カンボジア北西部の集落 (1) : 北スラ・スラン集落における社会経済基礎調査
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Eighteen years have elapsed since the Pol Pot regime, wherein economic, cultural, and social organizations were damaged. It is my purpose herein to estimate the damage and discover for myself, as to whether these organizations are still in a damaged condition, or whether they are improving. Social and economic research has already been carried out in the north Srah Srang village lying in Northwestern Cambodia from August 1995 to October 1996,that is, during a period of 96 days. The research method was as follows : A. A. family was chosen in order to study their way of living (Qualitative analysis). B. Research documents were prepared and research was carried out with regard ot 127 families, 59 of whom responded (Quantitative analysis). The above research covered geographical features, occupation, family systems, agricultural production, and land systems. The people of our research area were mostly rice farmers, and the rice production for several years was not good enough for the farmers to consume rice the entire year. The reasons for this situation are as follows : 1. Rice farming takes place only in the rainy season, and the rains have often been irregular. 2. There is a lack of irrigation systems. Some systems have been constructed, but they are faulty and undeveloped. 3. The small size of the rice field that each household possesses. Due to this lack of rice output, several farmers try to find alternate jobs in order to supplement their meager incomes, such as the production and selling of souvenirs, the production of palm sugar, etc. Social organizations in a village are based on households, and their relationships, friendships between a person to another, have singular paired relations also. Since 1970,the land systems have changed several times owing to the civil war, but judging by the common law of land ownership in the area, it is the same as it was during the Sihanouk regime, that is before the year 1970. The above considerations may not apply to every village in Cambodia, though some factors such as the family system and agricultural production, might be the same throughout Cambodia. The purpose of my research of the social organizations of Cambodia, is to isolate the factors which led to the genocidal regime of the Khmer Rouge. Hopefully this research will prove as primary step, to shed light on future research. However, the specific information relating to the social organizations will appear in this journal next year, under the title, 'the relationships and cooperation between farmers, in a village of Northwestrn Cambodia.'
- 1997-12-26