Upland people in Northern Thailand

Scope and content :

Upland people, Northern Thailand. 35 records. The series consists of draft of papers, reports, articles, and books recorded during their fieldwork about the upland people in Northern Thailand in 1963. The records pertained report of the Benington-Cornell survey of a hill region in Thailand, upland villagers from the valley of the Mea Kok to the Burma border, report of a field trip to north of Thailand, upland and lowland village relations in northern Thailand , the problems of ethnicity in a district of northern Thailand. Including with other materials that related to hill-tribes people study in Thailand.

Repository : SAC

Extent and medium : 35 records that consists of draft of papers, reports, articles, and books

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

System of arrangemant : The series base on the field site.

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)

31. Reference : H-1-4-41

Akha wedding

| 1969 – The process of Akha weddings, the ritual and ritual chief, the bridal costume, ceremony and food. | Typescript

Akha wedding

32. Reference : H-1-4-42

Hill and valley of Thailand’s province of Chiangrai . a change relationship

| 1981- An observation focusing on social relations between Thai and upland groups as they move from separate parallel existences toward greater integration. This paper traces the course of this change. | Typescript

Hill and valley of Thailand’s province of Chiangrai . a change relationship

33. Reference : H-1-4-47

The Confucian heritage among the tribes.

| A study of hill tribes in a mountainous corner of Chiang Rai Province from 1963-1979. Originating in southern China, the six tribes - Lahu, Lisu, Yao, Karen and Meo – perceive themselves as Chinese, and remain influenced by their Confucian heritage. Three proprieties in particular are mandatory for a ‘barbarian’ moving into the world of the ‘civilized’: respect for elders/superiors, proper dress and proper manners. | Typescript

The Confucian heritage among the tribes.

34. Reference : H-1-4-49

The problems of Ethnicity in a district of northern Thailand

| 1972 – Looking at the changing values of people and land, the rise of hill tribe nationalism, and the way in which hill tribes become marginalized and placed at the bottom of the social hierarchy. | Typescript

The problems of Ethnicity in a district of northern Thailand

35. Reference : H-1-4-48

Recitation of Patrilineages among the Akha

| Recitation of Patrilineages among the Akha 1974 – In Akha funerals a shaman recites the name of her patrilineages, in the belief that the ancestor will take the spirit of the deceased. | Typescript

Recitation of Patrilineages among the Akha