LEADER 03522nam 22005293 450 001 9910978245203321 005 20250224120843.0 010 $a1-04-077509-8 010 $a1-003-69794-1 010 $a1-04-078465-8 010 $a90-485-6200-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048562008 035 $a(CKB)37499099200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31901212 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31901212 035 $a(OCoLC)1498869128 035 $a(DE-B1597)728647 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048562008 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937499099200041 100 $a20250224d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndigenous Heritage and Identity of the Last Elephant Catchers in Northeast Thailand 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2025. 210 4$dİ2025. 215 $a1 online resource (260 pages) 225 0 $aAsian Heritages ;$v9 311 08$a90-485-6199-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tA Note on Transliteration and Thai Naming Conventions -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tPreface -- $t1 Introduction -- $t2 Heritage, Authority, and the Anthropocene -- $t3 Formation of Attitudes Towards Indigenous and Ethnic Minority Communities in Thailand?from the Colonial Period to the Cold War -- $t4 Constructing the Authorised Environmental Discourse : Territorialisation and Indigeneity in Thailand -- $t5 Thailand?s Authorised Heritage Discourse : Identity, Nationalism, and ?Good Culture? -- $t6 The Kui in Thailand: Identity, (In)Visibility, and (Mis)Recognition -- $t7 The Last Elephant Catchers : Cultural Endangerment and the Loss of Knowledge -- $t8 New Spaces for the Enactment of Kui Culture : Heritagisation and (Re)Invented Traditions -- $t9 Conclusion -- $tGlossary -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 2019, when Mew Salangam passed away at 91, newspapers across Thailand described him as belonging to the ?last generation of elephant doctors.? Mew was a member of the Kui Ajiang community in Thailand, an Indigenous group living in the Northeast known for catching elephants. Sometime beginning in the 1950s, this practice gradually came to an end. Indigenous Heritage and Identity of the Last Elephant Catchers in Northeast Thailand examines how the end of elephant catching has affected the heritage and identity of the Kui Ajiang, offering an analysis that calls for close attention to the broader currents of Thai history and the development of Thai environmental and cultural heritage policies. Furthermore, the term Authorised Environmental Discourse (AED) is introduced in tandem with Laurajane Smith?s Authorised Heritage Discourse (AHD) to portray how heritage embedded in nature and culture reflects impacts of political authority and how a community responds to threats of loss and challenges to the authenticity of its traditions. 410 0$aAsian Heritages Series 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia$2bisacsh 610 $aCulture, Communities, Tradition, Elephants, thai. 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia. 676 $a305.895 700 $aSantikarn$b Alisa$01791781 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910978245203321 996 $aIndigenous Heritage and Identity of the Last Elephant Catchers in Northeast Thailand$94329578 997 $aUNINA