Research List

No.	Researcher	Title	Abstract	Year
1811	Sann Sann Shein	MYANMAR�S ENDEAVOR ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION	As a result of its exposure to meteorological conditions, Myanmar is vulnerable to severe natural weather events and extremely affected by the impacts of climate change. The serious impacts of climate change have damaged the all-round development sectors of Myanmar and continue to delay country�s future improvement if these impacts are not effectively tackled. As an effort to manage climate change problems, Myanmar establishes a number of policy and strategy on environmental development and climate change mitigation and adaptation process. Myanmar�s endeavor on climate change mitigation, joining with the comprehensive global efforts, focuses on its accessible approach towards UN-facilitated climate change mitigation and adaptation politics. In theory, the actions and procedures of climate change mitigation and adaptation are manageable to be implemented in Myanmar. But in practice, Myanmar needs to overcome the obstacles in obtaining future finance and in mobilizing the proficient expertise indispensable for the effective implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation. A lack of considerable investment in climate-smart responses could deter Myanmar to cope with the severe disadvantages of climate change. A deliberative and operational roadmap is requisite in the long journey of Myanmar climate change mitigation and adaptation actions.	2021
1812	San San Khine	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO MYANMAR	This research aims to investigate the relationship between the allocations of the Republic of Korea (ROK)�s development assistance to Myanmar and the bilateral economic contacts. The ROK has a unique experience of a rapid rise from an aid recipient to a donor. It has been sharing its experiences and lessons for the sustainable development of other countries. It is one of the important donors of Myanmar since the 1990s, providing grants and loans. Its assistance increased from USD 1.09 million in 2001 to 8.82 million in 2011, and 34.38 million in 2018. On the other hand, bilateral economic cooperation has been promoting in terms of trade and investment. The primary purpose of development assistance is to promote the economic development and welfare of recipient country. The ROK has fully committed to support the global efforts to alleviate poverty, promote sustainable growth, address global challenges, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this sense, this study will analyze the approach of the ROK�s assistance to Myanmar, particularly during 2011-2018, by inquiring whether the ROK�s assistance is mainly based on its economic interests or Myanmar�s needs. For this analysis, bilateral trade and investment relations will mainly be emphasized.	2021
1813	Tin Lin Phyo	THE POWER OF P??I GRAMMAR	In most languages of the world, the sequence of words that appears in sentences has to conform to a fixed pattern as a basic grammatical requirement. This happens to be the case especially in noninflectional languages. Therefore, the leading linguists of the world, especially those in Europe and the U.S., regard the sequence of words in sentences as one of the most important principles of grammar in their theories. In a highly inflectional language like P??i, however, the grammar is so precise and systematic that the notion of the correct sequence of words is negligible to a great extent. In P??i, all lexical units that appear in sentences, except the indeclinable, have to be in appropriate grammatical agreements in terms of number, gender and case with their relevant unit or units in the sentence. This inflectional nature of the P??i language challenges the theoretical notion of the fixed sequence of units in sentences. This paper demonstrates that the highly inflectional nature of grammar serves as the power of language in P??i, not only in pieces of prose such as the �Suttas�, but also in the lyrics of the verses (�g?th?s�) as well.	2021
