The Ethnography of Vietnam’s Central Highlanders

Salemink, Oscar

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“…Such texts were written by missionaries, colonial officers, government officials and academics, and the detail of these accounts vary from a throwaway sentence in a diary entry to an entire ethnography. Of course, it must be taken into account that these observers had different motives and interests in recording and portraying millenarian events (Salemink, 2003), and later I discuss the limitations of this method in learning about historical non-violent millenarian activity. Therefore, secondary data is complimented with primary research data collected from Vietnam's highlands between 2013-2017, primarily in the form of in-depth interviews.…”

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“…This triggered opposition among the indigenous Montagnards, including some violent uprisings under the auspices of FULRO (United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races). Although millenarian aspirations have historically appealed to the (non-Hmong) Montagnards of the Central Highlands (Salemink, 2003), FULRO was based more on a secular ethno-nationalism and surrendered in 1992.…”

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Historical Continuities and Changes in the Ethnic Politics of Hmong-Miao Millenarianism

Rumsby

2021

Asian Studies Review

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Historical Continuities and Changes in the Ethnic Politics of Hmong-Miao Millenarianism

Rumsby

2021

Asian Studies Review

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“…The American people who were present in the region during the Vietnam War, in persuading highlanders to move to the resettlement centers, suggested that this would help the later to overcome their 'superstition', 'ignorance ', and 'backwardness'. Post-1975 foreign literature on the Central Highlands also indicates that the preconceived stereotypes concerning ethnic minority people in the region have continued from colonial times up to the present (Dournes, 1980;Salemink, 2003).…”

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Ethnic Stereotypes in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Minority Students’ Perspectives

Nguyen

2021

Sociological Research Online

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This study examines ethnic stereotypes toward majority and minority people in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. It contributes a more multidimensional perspective on ethnic stereotypes by exploring minority students’ perspectives on how their ethnic group stereotypes Kinh majority people and how they are being stereotyped by the Kinh. Status and solidarity are used as the theoretical lens to gain insights into different stereotype traits and the social meanings underlying the stereotypes. Interviews with eight students in a college in the Central Highlands, which were carried out in 2013, are the main data source. Findings reveal that the students highly appreciated Kinh people’s status-related traits and minority people’s solidarity-related traits. The stereotypes functioned as maintaining the social status quo – where the Kinh justified their position and advantages, while the minorities tended to accept the perceived social status hierarchies. Implications for diminishing negative stereotypes, improving minorities’ existing status, fostering trust-based cross-ethnic contact, and inspiring mutual respect among people of all ethnicities, are hence suggested.

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“…Idiosyncratic and covariate risks are the common causes of the participation in distress land rentals, usually disadvantaging poorer farmers (Akram‐Lodhi 2005; Promsopha 2018; Salemink 2003; Thai 2018; Van de Walle 1999). Covariate risks are experiences from which the whole community in a geographic area suffers (droughts, floods, market failures, and plagues) while idiosyncratic risks affect households or people individually (e.g., loss of assets, acute diseases, unemployment, death of breadwinners, and others) (Ward and Shively 2015).…”

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Exploring Distressed Cashew‐Nut Farmland Rentals Among Ethnic Groups in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam

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Paul

2021

Rural Sociology

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Remote communities alleviate economic hardship by renting their crops to others, and these transactions are often informal and exploitative. Because farmland is an important income source for rural areas, understanding the participation in distress rentals of cashew nut farms is critical for sustainable development. Previous studies have highlighted relationships between socioeconomic factors and participation in land rentals but have failed to examine distress rentals under ethnic contexts. In this study, we interviewed 121 villagers to examine socioeconomic determinants of the participation in distress rentals of farmers with regard to their indigenous culture in two communes in Binh Phuoc province. We found that ethnic identity, land-ownership, informal training in agriculture, family size, and proximity to markets are statistically significant in explaining the likelihood to participate in distress rentals. Based on these findings, we make several recommendations for how local governments can create better policies to ensure social justice.

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The Ethnography of Vietnam’s Central Highlanders

Cited by 10 publications

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Historical Continuities and Changes in the Ethnic Politics of Hmong-Miao Millenarianism

Historical Continuities and Changes in the Ethnic Politics of Hmong-Miao Millenarianism

Ethnic Stereotypes in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Minority Students’ Perspectives

Exploring Distressed Cashew‐Nut Farmland Rentals Among Ethnic Groups in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam

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