...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...use 64 * Building practices 68 Equipment of living 69 From buffalo to motor car 69 * Conveniences of living 71 * Triumph of home entertainmen... ...rkshops, rows of modern car showrooms now stand, and the incessant roar of motorways is an auditory backdrop to everything. I have made five trips in ... ...ions. The original academic working title of my research project was , and based on the 1972-73 material, I wrote a book of the same title ( ), publis... ...ter the Second World War. It marked the beginning of the era of technology based on oil, and today's modern development culture was created. Now the f... ... arrested you for it. It's easier now, you can put the timber quickly on a vehicle and get away, but before when we only had buffalo, if you managed ... ...ith their wares on buffalo and zebu. Today, goods are transported by motor vehicles. I used to go to Lamphun with a cart selling my wares. It used to ... ... was established in the Philippines, financed principally by large Western manufacturers of tractors and agricultural machinery. By crossing local var... ...puter skills. But the Scouting ideal has influential defendants, above all manufacturers of Scout uniforms. It is a large national business, and for m...

...worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themse...