Comments for Ohio University Libraries Southeast Asia Collection http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog Southeast Asia Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Preah Vihear, Phra Viharn—What’s in a name? by Pat http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=558&cpage=1#comment-44 Pat Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:13:48 +0000 http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=558#comment-44 I wouldn't have cared that much about names, but that has simply gone too far. I can't believe that the current Thai government is under such nationalists' pressure to try to press for a new name. If negotiations on the real issues are already difficult, this just add fuel to fire. The Khmer negotiator is reported as saying, "How can I call it Phra Viharn if my [Khmer] ancestors have called it Preah Vihear since the time they built it back in the 9th-11th centuries." The historical truth of the name might be disputed, but the statement pretty much summarizes a Khmer take on the issue. I wouldn’t have cared that much about names, but that has simply gone too far. I can’t believe that the current Thai government is under such nationalists’ pressure to try to press for a new name. If negotiations on the real issues are already difficult, this just add fuel to fire. The Khmer negotiator is reported as saying, “How can I call it Phra Viharn if my [Khmer] ancestors have called it Preah Vihear since the time they built it back in the 9th-11th centuries.” The historical truth of the name might be disputed, but the statement pretty much summarizes a Khmer take on the issue.

]]> Comment on New book on the conflict in southern Thailand by Sean http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-3 Sean Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:02:50 +0000 http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=117#comment-3 Interesting analysis. Interesting analysis.

]]> Comment on New Thai title on Pattani by Sean http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=34&cpage=1#comment-1 Sean Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:27:17 +0000 http://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=34#comment-1 This is another typical Thai-centric analysis of what is essentially a Malay socio-cultural region. Paradigmal disconnects amidst a sharply dichotomous sense of reality between the ethnic-Malay focused group and the ethnic-T'ai researchers significantly diluted the potential academic value of the conclusions. This is another typical Thai-centric analysis of what is essentially a Malay socio-cultural region.

Paradigmal disconnects amidst a sharply dichotomous sense of reality between the ethnic-Malay focused group and the ethnic-T’ai researchers significantly diluted the potential academic value of the conclusions.

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