Author(s): Barbara Estelle Verchot
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 111
City: Orlando, FL
Tags: Thailand, Myanmar, Burma, Karen people
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
CHAPTER ONE: GLOBALIZATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Colonialism and Globalization
Borderlines and Borderlands
Marginality
CHAPTER TWO: A NEW GEOGRAPHIC DISCOURSE
Geography of the Thai/Burmese Borderland Region
Boundaries, Space and Political Structure
The “Sown” and the “Wild”
Karen Identity
Karen and the Hill Tribes
Karen Presence in the Lowlands and Valleys
Colonial Influence and Bounded Territory
CHAPTER THREE: THE KAREN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
A Short History
Early Migration
The Karen in Siam
The Construction of “Otherness”
CHAPTER FOUR: THE STATE OF THE KAREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The Technology of Mapping: Alienation from the Web of Life
A Shift in Nomenclature
Religion in State-Building
Globalization and the Contemporary Discourse on the Thai/Burmese Borderland
Karen and the Mapping of the Forest
Thailand
Burma
Ecological Issues and the Karen as the Other
The Karen Within the Thai Geo-body
The Karen Within the Burmese Geo-body
CHAPTER FIVE: NAVIGATING CULTURAL BOUNDARIES: CHARTING THE COURSE FOR THE KAREN OF THE THAI-BURMESE BORDERLAND
Cultural Narrative
The Mashpee Trial
Constructing Narrative
The Zapotec: A Contemporary Success Story
The Karen: The Same but Different
Nature Conservation: A Universalistic Value
Karen Crafts – The Universal Language of Art
Conclusion
LIST OF REFERENCES
