Anthropology Seminar | House Construction and Ethnic Transformation in upland central Laos
Fifteen years ago, all houses in the Kri-speaking village of Mrka, in upland central Laos, were built exclusively with split-bamboo flooring and light timber. Easy to gather and quick to decompose, these materials complimented an itinerant lifestyle, as Kri rarely stayed in one place for more than ten years (though remaining within a ‘home range’). …