In this fascinating and important work, readers will encounter the myriad of topics both famillar and neglected which are confronting the indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia.
Twenty-four essays present unique and insightful perspectives on the much-debated issues of development, tourism, prostitution, AIDS, and drugs, linking these to the pivotal issues of culture, religion, and the environment. Comprehensive, useful, and readable, Developmentor Domestication? Is a necessary addition to the library of the Southeast Asian scholar or enthusiast. It describes the changing social structures, ecosystems, economies, and governance of different ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, asking probing questions about our responsibility to these peoples. Edited by Don McCaskill and Ken Kampe, both familiar names in development studies, this book will sheds new light on the many indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia.
1. Introduction: Indigenous Peoples of Southeast Asia
2. From Tribal Peoples to Ethnic Minorities: The transformation
of Indigenous people: A Theoretcal Discussion
3. Recollections of the Hill Tribes
4. The Impact of Development on the Hilltribes of Thailand
5. Socio-cultural and Environmental Impact of Economic
Development on Hill Tribes
6. The Forests of Thailand: Strike up the ban
7. The Culture of Development in Developing Indigenous Peoples
8. Deleu: A Life History of an Akha Woman
9. The Wisdom of the Karen in Natural Resource Conservation
10. The Karen Culture: A Co-existence of Two Forest
Conservation Systems
,etc.