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Hittade 1 avhandling innehållade ordet Katu.

1. 1. Forests, Spirits and High Modernist Development : A Study of Cosmology and Change among the Katuic Peoples in the Uplands of Laos and Vietnam

   Författare :Nikolas Århem; Hugh Beach; Jean Michaud; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Katu; Katuic; Nge; Ngeq; Kriang; Vietnam; Laos; Sekong; shifting cultivation; animism; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how Katuic-speaking indigenous groups in the Central Annamitic Cordillera of Vietnam and Laos understand their environment – hills, streams and forest. Katuic eco-cosmology assumes that the natural landscape is imbued with spirit agents, with whom people must continuously communicate lest misfortune will strike and their livelihoods fail. LÄS MER