Mattara Sripun
Biographic Data
| ID | 147779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mattara Sripun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mattara |
| FAMILY NAME | Sripun |
| SIGNATURE | SRIPUN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Khon Kaen University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-2785-7272 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evolving Pathways of Departure and Return in Rural Thailand
This paper draws on a forty‐year longitudinal (1982–2022) village study of Thailand to reflect on how circulation persists, but in new ways. We trace evolving migration flows over a period during which Thailand progressed from low‐income to upper‐middle‐income status, and Non Tae and Tha Song Korn from semi‐subsistence rice‐growing communities to increasingly prosperous settlements with multi‐stranded livelihoods. Villagers accumulated considerab…
Mind the Gap! Revisiting the migration optimism/pessimism debate
In this paper, we return to a well-worn but still very live debate: the issue of the ‘development’ impacts of migration. Drawing on fieldwork in three villages in Northeast Thailand where domestic and some international migration are commonplace, we focus on two often under-examined aspects of migration: the affects of migration, and in particular the affective labour that makes migration possible; and the effects of migration on farming and agri…
Who will tend the farm? Interrogating the ageing Asian farmer
Farmers are ageing across Asia. This is presented as a 'problem' with implications for agricultural productivity, rural poverty and elderly care. Drawing on fieldwork in Thailand we interrogate this assumption. By examining farming as an activity within households that are occupationally diverse and spatially promiscuous, we argue that it is necessary to see farming not as a singular occupation but instead as part of livelihood complexes. We ques…
More farmers, less farming? Understanding the truncated agrarian transition in Thailand
More farmers, less farming? Understanding the truncated agrarian transition in Thailand
Who will tend the farm? Interrogating the ageing Asian farmer
Farmers are ageing across Asia. This is presented as a 'problem' with implications for agricultural productivity, rural poverty and elderly care. Drawing on fieldwork in Thailand we interrogate this assumption. By examining farming as an activity within households that are occupationally diverse and spatially promiscuous, we argue that it is necessary to see farming not as a singular occupation but instead as part of livelihood complexes. We ques…
Mind the Gap! Revisiting the migration optimism/pessimism debate
In this paper, we return to a well-worn but still very live debate: the issue of the ‘development’ impacts of migration. Drawing on fieldwork in three villages in Northeast Thailand where domestic and some international migration are commonplace, we focus on two often under-examined aspects of migration: the affects of migration, and in particular the affective labour that makes migration possible; and the effects of migration on farming and agri…
More farmers, less farming? Understanding the truncated agrarian transition in Thailand
Who will tend the farm? Interrogating the ageing Asian farmer
Farmers are ageing across Asia. This is presented as a 'problem' with implications for agricultural productivity, rural poverty and elderly care. Drawing on fieldwork in Thailand we interrogate this assumption. By examining farming as an activity within households that are occupationally diverse and spatially promiscuous, we argue that it is necessary to see farming not as a singular occupation but instead as part of livelihood complexes. We ques…
Mind the Gap! Revisiting the migration optimism/pessimism debate
In this paper, we return to a well-worn but still very live debate: the issue of the ‘development’ impacts of migration. Drawing on fieldwork in three villages in Northeast Thailand where domestic and some international migration are commonplace, we focus on two often under-examined aspects of migration: the affects of migration, and in particular the affective labour that makes migration possible; and the effects of migration on farming and agri…
Evolving Pathways of Departure and Return in Rural Thailand
This paper draws on a forty‐year longitudinal (1982–2022) village study of Thailand to reflect on how circulation persists, but in new ways. We trace evolving migration flows over a period during which Thailand progressed from low‐income to upper‐middle‐income status, and Non Tae and Tha Song Korn from semi‐subsistence rice‐growing communities to increasingly prosperous settlements with multi‐stranded livelihoods. Villagers accumulated considerab…
Agrarian society (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Agrarian reform (2 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)