●日時・場所
2015年6月26日（金）16:00～18:00
京都大学総合研究 2 号館 4 階 大会議室（AA447 ） http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/access/campus/map6r_y.htm
 
●話題提供者
Nathan Badenoch 氏（京都大学東南アジア研究所）
 
●発表題目
Reorganizing Diversity: Rubber, roads and resettlement in northwestern Laos
 
●発表要旨
The natural and human landscapes of mainland Southeast Asia are undergoing tremendous transformations. In this talk I will discuss how biocultural diversity is being reorganized in northwestern Laos. The main drivers of change in this region are the spread of rubber, the upgrade of roads and the relocation of people. From the ecological perspective, the forest-fallow mosaic that has dominated the upland landscape is yielding to monocrop industrial agriculture.
From the human perspective, diverse ethnic minorities that previously lived in small villages across the mountains are now being concentrated in rapidly-
growing multi-ethnic villages along the roads. These developments are promoted in the name of market-oriented income generation and enhanced access to government services. Critical analysis of this model of development suggest increasing poverty and livelihood instability. There also is talk of a ‘cultural crisis’, although studies dedicated to cultural dynamics in these situations have been few and far-between. I will take language as one indicator of cultural change, and examine how the multilingualism that has characterized local society is being impacted by landscape and livelihood changes. In doing so, I hope to shine some new light on the linkages between natural and human diversity in local landscapes.
 

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