2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the development of rubber plantation and sociocultural changes of the locals in Southern Laos

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520825
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Cultural anthropology/Folklore
Research Institution	Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Principal Investigator	NAKATA Tomoko 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50508398)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	開発 / 文化変化 / 南ラオス / ディスポジション / 戦略
Research Abstract	Sociocultural changes of the locals that have been brought about by the rubber plantation project launched by the Vietnamese rubber companies and the government of Lao PDR, are revealed not to be a transition from peasants to laborers, as expected by the authority, but to be the pursuit of various networks with a view to continuing rice production or of sources of income in order to purchase rice which they used to produce by themselves. Certain cultural factors, as well as working environment and employment conditions, are relevant to this situation.

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