{"id":24904,"global_id":"www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=24904","global_id_lineage":["www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=24904"],"author":"7","status":"publish","date":"2015-05-15 10:31:08","date_utc":"2015-05-15 01:31:08","modified":"2015-06-05 14:20:13","modified_utc":"2015-06-05 05:20:13","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/event\/20150608\/","rest_url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/24904","title":"\u201cEthnic relations and ideas of civilization in China\u2019s Southwest\u201d by Dr. Magnus Fiskesj\u00f6 (June 8)","description":"

\"20150608_abst\"Date<\/strong>\uff1aJune 8 (Mon), 16\uff1a00-18\uff1a00<\/p>\n

Venue<\/strong>\uff1aTonan-tei (Room 201), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University<\/p>\n

Speaker<\/strong>\uff1aDr. Magnus Fiskesj\u00f6 (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,Cornell University)<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>\uff1aThe Wa former headhunters of the China-Burma frontier<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>\uff1a
\nThere is a longstanding view of the Wa people of the Burma-China frontier, which juxtaposes
\nthe contradictory notions that the Wa were both “primitive” headhunters and opium exporters,
\nat the same time. In this presentation, revisiting Wa history and society, I suggest an
\nalternative understanding which requires dispensing altogether with the notion of primitive
\nheadhunting, which I think is a recent, and misleading, idea. I argue that headhunting, is \u2015
\nlike the opium export trade\u2015a recent historical phenomenon contingent on the integration of
\nthe Wa into a larger regional system, likely only since the mid-to-late 19th century. Also, Wa
\n“headhunting” was not a hunt for heads, but warfare that involved trophy-taking, itself a
\nwidespread global phenomenon. At the same time, like the trophies of the past, the notion of
\n“primitive” itself was not only deployed by outsiders such as the Chinese for the Wa, but also
\nby the Wa themselves, in a curious modern-era dialectic that continues to this day.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"20150608","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2015-06-08 16:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"06","day":"08","hour":"16","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2015-06-08 18:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2015","month":"06","day":"08","hour":"18","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":null,"utc_start_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":null,"utc_end_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Related Conferences","slug":"related-conferences-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":189,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":60,"filter":"raw","id":189,"urls":{"self":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/189","collection":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":4329,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2013-05-02 17:29:41","date_utc":"2013-05-02 08:29:41","modified":"2013-05-02 17:29:41","modified_utc":"2013-05-02 08:29:41","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/venue\/tonan-tei-room-no-201cseas-inamori-foundation-memorial-building-kyoto-university\/","venue":"Tonan-tei (Room No. 201),CSEAS, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University","slug":"tonan-tei-room-no-201cseas-inamori-foundation-memorial-building-kyoto-university","city":"Kyoto","country":"Japan","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Tonan-tei (Room No. 201),CSEAS, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/venue\/tonan-tei-room-no-201cseas-inamori-foundation-memorial-building-kyoto-university\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Kyoto","addressCountry":"Japan"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=4329","global_id_lineage":["www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=4329"]},"organizer":[{"id":20944,"author":"7","status":"publish","date":"2014-07-28 11:01:31","date_utc":"2014-07-28 02:01:31","modified":"2014-07-28 11:01:31","modified_utc":"2014-07-28 02:01:31","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/organizer\/imamura-masao\/","organizer":"IMAMURA, Masao","slug":"imamura-masao","json_ld":{"@type":"Person","name":"IMAMURA, Masao","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2016\/organizer\/imamura-masao\/","telephone":"","email":"","sameAs":""},"global_id":"www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=20944","global_id_lineage":["www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=20944"]}],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"\u201cEthnic relations and ideas of civilization in China\u2019s Southwest\u201d by Dr. Magnus Fiskesj\u00f6 (June 8)","description":"<p>Date\uff1aJune 8 (Mon), 16\uff1a00-18\uff1a00 Venue\uff1aTonan-tei (Room 201), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University Speaker\uff1aDr. Magnus Fiskesj\u00f6 (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,Cornell University) Title\uff1aThe Wa former headhunters of the China-Burma frontier Abstract\uff1a There is a longstanding view of the Wa people of the Burma-China frontier, which juxtaposes the contradictory notions that the Wa were both "primitive" headhunters and opium exporters, at the same time. 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