The Hakubi Project

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Short Introduction

Nathan grew up on the east coast of the United States, where he was exposed to a variety of Asian languages and developed a deep interest in the diversity of culture and language. After studying Comparative Culture at Sophia University and Development Studies at the University of London, he completed his doctoral degree in Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University. Nathan has worked with think tanks, international organizations and development assistance projects on environmental governance and natural resource management in Southeast Asia since 1998. His current project aims to place diversity of language, culture and biological resources centrally within analysis of rapid socio-economic change at the interface of the global and local.

Latest News

• May. 29, 2013

  "Ruma'ai Glottalized Vowels in Historical Context" presented in 23rd Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society

• May. 1, 2013

  "Why Periodic Markets are Held: Considering Products, People and Place in the Yunnan-Vietnam Border Area" published in Daniels (ed) Upland Peoples in the Making of History in Northern Continental Southeast Asia, special issue of Southeast Asian Studies, vol 2, no 1, Kyoto University

• May. 1, 2013

  "From Tea to Temples and Texts: Transformation of the Interfaces of Upland-Lowland Interaction on the China-Myanmar Border" published in Daniels (ed) Upland Peoples in the Making of History in Northern Continental Southeast Asia, special issue of Southeast Asian Studies, vol 2, no 1, Kyoto University

• May. 1, 2013

  "Mountain People in the Muang: Creation and Governance of Tai Polity in Northern Laos" published in Daniels (ed) Upland Peoples in the Making of History in Northern Continental Southeast Asia, special issue of Southeast Asian Studies, vol 2, no 1, Kyoto University

• Jul. 19, 2011

  "Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region" (Earthscan, Washington DC)