The Participatory Mapping as Soft-Territorialization Discipline Practice of The Karen People in The Thailand Highlands by Agung Wicaksono

“…One of the fundamental issues is the overlap of land claims, especially between the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) and the Karen people. In the midst of this cold war, the local government (TAO) is working with non-governmental organizations to encourage the implementation of participatory mapping. …”
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The Participatory Mapping as Soft-Territorialization Discipline Practice of The Karen People in The Thailand Highlands by Agung Wicaksono

“…One of the fundamental issues is the overlap of land claims, especially between the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) and the Karen people. In the midst of this cold war, the local government (TAO) is working with non-governmental organizations to encourage the implementation of participatory mapping. …”
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The Participatory Mapping as Soft-Territorialization Discipline Practice of The Karen People in The Thailand Highlands by Agung Wicaksono

“…One of the fundamental issues is the overlap of land claims, especially between the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) and the Karen people. In the midst of this cold war, the local government (TAO) is working with non-governmental organizations to encourage the implementation of participatory mapping. …”
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Risk factors and prevalence of taeniasis among the Karen people of Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province, Thailand by Kusolsuk Teera, Chaisiri Kittipong, Poodeepiyasawad Akkarin, Sa-Nguankiat Surapol, Homsuwan Nirundorn, Yanagida Tetsuya, Okamoto Munehiro, Watthanakulpanich Dorn, Waikagul Jitra, Dekumyoy Paron, Komalamisra Chalit, Ito Akira

“…The study subjects were the ethnic Karen people in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province, Thailand, bordering Myanmar. …”
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Finding the Familiar in Rural America: How a Rural Lifestyle Helps Older Karen Adapt to Life in the United States by Daniel Gilhooly, Mayuri Gilhooly

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Different Natures of Reality Inform Different Realities of Nature: What Karen Perceptions of Forest Reveal about Nature Conservation in Indigenous Contexts by Man Han Chit Htoo, Bram Steenhuisen, Bas Verschuuren

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Medicinal Plants for Treating Musculoskeletal Disorders among Karen in Thailand by Rapeeporn Kantasrila, Hataichanok Pandith, Henrik Balslev, Prasit Wangpakapattanawong, Prateep Panyadee, Angkhana Inta

“…Millions of people suffer from Musculoskeletal System Disorders (MSDs), including Karen people who work hard in the fields for their subsistence and have done so for generations. …”
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High-Value Plant Species Used for the Treatment of “Fever” by the Karen Hill Tribe People by Methee Phumthum, Nicholas J. Sadgrove

“…The names of plants used by the Thai Karen people for the treatment of fever were mined from publications on ethnomedicinal uses. …”
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Noted: Horror stories confront journalists by David Robie

“…In Restless Souls, Thornton provides colourful, evocative and tragic insights into the Karen people's struggle for freedom and the right to exist. …”
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Kepengaturan tanpa Perlawanan Langsung: Program Pemetaan GPS Partisipatif di Taman Nasional Mae Tho, Thailand by Adrianus Venda Pratama Putra

“…Agrarian conflict between the Karen people and the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) in the northern Thailand has been going on for a long time. …”
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Why and How to Strengthen Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems With Examples From Two Unique Indigenous Communities by Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Sinee Chotiboriboon

“…It is in this spirit that we contribute to the databases of Indigenous Peoples' food system knowledge with information on unique traditional foods from the Nuxalk Nation in British Columbia, Canada, and the Pwo Karen People of Sanephong Community, Thailand. Several publications from these case studies originated from interdisciplinary mixed-method research, in part through the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. …”
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Effects of artesunate-mefloquine combination on incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and mefloquine resistance in western Thailand: a prospective study. by Nosten, F, van Vugt, M, Price, R, Luxemburger, C, Thway, K, Brockman, A, Mcgready, R, ter Kuile, F, Looareesuwan, S, White, N

“…METHODS: We assessed incidence of P. falciparum malaria and the in-vivo responses to mefloquine treatment over 13 years in two large camps for displaced Karen people on the northwest border of Thailand. During this time, the standard mefloquine dose was first increased, and then combined artesunate and mefloquine was introduced as first-line treatment for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. …”

Application of the optimizing health literacy and access (Ophelia) process in partnership with a refugee community in Australia: Study protocol by Zaman Jawahar, Shandell Elmer, Melanie Hawkins, Richard H. Osborne

“…This project will engage a refugee settlement agency and a former refugee community (Karen people origin from Myanmar also formerly knowns as Burma) in codesign from inception. …”
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High initiation and long duration of breastfeeding despite absence of early skin-to-skin contact in Karen refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border: a mixed methods study by White, A, Carrara, V, Paw, M, Malika, Dahbu, C, Gross, M, Stuetz, W, Nosten, F, McGready, R

“…SSC requires a delay in early swaddling that in Karen people, with animistic beliefs, could risk loss of the spirit of the newborn or attract malevolent spirits.In a population with a strong culture of breastfeeding and robust breastfeeding practices, high rates of initiation and duration of breastfeeding were found despite a lack of early skin-to-skin contact. …”

High initiation and long duration of breastfeeding despite absence of early skin-to-skin contact in Karen refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border: a mixed methods study. by White, A, Carrara, V, Paw, M, Malika, Dahbu, C, Gross, M, Stuetz, W, Nosten, F, McGready, R

“…SSC requires a delay in early swaddling that in Karen people, with animistic beliefs, could risk loss of the spirit of the newborn or attract malevolent spirits. …”

Anemia in an ethnic minority group in lower northern Thailand: A community-based study investigating the prevalence in relation to inherited hemoglobin disorders and iron deficienc... by Thinzar Win Pyae, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Surasak Athikamanon, Pattara Sanchaisuriya, Hataichanok Srivorakun, Attawut Chaibunruang, Supan Fucharoen

“…Study participants included 337 Karen people aged over 18 years. Socio-economic and health-related information were obtained through interviews and recorded by local health staff. …”
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Ontological Politics and Conservation in Thailand: Communities Making Rivers and Fish Matter by Peter Duker, Peter Vandergeest, Santi Klanarongchao

“…The lens of ontological politics explains the persistence of conflicts between upland ethnic minorities such as Karen peoples and state forest conservation agencies in Thailand. …”
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