An anthropological study of social movements in Thailand: Focusing on interaction in urban and rural areas

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520925
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAGI RYO 神奈川大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (60414041)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IIKUNI Yukako 大東文化大学, 国際関係学部, 講師 (90462209)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 社会運動 / 相互行為 / 文化人類学 / タイ：ミャンマー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As regards social changes around Thailand, especially political conflict in urban areas, it was mainly described by the institutional approach or the analysis of political economy. This research focused on social movements related to social change, not only from the macroscopic approach in a level of nation state but also from the microscopic approach of interactions in urban and rural areas. This research also pointed out the importance of both viewpoints of macroscopic and microscopic approaches to social movements, mainly focusing on political social movements around former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and community movements of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.

Free Research Field

文化人類学