The Making of Modern Siamese-Burmese Boundaries: The Ethnographic Factor

在过去的一年里，我一直在研究位于京都大学图书馆的档案文件（这些文件起源于英国）。此外，我于2023年1月25日在京都大学东南亚研究中心组织了一次闭门研讨会，主题是“泰国边界划分的历史”，邀请了来自日本的学者。其想法是整合不同领域的知识，以了解人种分类和边界划分。我还在《亚洲建设和平杂志》上就同一主题提交了调查结果。这篇文章被接受（同行评审），并将在2023年的某个时候发表。2023年2月至3月，我访问了英国。2005年，英国公布了大量关于英属缅甸和暹罗之间边界划分的档案文件，并以缩微胶片的形式提供了一些部分。京都大学是日本唯一一所拥有它们的图书馆。我对英国的访问也让我从一个新的角度获得了关于英国（缅甸）和暹罗之间边界划分的文件。我完成了第一个目标，了解英国人的地理和人口知识。我使用了经验数据，如语言，宗教，生活方式，仪式，甚至经济行为，以检查它们在构建种族分类和归属感中所起的作用。

In the past year, I had worked on archival documents located at Kyoto University Library (these documents were originated in Britain). Furthermore, I organised a closed-door workshop at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, on January 25, 2023, on the topic "History of Border Demarcation of Thailand" with selected invited scholars based in Japan. The idea was to integrate different fields of knowledge to understand the ethnographic classification and the border demarcation. I also submitted the the findings in a Asian Journal of Peacebuilding on the same theme. The article was accepted (peer-reviewed) and will be published sometime in 2023.In February-March 2023, I visited Britain. In 2005, Britain released a large number of archival documents regarding the boundary demarcation between British Burma and Siam, and made some parts available in the form of microfiches. Kyoto University is the only library in Japan that has them. My visit to Britian allowed me to also access documents on the border demarcation between Britain (Burma) and Siam from a new perspective. I fulfilled the first objective of understanding the geographic and demographic knowledge of the British. I used empirical data, such as language, religion, lifestyle, rituals and even economic behaviour, to examine the role they played in constructing ethnic classification and belongingness.