1814	Soe Ni Tun	NANPHAYA: THE BRAHMA�S TEMPLE IN BAGAN PERIOD*	Nanphaya was built in late eleventh century or early twelveth century CE and traditionally known as the palace-temple. It is a one story building facing east and one of the five sandstone buildings in Bagan. The outer part of the temple is made up of sandstones and backed up by bricks. The four square pillars, also made up of sandstones, support the upper structure and sikhara. The four central pillars is the innovative idea of Bagan�s architects and they are the only example so far found in Bagan. Most temples in Bagan are made up of the central core and the passage way. The upper structure of the temple, sikhara, is a bit different from the early sikhara of the Bagan temples. The sikhara is composed of five rows of five panels and set with full blown lotus: the main attribute of Brahma. The outer walls of the temple are completely made of sandstones and decorated with dado of hamsa bird, the vehicle of Brahma and there are total of 102 heufamsa birds. The eleven perforated sandstone windows are beautifully made and they are also decorated with the full-blown lotus. The eight seated Brahmas, holding the full-blown louts-the main attribute of the Brahma, are beautifully made of sandstones with lotus scrolls on the inner surface of the four pillars. The central place of the temple, among the four square columns, is the heart of the temple and there would be the important image of the temple, that might be the standing statue of Brahma.	2021
1815	Ei Shwe Sin Phyo	BURIAL RITES AND CERAMICS: EVIDENCE OF EARLY METAL AGE SOCIETY IN SAMON VALLEY	The Early Metal Age is the transformational period changing from prehistoric society to historical society. In Myanmar, it is found that there are many evidences that the Early Metal Age society had settled down along the Samon River from c. 1000 BCE to c. 500 CE. The burial sites are only major evidences indicating the existence of Early Metal Age society in that area. Such common objects as pottery vessels found in the graves play an important role to understand the burial customs, social and economic conditions, and cultural distribution of the society in the region through the individual burial assemblages. This study, therefore, aims to explore the role of pottery in burial rites, representing social status of the society and their distributions in the local cultural context. In this study, the data was collected from the excavations of the selected five sites undertaken from the late of 1990s to the late of 2010s, belonging to the Early Metal Age society. The collected data was analyzed by using the quantitative approach. The study of grave pottery in Samon valley reveals that the society might have practiced two or more kinds of burial rites and the differences in the numbers and types of pottery represented different social ranks. Moreover, the dynamics utilizing pottery are concerned with the distance between their locations and the water resources.	2021
1816	San San Oo	TRADITIONAL FUNERAL CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES IN MYANMAR SOCIETY	Every society has its own culture. Depending on people�s geographical and historical background, cultural practices differ. In Myanmar, traditional funeral practices are different among the ethnic groups. Myanmar is currently undergoing rapid urbanization. As a consequence, funeral practices are also changing in an urban context. In particular, the practicality and cost of a funeral in an urban setting are significantly different from the rural context. In urban areas like Yangon, free funeral service societies are emerging every ward and every township. Although funeral services have changed with urbanization, however, the customs related to death continue to be practiced. The topic of my paper is "Traditional Funeral Customs and Practices in Myanmar society". The aim of this study is to find out how death customs are practiced in Myanmar society and how urbanization affects funeral rites. Qualitative research methods such as key informant interviews and observation were applied in the data collection. As a result, in Myanmar society, no matter what the urban form, the rituals of death continue to be practiced in accordance with traditional beliefs.	2021
1817	Sandar Win	REFLECTIONS ON ANCESTOR WORSHIP; A CASE STUDY OF POE KAYIN PEOPLE LIVING IN KAMAPAR VILLAGE, KUNGYANGONE TOWNSHIP, YANGON REGION	Poe Kayin people who reside in Kamapar village celebrate the ceremonies of paying homage to the late ancestors. They hold it for the good of their business, health and education. Every member of the family has to take part in the ceremony. This study was viewed from religious anthropology perspectives and conducting qualitative ethnographic field approach. The aim of the search is to explain the essential theme of the ritual of Poe Kayin people�s ancestor worship. The objectives are to reveal the importance of paying homage to the ancestors in social affairs and well-being of the Kayin people, to learn the procedures of the ceremony of paying homage to the ancestors and to record the ritual of worshipping the ancestors for the next generations. The data was collected and performed by key informant interview, in-depth interview, participant observation and focus group interview. Young people come back home at the time of propitiation of the spirits of the ancestors. Therefore they are not used to the service of the spiritual medium and they should learn the rituals. Actually ancestor worship ceremony is a small family gathering of home coming children. In addition, all the family members can worship their late ancestor together. Besides they get together for breakfast, lunch and dinner and treat the villagers with rice and curry. Such rituals should be handed down from generation to generation to preserve family and ethnic unity.	2021
