Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam)
Most studies of ethnic heritage in Vietnam have paid much attention to those who live in remote and mountainous areas. A little attention has been given to how indigenous people in the cities have been conserving their cultural heritage. Based on a long ethnography at Ako Dhong village, an Ede commu...
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| description | Most studies of ethnic heritage in Vietnam have paid much attention to those who live in remote and mountainous areas. A little attention has been given to how indigenous people in the cities have been conserving their cultural heritage. Based on a long ethnography at Ako Dhong village, an Ede community located in Buon Ma Thuot city, Central Highlands of Vietnam, from 2010 to 2020 and utilising two conceptual frameworks of political ecology and authorities versus minorities, this article seeks to analyse complicated challenges facing the community. Unlike previous investigations focusing on external influences such as state policies, migration, or religions like Protestantism and Catholicism, this research provides a multifaceted picture of internal and external factors affecting the community’s cultural heritage. We argue that the local crony capitalism represented by collusion between the state and businesses, the state’s top-down cultural approach and community rifts threaten the community’s efforts to protect cultural heritage. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-73453c140be2438bb11695dc0fc8efd12025-08-20T03:31:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862023-12-019110.1080/23311886.2023.2233754Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam)Hoai Giang Dang0Ky Nam Nguyen1Department of Vietnam’s Culture and Arts, Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Language, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Viet NamSchool of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, AustraliaMost studies of ethnic heritage in Vietnam have paid much attention to those who live in remote and mountainous areas. A little attention has been given to how indigenous people in the cities have been conserving their cultural heritage. Based on a long ethnography at Ako Dhong village, an Ede community located in Buon Ma Thuot city, Central Highlands of Vietnam, from 2010 to 2020 and utilising two conceptual frameworks of political ecology and authorities versus minorities, this article seeks to analyse complicated challenges facing the community. Unlike previous investigations focusing on external influences such as state policies, migration, or religions like Protestantism and Catholicism, this research provides a multifaceted picture of internal and external factors affecting the community’s cultural heritage. We argue that the local crony capitalism represented by collusion between the state and businesses, the state’s top-down cultural approach and community rifts threaten the community’s efforts to protect cultural heritage.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2023.2233754Ako Dhong villagechallengeconservationethnic cultureurban spaceVietnam |
| spellingShingle | Hoai Giang Dang Ky Nam Nguyen Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam) Cogent Social Sciences Ako Dhong village challenge conservation ethnic culture urban space Vietnam |
| title | Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam) |
| title_full | Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam) |
| title_fullStr | Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam) |
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| title_short | Challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces: Case of Ako Dhong village (Vietnam) |
| title_sort | challenges in conserving ethnic culture in urban spaces case of ako dhong village vietnam |
| topic | Ako Dhong village challenge conservation ethnic culture urban space Vietnam |
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