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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Publ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ...However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsinki 2005... ...kind is about to move into the era of hydrogen power, to a superculture of digital, automation or genetic technology, development moves to the start o... ...s - universal know-how and education Transnational production structures - digital technology, space technology - automation, robotics, biotechnology ... ...al consciousness industry - scientific-technological mind control - shared audio-visual world of experiences and symbols Universal man - world languag... ...ple altogether in all three villages, accumulating about 70 hours of field tapes. During 1997-1999, , an undergraduate, joined us, starting interviewi... ...f Lampang plains villages belong to the yuan people and the original field tapes are in the local dialect ( ). The interviews from the years 1984-85 w...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...

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