1818	Ye Kyaw Thu	GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES OF GNEISS SAMPLES FROM ONZON, THABEIKKYIN AND SAGAING AREAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROTOLITH COMPOSITION, SOURCE�AREA WEATHERING AND DEPOSITIONAL TECTONIC SETTING	The Cenozoic Mogok metamorphic belt exposed at the western margin of the Shan-Thai Block consists of metaigneous and metasedimentary rocks with various granitoid intrusions. The common mineral assemblages of gneiss samples are characterized by garnet + biotite + plagioclase + Kfeldspar + quartz with cordierite and sillimanite in some samples forming under upper amphibolite to granulite facies conditions. Geochemical data were used to evaluate the possible protolith composition, sourece�area weathering, provenance and tectonic setting of the gneiss samples. Sagaing samples are more enriched in Fe relative to Onzon and Thabeikkyin samples. Compared with average crustal content the samples show similar composition with depletion of CaO, Na2O, P2O5, Sr and Nb and enrichment of Rb, Y and Th. Evidences form major and trace element concentrations, ratios and use of various diagrams point to the derivation of Onzon and SM2 unit samples from psammitic composition mainly greywacke and SM1 unit sample from pelitic compositions except for Thabeikkyin sample, which has felsic igneous protolith. In addition, Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA), Chemical Index of Weathering (CIW), Index of compositional Variability (ICV) values and major element diagrams indicate that the source areas had undergone moderate to high degree of weathering. Based on the major and trace variation sediment deposition might have occurred at passive margin and active continental margin.	2021
1819	Than Zaw	PETROGRAPHY AND DIAGENESIS STUDY OF THE OKHMINTAUNG FORMATION EXPOSED IN CHAUNG ZON AREA, PWINTBYU TOWNSHIP, MAGWAY REGION	The research area is located in Chaung Zon Village, Pwintbyu Township, Magway Region. Okhmintaung Formation is characterized by light grey, medium to coarse grained, thick bedded to massive type sandstones intercalated with thin-bedded mudstones and bluish grey shales are also occurred. The sandstones of the Okhmintaung Formation may be termed as �Sublithicarenite�. Alteration of biotite to muscovite and oxidized biotite are more common in the Okhmintaung sandstone in the study area. The cementing material in the Okhmintaung sandstones are calcite and iron cements, glauconite, rutile and clay matrix. The common characteristics of late burial or phyllomorphic stage are the alteration of clay mineral into micas and the development of well crystallized phyllosilicate minerals.	2021
1820	Win Lwin Thein	LITHOFACIES ANALYSIS OF PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE UNITS OF SABADAN AREA, MINDON TOWNSHIP, MAGWAY REGION	The study area, Sabadan area is located in the Mindon Township, Magway Region. It lies between latitude 19�07'00'' to 19�11?10" and longitude 94�47? 20?? to 94� 51' 40''. The study area is situated between the Central Cenozoic Belt and Western Ranges. The eastern part of the area (to the east of the Kabaw Fault) occupies Paleocene to Eocene molasses type units of Paunggyi Formation, Laungshe Formaion, Tilin Formation and Tabyin Formation. Among these, only two lithofacies are detail studied. Four lithofacies association can be established in the late Paleocene and early Eocene of Paunggyi and Laungshe Formations. They are (1) submarine fan Association, (2) Offshore Association (3) Shoreface Association (4) Delta front Association. The Paunggyi Formation shows at submarine fan environment, which include upper fan, middle fan and lower fan. The environment of Laungshe Formation is classified into three major group; offshore, shore face and delta front. There are four lithostratigraphic units are exposed in the Sabadan area, but only two lithostratigraphic units of the Paunggyi Formation and Laungshe Formation are detailed study.	2021

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