References concern

From: Nguyen Cong Thao <writervn@yahoo.com>

Date: Jun 17, 2006 9:45 PM

Subject: [Vsg] References concern

Hi everybody,

I am working on my project that research "impacts if ecological changes on the sacred beliefs of the Kinh (Vietnamese ethnic) in Vietnam North Upland Region. However, a detail outline is not finished upon my liminted references. Please recommend me any readings that you think revevant. I am also looking for any studies outside Vietnam that lays the interest on how a community changes (in terms of ritual life) when they migrate into a new area upon different living environment (in terms of social and natural conditions).

Many thanks

Thao, Nguyen

From: DiGregorio, Michael <M.DiGregorio@fordfound.org>

Date: Jun 18, 2006 6:18 PM

Subject: RE: [Vsg] References concern

Thao,

Look for an article by Le Trong Cuc in Asian Geographer, 1998 or 1999. You also probably know of Ta Long's research on Thai Binh transmigrants in Dien Bien Phu. Le Hong Ly told me some interesting stories of Kinh community formation in the central highlands, specifically how creating pagodas and communal houses became a way of forming localized identities. Mike