"I've always wanted to study the Moken"
Update: 2025-06-03
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Story time, sort of, from fieldwork. The Moken, and indigenous groups that have a lifestyle so deeply connected to nature, inspire widespread fascination. That's fair. The problem is when we let that obscure their reality as actual human beings with rights and struggles. Some insights from a field visit back in 2017 to learn how the Moken and other stakeholders perceived the process of establishing Myanmar's first LMMAs.
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