This book captures the dynamics of history, memory, and territorial cults in Houay Yong, a Tai Vat village situated in the multiethnic highland frontier between Laos and Vietnam. By taking seriously the experiences of the villagers, it partakes in a broader movement to reintegrate highlanders and their agency into history at large.Based on comprehensive fieldwork research and the examination of colonial archives, this book makes accessible, for an English-speaking audience, untappe...

In the connected highlands of southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos, recalling the past is a highly sensitive act. Among local societies, many may actively avoid recalling the past for fear of endangering themselves and others. Oral traditions and rare archives remain the main avenues to visit the past, but the national revolutionary narrative and the language of heritagization have strongly affected the local expression of historical memory. Yet this does not prevent local societies from pro...

In the connected highlands of southwest China, Vietnam, and Laos, recalling the past is a highly sensitive act. Among local societies, many may actively avoid recalling the past for fear of endangering themselves and others. Oral traditions and rare archives remain the main avenues to visit the past, but the national revolutionary narrative and the language of heritagization have strongly affected the local expression of historical memory. Yet this does not prevent local societies from pro...

Anatomy of the Unconscious explores the interconnection between the human being's brain, body and mind. Rooted hundreds of thousands of years ago, our unconscious brain ensures our species' survival. Originating among our ancestors' life experiences and feelings, the transgenerational conflicts we suffer from today ask relentlessly to be unveiled and decoded. This book reveals how we can make the unconscious conscious to free ourselves from the negative in our past to reach a positive futu...