Essays about: "Karen Thailand"

Found 4 essays containing the words Karen Thailand.

  1. 1. A singing people : choir singing among the Karen people in Northern Thailand and Burma

    University essay from Institutionen för musik, pedagogik och samhälle

    Author : Eva-Maria Munck; [2012]
    Keywords : ethnography; choir singing; religious choir singing; Christian choir singing; the Karen people; Mae La Refugee Camp; Karen Kawthoolei Baptist Bible School and College; Karen Baptist Theological Seminary; Siloam Bible Institute;

    Abstract : This Minor Field Study was carried out in Thailand and Burma during June, July and August 2011. The aims of this study were to investigate the role and function of choir singing among the Karen people, an ethnic minority group mainly living in Northern Thailand and Burma. Choir singing in four-part harmony (i.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. How do patients with a different ethnic background in Thailand experience nurses treatment? : A qualitative study of Karen’s experiences of treatment

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen för Vårdvetenskap

    Author : Mathilda Wallin; [2011]
    Keywords : minority group; treatment; nurse-patient relationship; qualitative study; thailand;

    Abstract : This study was made in Northern Thailand among the Karen minority group during Feb-April 2011. The Karen people consist of two different kinds of Karen, the Paw and the Skaw. They live on the border between Burma and Thailand, but none of the countries want to take care of them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women of Thailand : A minor field study about how nine women in urban and rural areas of Thailand look at their lives in the area of education, gender equality and influence in society, from a democratic perspective.

    University essay from Avdelningen för Socialantropologi

    Author : Malin Westman; [2010]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; women; democracy; gender equality; education; influence; political commitment; Thailand; Socialantropologi; kvinnor; demokrati; jämställdhet; utbildning; inflytande; politiskt deltagande; Thailand;

    Abstract : This study is based on a field study carried out in Thailand during November and December 2009. The material is based on in-depth interviews with nine women that live in the northern parts of Thailand. Seven of them belong to the Karen minority group. READ MORE

  5. 4. DRAWING BOUNDARY AND REALIGNING IDENTITY : The Karen in Northern Thailand in the Context of Tourism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Chanin Chiumkanokchai; [2008]
    Keywords : Thailand; Karen; tourism; ethnic identity; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With the purpose to scrutinise ethnic identity as it negotiates through times of change, this thesis focuses on how the identity of the Karen in northern Thailand has been defined in the context tourism. The meeting of the Karen with foreign tourists and Thai tour guides is studied through the notion that inter-ethnic relations are necessary for ethnic identity to exist. READ MORE