Some Reflections of Ethnic Identity of Refugee Migrants from Burma to Thailand

• Main Author: Ford, Nicholas
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Southeast Asia; ethnicity; conflict; refugees; Burma; Journal for Population and Social Studies; วารสารประชากรและสังคม
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/3287
• Institution: Mahidol University

The main aim of this paper is to raise the question of the nature of the ethnic identities that we so often seem to take for granted when talking about the refugee migrants coming from Burma to Thailand. To do this, an introductory reference is made to the historical ‘ridge and furrow’ cultural s...