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The Global in the Local: Contested Resource-use Systems of the Karen and Hmong in Northern Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2003

Maren Tomforde
Maren Tomforde
Affiliation:
The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg, Germany. marentomforde@web.de
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Abstract

The Karen and Hmong in Thailand have been significantly impacted by global and national environmentalist discourses. The Karen, traditionally viewed as conservationists, have had to abandon much of their local knowledge. Conversely, the Hmong – long stigmatised for their allegedly destructive swidden practices – have made significant modifications in their use of resources.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 347 - 360
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© 2003 The National University of Singapore

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