Trip to Chiengkham. | 12 June 1965 - Trip to Chiang Kham. Moerman flew from Bangkok by airplane, stopping at Phitsanulok and Chiang Mai before arriving in Chiang Rai, where he met the Chiang Rai provincial governor and Chiang Kham sheriff. | Punch card
Peace corp. | 12 June 1965 - Moerman met Ford, one of the Peace Corps’ Thailand representatives. At the time Thailand was home to around 250 Peace Corps volunteers, based in Mae Hong Son and Chiang Kham, where they worked as teachers. | Punch card
Ethnic identity : Khamu. | 12 June 1965 - Ethnic identity of the Khamu. Mon-Khmer speakers, the Khamu have become assimilated into Thai society much more easily than Sino-Tibetan people. | Punch card
Officials. | 12 June1965 – The governor tells a sheriff to pay attention to Moerman’s results and research, on the grounds that foreigners always observe things that the officials do not want to reveal. | Punch card
Timing of interaction. | 13 June 1965 – Timing of interaction. Periods of silence during the conversation represent one way in which household members ignore one another. | Punch card
Cheingkham diary : first day. | 13 June 1965 – Moerman's observations on his first day in Chiang Kham, when he stayed at the house of the sheriff, who threw a party that night. | Punch card
Officials. | 13 June 1965 – Moerman feels that the officers who work at the district office are used as the personal servants of the assistant district officers. Moerman’s attitude toward the sheriff and his wife. | Punch card
Changes in Cheingkham. | 13 June 1965 – Change in Chiang Kham. Recent developments include electricity, three-wheeled motorized rickshaws, a Shell gas station, a liquor factory and a new road, welcomed by the villagers but disliked by merchants. | Punch card
