial Pollution in Danang City, Vietnam
W
Weaving Identity: A Case Study of Women Weavers in a Factory in Vientiane Lao PDR
Women Social Movement, Sexual Violence, and Conflict in Kachin State, Myanmar
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