Year 1958-1961

Scope and content :

1958-1961. The first field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He spent almost 3 years to collected field data about the Lue society, tradition, culture, and daily life of Tai Lue community at Ban Phaed, Payao province. 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 3295 records of slide, photograph, punch card, letter, notebook, typescript, and map.

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

System of arrangemant : The series is divided base on the periods of field work in Thailand.

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restriction on access. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution Non-Commercial (TK A-NC)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

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

601. Reference : MM-1-21-38

Perelman

| Moerman refers to Perelman's work (1968), in which it is noted that the exordium influences the later content of the orator. Moerman concludes that in the case of Kham, the opening of his speech determines his guilty verdict. | Punch card

Perelman

602. Reference : MM-1-21-39

Perelman

| Moerman refers to Perelman (1968) on arguments in speeches or statements. There are many factors involved in defining the meaning of the statement among the audience. | Punch card

Perelman

603. Reference : MM-1-21-40

Perelman

| Morgan quotes Perelman (1968): "The principal role of philosophy, as opposed to science, is not a search for truth, but justifications for our actions”. | Punch card

Perelman

604. Reference : MM-1-21-41

Perelman

| Moerman refers to Perelman's work (1958), in which the latter notes that arguments in family and daily life are understood clearly, whereas those presented in sermons or in the judicial process are by nature not decisive. The losing party can request the case to be investigated by requiring further evidence of the lawsuit. | Punch card

Perelman

605. Reference : MM-1-21-42

Perelman

| Moerman refers to Perelman's work (1958) on the meaning of discussions among auditors, noting that the auditors' existing knowledge and experience already determine what they listen to in the argument. | Punch card

Perelman

606. Reference : MM-1-21-43

Perelman

| Moerman refers to Perelman's work (1958) on the understanding of the word ‘meaning’. When looking at words used in an argument, simply noting that words are synonymous is not enough; one has to also consider the context of those words, as the context is crucial in determining the meaning. | Punch card

Perelman

607. Reference : MM-1-21-44

Perelman

| Moerman refers to Perelman's work (1952) on Aristotle and stylistic analysis. | Punch card

Perelman

608. Reference : MM-1-21-45

Black

| Moerman refers to Black's work (1965) on economics and social issues, in which he notes an overlap between ‘primitive law’ and ‘civilized law’. | Punch card

Black

609. Reference : MM-1-21-46

Karl Llewellyn and Black

| Moerman looks at the work of the US lawyer Llewellyn (1960: 513), who argues that law and politics do not differ in the context of anthropology. Moerman then refers to Black's work (1965: x) on caveat venditor. | Punch card

Karl Llewellyn and Black

610. Reference : MM-1-21-47

Max Gluckman

| Moerman refers to Gluckman's work (1965) based on Marc Bloch’s ‘Feudal Society’ (1961), which looks at the expansion of European territory in the early 12th century. | Punch card

Max Gluckman