Year 1979-1981

Scope and content :

1979-1981. The fourth field work trip of Moerman in Thailand. He revisited and collected field data at Ban Phaed, Payao province. There are 133 records of slide photograph punch card, letter and typscript.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : slide, punch card, letter, and typescript.

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 the subject of issue, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access. Please contact staff if you need more information.

Creative Commons License : Attribution (CC BY)

Traditional Knowledge License : Traditional Knowledge Attribution (TK A)

Language : English/Thai

Script : English/Thai

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

53

Slide

26

Punchcard

53

Letter

1

Typescript

41. 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

Janpan, Religion

42. 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

Ban Phaed first day 1979

43. 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

Ban Phaed. Economic changes

44. 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

Meet Khamping in Chiengmai

45. 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

Chiengkham (4 February 79)

46. 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

Thailand Ban Phaed

47. 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

Thailand, Chiengmai

48. 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

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

49. Reference : MM-1-44-4

Problems of Buddhism and Communism

| Problems of Buddhism and Communism Kraisri related that the village heads had a radio to communicate with the district authorities. The World Bank and the ASEAN Development Bank preferred private construction companies to build roads and irrigation systems under the supervision of foreign companies, because the project would be achieved faster and better than the Department of Irrigation. Problems over the leasing of land by farmers and landowners in the North. At Chiang Mai Provincial Court there were more judges, and more foreigners imprisoned for drug offenses. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Problems of Buddhism and Communism

50. Reference : MM-1-44-5

Changes in the Environment

| Changes in the environment Nan Bun used to raise cattle, but after the forest was cleared for agricultural land, he sold cattle and hired migrants from Northeastern as labour. Mae Noo sold land to the government for building an airport. Saeng sold land at the rate of 1500 baht per rai for land with title, and 800 baht per rai for land without title. Some villagers still engaged in farming, while others turned to fruit plantation and trade at the markets. | Punch card

by : Michael Moerman

Changes in the Environment