Thao, Cong Nguyen
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Department of Anthropology, 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States |
Phone (808) 944-6489 Email tcnguyen@hawaii.edu |
M.A. B.A.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005 Anthropology
Expected M.A. Defense: Apirl 2005 Thesis Title: “Ethnic Identity and Its manifestation in Agricultural Production” Thesis Advisors: Drs. Bion Griffin (Chair), Les Sponsel, Jefferson Fox Vietnam National University Hanoi
Ethnology
Honors Thesis Advisor: Dr. Giao, Le Si |
I am interested in acculturation process among different Ethnic Groups. Since no nation in the world is a homogenous community in terms of ethnicity and culture, getting more and more understanding of the interrelationship among different groups is very important, not only for policy makers but also scientists. Reciprocal relations that various groups share when they live together in a same society take role in determining the structure and basically manifest the feature of that society.
I am currently researching the adaptation of Vietnamese people (as a majority group in Vietnam) when they move into highland areas from lowland wet rice paddies deltas, and how indigenous groups accept the appearance of Vietnamese people in their regions.
Specifically, I am working on my project that comparatively studies agricultural productions of Vietnamese and Tai people in Northwestern Vietnam. In national level, the later is one ethnic minority in the country, while they are the majority group in the area of study, and the first vice versa. In this project, I try to find out how ethnic cultural identities of the Vietnamese and the Tai take role in the way they adapt to new ecological environment (in case of the Vietnamese), to new way of production (in case of the Tai). This is the project for my MA thesis.
North Mountain and Central Highland Region, Vietnam, Southern China, Southeast Asia. Poverty, deforestation, population growth and marginalization are the burning problems in Southeast Asia and Southern China. These are also the area where there are great cultural diversities that was compared as a cultural mosaic.
November: Participate an international conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and another international conference in Hanoi, Vietnam
Finish my MA thesis
I will finish my MA next summer at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. I am looking for a Ph.D. scholarship at a university in the United States, or in England.
Work more on my current project, and expand the area of study northward to South China and southward to Vietnam Central Highland.
___________PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND
FIELD WORK_________________________
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January, 2004 June and July, 2004 |
Fieldwork in Dien Bien District, Dien Bien Phu City, Northwestern Vietnam |
July and August, 2002 |
About a Market day of Viet People in a suburban District of Hanoi City, Independent Research |
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November, 2001 |
The Adaptation of The Kinh in Ha Giang Province, Northeastern Vietnam, conducted with the collaboration with an Sweddish Anthropologist, |
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March, 2001 |
The exchange Relationships between the Kinh and Ethnic Minorities in Muong Phang Commune, Dien Bien District, Lai Chau province, conducted with the collaboration with Ta Long and Ngo Thi Chinh |
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January, 2001 |
The Adaptation of The Kinh in Ha Giang Province, conducted with the collaboration with an Swedish Anthropologist |
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August, 2000 |
The Exchange Relationships between the Viet and Ethnic Minorities in Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District, Lai Chau Province, Vietnam |
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May, 2000 |
The social, cultural, and economic activities of Raglai and Cham People in Ninh Thuan Province, Staff member of a research Team Institute of Anthropology |
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December, 1999 |
Exchange Relationships between the Viet and Ethnic Minorities in Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District, Lai Chau Province. |
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August, 1999 |
The social, cultural, and economic activities of Muong, Tho, and Thai People in Thanh Hoa Province, Staff member of a research Team, held by the Institute of Anthropology, |
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June, 1999 |
The traditional economic activities of Viet People in Some Villages in Red River Basin Area, Conducted with the collaboration with Shiroyama Ai, an Japanese Anthropologist, from Kyushu University, |
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March, 1999 |
The Viet People in Muti- Ethnic Society in Phong Tho District, Lai Chau Province,. |
June, 1998 |
The traditional social organizations of Thai People in Phong Tho District, Lai Chau Province, |
PUBLICATIONS July, 2003 |
The Garo People in Bangladesh, Anthropological Review, Institute of Anthropology, Vietnam Academic of Social Sciences |
July and August, 2002 |
About a Market day of Viet People in a suburban District of Hanoi City |
August, 2000 |
The Exchange Relationships between the Viet and Ethnic Minorities in Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District, Lai Chau Province, Vietnam |
December, 1999 |
Exchange Relationships between the Viet and Ethnic Minorities in Noong Luong Commune, Dien Bien District, Lai Chau Province |
March, 1999 |
The Viet People in Muti- Ethnic Society in Phong Tho District, Lai Chau Province |
June, 1998 |
The traditional social organizations of Thai People in Phong Tho District, Lai Chau Province, |
2003-2005- M.A. scholarship at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, sponsored by Ford Foundation
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MEMBERSHIPS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
Affiliate of East West Center, Honolulu, HI Vietnam Association of Anthropology |
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CURRENT
POSITION IN VIETNAM |
Researcher, Institute of Anthropology Vietnam Academic of Social Sciences |
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
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Junior Researcher. Conduct fieldwork to study social, cultural, economic issues concerning the relationships between the Viet Ethnic and other Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. |
REFERENCES”
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Khong Dien, Professor Director, Institute of Anthropology, Vietnam Academic Of Social Sciences, 27 Tran Xuan Soan, Hanoi, Vietnam Email: khongdiendth@hn.vnn.vn |
Pham Quang Hoan, Professor Deputy Director, Institute of Anthropology, Vietnam Academic Of Social Sciences, 27 Tran Xuan Soan, Hanoi, Vietnam Email: khongdiendth@hn.vnn.vn |
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Bion Griffin, Professor Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa Email: griffin@hawaii.edu |
Les Sponsel, Professor Director, Ecological Anthropology Program, Department of Anthropology Email sponsel@hawaii.edu |