This article highlights the political work Indigenous activists in Thailand carried out in recent
years in claiming Indigenous status and pressing for legal and political recognition by the …

In this article, I discuss the concept of Indigeneity as it is being localized in post‐2000s
Thailand by a coalition of ethnic minorities. Their claim of Indigeneity is unique in purporting …

This chapter examines the political uses of sacred heritage in colonial Burma1 (1824–1948),
the country that is today the authoritarian regime of post-democracy Myanmar. Colonial uses …

This chapter explores Thailand's approaches to Indigenous heritage using the case study of
conflicts between the State and the Karen community over the Kaeng Krachan Forest …

As new ethno-nationalisms arise and as ethnic minorities increasingly mobilize to claim their
rights, multiculturalism has also arrived in Thailand and beyond, while the terminology of …