ANTH 469 B: Special Studies in Anthropology

INSTRUCTOR: PRASIT LEEPREECHA COURSE TITLE: GLOBAL INDIGENEITIES IN SOUTHEAST INSTRUCTOR: PRASIT LEEPREECHA THE MOVEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WHICH FIRST BEGAN IN THE COLONIZED COUNTRIES OF NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT, IS NOW A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON AND IMPORTANT TO NATIVE AND MINORITY GROUPS BEYOND SETTLER COLONIAL CONTEXTS. INSTITUTIONS AND LAWS ON INDIGENEITY AND EMERGENT GLOBAL NETWORKS HAVE ENGAGED THE PARTICIPATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND AESTHETIC MOVEMENTS GLOBALLY AND CROSS CULTURALLY. WE WILL EMPHASIZE THE EXPERIENCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THAILAND, BURMA, LAOS, MYANMAR, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, ETC. AND COMPARE THEIR EXPERIENCES TO OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. IT INVESTIGATES KNOWLEDGE PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF