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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/between-village-and-city-how-e
 de-communities-navigate-urbanization-in-vietnams-central-highlands/
SUMMARY:Between Village and City: How Ede Communities Navigate Urbanization
  in Vietnam's Central Highlands
DESCRIPTION:Since the 1950s\, rapid urbanization has transformed the lives 
 of Indigenous peoples worldwide\, with increasing numbers becoming urban r
 esidents. Urban indigeneity has consequently emerged as an important lens 
 through which scholars examine how Indigenous communities respond to the c
 hallenges of urbanization. Drawing on more than a decade of engagement wit
 h local communities\, this talk examines how Ede communities in Buon Ma Th
 uot\, the largest urban center in Vietnam’s Central Highlands\, navigate
  the social and cultural transformations associated with urbanization. The
 se transformations include the shift from traditional longhouse architectu
 re to smaller household-based stilt houses\, the diversification of liveli
 hood strategies and the expansion of social networks\, and the reconfigura
 tion of cultural and religious practices. At the same time\, Ede communiti
 es have sought to maintain community forests and other cultural connection
 s that sustain their relationships with land and nature and their cultural
  and spiritual life. Situating these experiences within the broader histor
 ical and political contexts of Christianity\, ethnic relations\, and state
 -led development in Vietnam\, I challenge the conventional understanding o
 f Christianity as an assimilatory force in Indigenous communities. I argue
  that\, where Christianity itself occupies a minoritized position within t
 he dominant social order\, Catholic and Protestant communities can become 
 alternative spaces through which Ede people negotiate urbanization\, cultu
 ral change\, and collective identity.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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