ABSTRACT
The elephant-related traditions of the Kui Ajiang have faced challenges from both top-down environmental and cultural heritage policies in the form of the AED and AHD. These restrictions, which have contributed to the precarity of the Kui Ajiang’s heritage, have pushed the Kui to adapt their traditions in the name of preservation. The intergenerational conflict over perceptions of authenticity of these adapted traditions that has been demonstrated in this book can be tied to nostalgia—as the old and new generations of Kui hmor chang have different experiences of the world and nature. To conclude, this chapter considers whether these adaptive heritage strategies, though potentially criticised as commodification, instead may be viewed as a form of resilience.
