[Dissertation] Creating Marginality and Reconstructing Narrative: Reconfiguring Karen Social and Geo-Political Alignment

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ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE: GLOBALIZATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES Colonialism and Globalization Borderlines and Borderlands Marginality CHAPTER TWO: A NEW GEOGRAPHIC DISCOURSE Geography of the Thai/Burmese Borderland Region Boundaries, Space and Political Structure The “Sown” and the “Wild” Karen Identity Karen and the Hill Tribes Karen Presence in the Lowlands and Valleys Colonial Influence and Bounded Territory CHAPTER THREE: THE KAREN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA A Short History Early Migration The Karen in Siam The Construction of “Otherness” CHAPTER FOUR: THE STATE OF THE KAREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY The Technology of Mapping: Alienation from the Web of Life A Shift in Nomenclature Religion in State-Building Globalization and the Contemporary Discourse on the Thai/Burmese Borderland Karen and the Mapping of the Forest Thailand Burma Ecological Issues and the Karen as the Other The Karen Within the Thai Geo-body The Karen Within the Burmese Geo-body CHAPTER FIVE: NAVIGATING CULTURAL BOUNDARIES: CHARTING THE COURSE FOR THE KAREN OF THE THAI-BURMESE BORDERLAND Cultural Narrative The Mashpee Trial Constructing Narrative The Zapotec: A Contemporary Success Story The Karen: The Same but Different Nature Conservation: A Universalistic Value Karen Crafts – The Universal Language of Art Conclusion LIST OF REFERENCES