Ancestors’ worship: The Ahom style
via The Sentinel, 30 January 2021: A feature on the Tai-Ahom people of eastern India, who are a mix of ...
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Tag: anthropology
Anthropology is the study of human societies and culture. Archaeology studies the same, but focuses on material remains left behind by people in the past. For the purposes of this website, this category refers to the non-archaeological aspects of anthropology in Southeast Asia
Khmer Sculpture: An Art of Love and Temperament
via Khmer Times, 04 January 2021: We often see sculptures as archaeological objects in this site, but sculptures continue to ...
The Hindu gods of Buddhist Thailand
via Nepali Times, 02 January 2021: First of a two-parter about the influence of Hindu religion in predominantly-Buddhist Thailand. The ...
In Indonesia, a Blurred Boundary Between the Living and the Dead
via New York Times, 14 December 2020: Photo essay of the Toraja people in Sulawesi and their death rituals which ...
Set of books on ethnic groups in Vietnam launched
via Nhan Dan, 28 November 2020: The Vietnamese Institute of Anthropology has just published a series of books on the ...
A Cambodian Anthropologist Explains the Culinary Culture of Angkor
via Cambodianess, 12 November 2020: An interview with Cambodian anthropologist Ang Choulean on his latest book about the Rural Cuisine ...
The desertion of Cambodia’s spirits
via New Mandala, 09 November 2020: An interesting piece by Alexandra Kent on how changing economic situations are also changing ...
Ai Khai: The cult of prankster ghost boy from the Ayutthaya period
via Coconuts Bangkok, 30 October 2020: Not archaeological, but interesting from a sacred landscapes/animist cult perspective. Ai Khai is the ...
[Webinar] Defining the terms: Heritage, Landscapes, and Indigenous Empowerment
via Engaged Scholarship in the Asia-Pacific: Readers may be interested in this webinar happening in a few hours (11 am ...
[Papers] Myths of Origin and Their Contestation in the Borderlands of South and Southeast Asia
via Southeast Asian Studies (Journal): The new volume of Southeast Asian Studies publishged by Kyoto University features a series of ...
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