Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
"Migrants and Their Life Practices across the Thai-Myanmar Border:
Social Network and Cultural Reproduction among Minorities"
Project Leader: HAYAMI, Yoko
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- Seminars/Symposia
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- Outline
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Since the 1990s, not only refugee camps but also factories were constructed
along the Thai-Myanmar border, absorbing cheap labor streaming into the
country from the other side. Currently, two million laborers from Myanmar
are said to be working in 3D (dirty, dangerous, difficult) jobs for the
lowest wages. Studies have focused on the effects of the border economy
and the policies on registering migrant laborers. However, little is known
about the realities of migrants' lives, outside of media coverage or the
instability and difficulties faced by these marginalized migrants. The
region has been characterized by historical movements of people across
it, and the inhabitants have been predominantly ethnic minorities. How
do migrants today cope socially and culturally with the situation in the
region? How are migrants involved in the formation of the border region?
This project explores their social networks and modes of cultural reconstruction.
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