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Title: History and geography of identifications related to resource conflicts and ethnic violence in Northern Thailand
Authors: Chusak Wittayapak
Authors: Chusak Wittayapak
Keywords: Social Sciences
Issue Date: 1-Apr-2008
Abstract: Resource conflicts often intensify ethnic violence and vice versa. However, in specific cases situations can be more complex than they appear. To understand this phenomenon, this chapter takes incidents of violence in Northern Thailand as a point of departure to explain how the historical construction of ethnic identification is tied to the spatial division of highlands and lowlands. I argue that these incidents of violence are not just about resource scarcity but also about notions of forests and highlands as places of wildness and lowlands as the source of civilisation. The current adoption of a nature conservation discourse among Thais puts forests and hills into a battlefield of perceived resource degradation. Some situations have been aggravated to the point that violence has been perpetuated against ethnic highlanders by lowlanders who have adopted orthodox science and nationalist sentiments drawn from a history and geography of ethnic identification. Taking a political ecology approach, this article highlights the interplay among resources, access rights, identity, history, polity, and space to unveil the complexity and specificity of ethnic violence. © 2008 The Author Journal compilation © 2008 Victoria University of Wellington.
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60750
ISSN: 14678373
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