Our team worked with the Mirror Art Group to install a solar electric unit in Ban Jalae, a rural hilltribe village in northern Thailand. The photovoltaic system provides electricity for educational equipment in a Cultural Center that showcases Lahu customs and traditions, as part of an effort to increase awareness and prevent their assimilation into mainstream Thai society. In addition, we analyzed the cultural and societal impacts of the technology.

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Creator

• Mar, Benjamin
• Treat, Christopher Hughes.
• Morel, Colin P.
• Crafford, Justin W.

Subject

• Culture
• Learning
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D004I

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Social aspects
• Rural development
• Multiculturalism
• Photovoltaic power systems

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Brattin, Joel J.
• Weininger, Stephen J.

Year

• 2004

Center

• Bangkok, Thailand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Mirror Art Group
• Morris, Jonathan
• Sudhamongkala (Moo), Parisuda

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Location

• Bangkok

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18