Cultural Relevance for Rural Community Development in China: A Case Study in Bai,Jingpo and Huyaodai Communities of Yunnan Province |
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| Authors: | Cai Kui Du Juan Dai Cong Hu Huabin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Rural Development Studies , Yunnan University , Kunming , Yunnan , 650091 , China;2. Institute of Ethnology, Yunnan Academy of Social Science , Kunming , Yunnan , 650034 , China;3. Institute of Economics, Yunnan Academy of Social Science , Kunming , Yunnan , 650034 , China;4. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botany Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming , Yunan , 650223 , China |
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| Abstract: | Abstract A three-year study over the Bai, Jingpo and Huayaodai communities in Yunnan Province reveals that the community development is significantly influenced in various ways by such cultural factors as the concepts of development; concepts and traditions of inter-community relationships, consumption, marriage and gender; patterns of decision-making and production, resource and income allocation; as well as the role of information dissemination systems, religion and ritual. Based on the analysis over the interactive relevance between each factor and community development, some strategies and methods for dealing with such a cultural relevance in development projects are recommended. |
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| Keywords: | ethnic minority cultural relevance community development |
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