June 18, 2014
As a continue of last week’s lecture, Prof. Kobayashi introduced the unique features of village society and culture in Cambodia. In this lecture, he provided detailed explanations about village lives, basic social units (family/household, village and temple), and historical dynamics of the reconstruction of village society. The lecture linked people with culture, religion and history. It also showed the change (development) of the rural areas with globalization and marketization. It also helped us to consider how we can conduct fieldwork in the rural areas of Cambodia.
