Punchcard

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Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 26 records of punchcard.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Michael Moerman, 2005.

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Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

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Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

Rule or convention : Collection, series and file level description based on ISAD(G)

1. Reference : MM-1-78

Palawan, Philippines

| Moerman conducted his fieldwork on Palawan Island, Philippines. Interesting observations include: 1) different ethnic groups had been living on the island. 2) local authorities (village heads) lost power due to state intervention with the local communities. 3) the settlement and occupation of the islanders varied, dependent by ethnic group. 4) there was problem with the education of children on the island. 5) corruption was a problem for the administration, and security in the area was uncertain. 6) information concerning public health services. 7) Moerman conducted interviews with foreigners who had lived on the island. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

2. Reference : MM-1-59-1

Bali

| Bali (Paper and Card records) Culture and religion after 1967. People began to worry about the survival of traditional culture. A Balinese teacher would study in India, and people who graduated would work to teach religion in public schools or in the military. Balinese Hinduism is an official religion in Indonesia. A monk who came to study in Thailand would bring Buddha images back to Bali. There was a Buddhist temple in Singaraja. A church was built to worship God. Current students did not use high-level language. In remote villages the level of language was dependent on the classes. November 10, 1980. Moerman visited Bakti Budya, Jakarta, the location of workshop for the Faculty of Fine Arts, National University of Indonesia. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

3. Reference : MM-1-59-2

Janpan, Religion

| Buddhism in Japan (Paper) The principle of Zen is to pray for others, not for themselves. Making others happy would make that person happy in return. Shinji shumei kai was like a department store where diverse religions could be found. People could come to find what was best for them. The most prominent religion is Shinto. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

4. Reference : MM-1-28-2

Ban Phaed first day 1979

| The first day at Ban Phaed in 1979 Moerman returned to Ban Phaed, and saw Tung Daeng [Red Lanna Flag] and a woman wearing a red wrap skirt with a head cloth in the Lue tradition. Moerman found Po Mai Kaew, and there was a change due to new roads, and new houses. The farming was quite similar to the previous cultivation, however some people used a tractor. At Ban Waen and Chaing Ban there was electricity, but not at Ban Phaed. The civil boy scouts came to a reunion for training and making friends. The riversides were cleared for planting rice, beans, tobacco, vegetables. Most of the houses had a toilet. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

5. Reference : MM-1-28-3

Ban Phaed. Economic changes

| Economic changes at Ban Phaed. The forests between Ban Phaed and Chiang Ban and between Ban Phaed and Pha Lad no longer existed, and the area was converted into plantation. The trees had been used for making house poles and firewood. Now, to find firewood was challenging because the police arrested trespassers in the forest, and imposed a fine. So the villagers went to collect firewood on the mountainside. Kham Pings daughter farmed the land purchased by her father. The cultivation of tobacco took place following the rice harvest, and water from the irrigation system, instead from the Waen River, was utilized for the cultivation of tobacco leaves. The Den Chai village chief related that approximately 40% of the crop was damaged by drought. Girls from Chiang Ban came to find to work in the area. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

6. Reference : MM-1-28-4

Meet Khamping in Chiengmai

| Moerman met Po Kham Ping in Chiang Mai. Kham Ping related the following information: Muang was still the richest person in the village; Saeng was head assistant of the village; Po Saeng and Mae Saeng were still alive but Phom Boonsri had passed away. A problem that occurred with the Kham Ping administration was unresolved because he was not powerful enough. Kham Ping also related that Ban Phaed and Chiang Kham had changed. The rich were richer, while those who were poor became poorer. Public ponds where the villagers could fish became property of the rich. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

7. Reference : MM-1-28-5

Chiengkham (4 February 79)

| December 4, 1979 Chiang Kham. A priest related that those who graduated from higher education would not do any manual labor - if they could not find a good job, they might become gangsters or drug-addicted in the city or communists into the wild. Whatever their parents worked, their child might worked similarly. The Den Chai village chief related that if the state aided workers in agriculture, it would become the wealth of the country. The road to Nan was not safe and the villagers hired Ho soldiers [Yunnanese soldiers] for protection. Quinine for migrants was traded in the market, since the outbreak of malaria. Vitamin deficiencies of the people had increased, and TB remained a major problem. Leprosy was back. Officials recommended that people had to keep quiet about problems with land tenure, otherwise they could be shot. For example Hmong had been shot and killed in disputes over land for opium, payment for bribery, or accusations of being a Communist. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

8. Reference : MM-1-44-1

Thailand Ban Phaed

| The young Lue did not speak the Lue language. Information covers new and old terms in Lue. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

9. Reference : MM-1-44-2

Thailand, Chiengmai

| A trip to Chiang Mai and Phayao A. Kraisri related that after the harvest season some people were going to trade and found a new wife, and was a cause of divorce. The term Po was used to show respect; Lung was connotative of teacher; Oei was intimacy. Moerman made the following observations about Chiang Mai: workers from outside came to work in the City; the City Hall was completed; urban land prices; farming; shopping mall; guesthouses. All had changed because the people invested more. Jeff shared that Som was a leader and highly respected by residents in Fang. Moerman observed the changes in Fang and Chiang Dao: the opening of the company and business of Kraisri; a temple built by the mother of Kraisri in Chiang Rai; charity of the family Nimmanhaemindra. At Chiang Kham, Phayao, there were ten refugee camps where Khmu, Lue and others were being taken care of by the government. There would be a betanque tournament in Phayao. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

10. Reference : MM-1-44-3

Thailand Bangkok, talk with Miphat, 26 November, talk with Sansern 24 November 1979

| Moerman spoke with Miphat, a judge at the Court of Appeal, about his work, corruption, and conflict between farmers and the government. Moerman also spoke to Sanseun, who was on the Judiciary Committee, about recording in the courtroom. He was conducting a project to rebuild the labor court, including the establishment of a commercial court and court of tax. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman