Bang Chan, Bangkok

Scope and content :

The series consists of draft of papers, reports, articles, books letters, and photograph 84 records. It is a of the study of the social history of a rural community in Bang Chan in 1948. The records pertained the study of the relationship of human and rice in farmer community, the cosmic view of Bang Chan villagers, changes in family life, Bang Chan and Bangkok perspectives on local and national history, including with variety of documents by another researchers that Hanks used as a references.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 84 records that consist of draft of papers, reports, articles, books, letters, and photographs.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer : Donated by Jane Richardson Hanks, 2007.

System of arrangemant : The series base on the field site in Thailand

Condition governing accessible and reproduce : Some restrictions on access. Some materials are published. To respect in intellectual property right, the original material (hard copy) may not allowed to access.

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)

11. Reference : H-1-1-7

The Overseas Chinese in Southern Asia

| Many of the overseas Chinese who have emigrated to Southeast Asia married and settled down in the new country, only perhaps returning to China towards to end of their lives. With emigration a typically male phenomenon, many Chinese emigrants have married local women, thereby expediting assimilation. However, a combination of Chinese pride in their ancient culture and hostility among the indigenous inhabitants has meant that assimilation has not always been smooth, and this problem has become acute with the rise of nationalism. As a result, many overseas Chinese, even several generations down the line, still retain their Chinese customs and behavior. The economic role of the overseas Chinese is the key to their political importance, filling as they do the gap between the indigenous high government officials and native peasants. The oldest group of overseas Chinese are the Yunnanese Chinese Muslims known as “Haw”. Yunnanese Chinese, a remnant of the Kuomintang army, now live in the northern border region of Thailand. | Typescript

The Overseas Chinese in Southern Asia

12. Reference : H-1-1-1

Reflections on the Ontology of Rice

| Reflections on the Ontology of Rice Article by Jane R. Hanks from 1960 concerning a small rice-growing community in central Thailand, which has developed rituals associated with every step of growing the grain. Such rituals are monopolized by women, while the men do ordinary field work and rites, thus leaving women to assume such important roles. Thai people believe that living things contain a khwan, or spirit, which is indestructible. Initially sustained by breast milk from women, the khwan is then sustained by rice. Farmers believe that the whole of nature is protected by female guardian spirits. | Typescript

Reflections on the Ontology of Rice

13. Reference : H-1-2-15

4th International Conference on Thai Studies

| The 4th International Conference on Thai Studies, 11-13 May, 1990. A schedule and list of participants. Papers on “Phii Miang: Black Thai Symbols of State and Leadership” by Dr. J.A. Placzek; “On Dynamic Ethnicity of the Sipsong Panna Dai during the Republican Period” by Shih-Chung Hsieh; “The Origin of Bo-Le --- On the Relations between the Kingdom of Sukhothai and the Ming Dynasty in the Early Fifteenth Century” by Sun Laichen; and “Milieu and Context: The Disappearance of the White Hmong” by Nicholas Tapp. Articles on “The Social Structure and the Role of the Indian Brahmana in Early Thailand” Amarjiva Lochan, and“Theatre in Thailand” by Surapone Virulrak. Curriculum Vitae of Amarjiva Lochan. | Typescript

4th International Conference on Thai Studies

14. Reference : H-1-3-1

Cultural stability and Culture change

| Proceedings of the 1957 annual spring meeting of the American Ethnological Society. | Typescript

Cultural stability and Culture change

15. Reference : H-1-3-2

Water discipline and Water imagery among the Blackfoot (Indians). P331-333 Brief Communication, American Anthropologist

| An article by Jane and Lucien Hanks in “Brief Communications”, Vol.44, No.2, April-June, 1942. | Typescript

Water discipline and Water imagery among the Blackfoot (Indians). P331-333 Brief Communication, American Anthropologist

16. Reference : H-1-3-3

Louis Wolf (1966) (Laos), letter, 1966

| 31 December 1996 – Louis Wolf relates how Laos gained facilities from the USA for the construction of roads, schools, ponds and other projects. He expresses a wish to return to help this small country. | Letter

Louis Wolf (1966) (Laos), letter, 1966

17. Reference : H-1-3-4

Ethnohistory.

| An article by R. Carmack on Ethno history for the Annual Review of Anthropology. | Typescript

Ethnohistory.

18. Reference : H-1-3-5

Cammann, review, “Arts of the Japanese Sword”.

| The Arts of the Japanese Sword by B.W. Robinson. Reviewed by Schuyler V.R. Cammann in “Reviews of Books”. | Typescript

Cammann, review, “Arts of the Japanese Sword”.

19. Reference : H-1-3-6

Structures and Strategies : Differential Ethnic Mobility in a small town, Thailand

| Research (draft) by Cristina Blanc Szanton in 1981, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. This paper examines some major trends in mobility patterns in a provincial town in post-World War II Thailand by focusing on families and their careers. | Typescript

Structures and Strategies : Differential Ethnic Mobility in a small town, Thailand

20. Reference : H-1-3-7

Object of Power : women of Prowess : material Culture in SE Asia

| Research by Leedom Lefferts, Department of Anthropology, Drew University. A celebration of Jane R. Hanks’ contributions to Southeast Asian studies. | Typescript

Object of Power : women of Prowess : material Culture in SE Asia