TTLA: Spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization (Case study of Ta Nung commune and Lac Duong town, Da Lat, Lam Dong)

DOCTORAL THESIS SUMMARY

Author name:Nguyen Thi Nhu Thuy

Thesis title:“Spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization” (Case study of Ta Nung commune and Lac Duong town, Da Lat, Lam Dong)

Dissertation field: Sociology

Major: Sociology Code: 62.31.03.01

Name of the postgraduate training unit: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and research objects of the thesis

1.1 Research purpose

Study the current status of the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process with specific time and space axes of research, thereby pointing out the subjective and objective factors that affect the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong. On this basis, propose solutions and recommendations to improve the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong in particular and ethnic minorities in general in the Central Highlands region.

1.2 Research subjects:

Spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process

2. Research methods used

The methodology of materialism and dialectics of history and society is called historical materialism; method of document analysis; method of interviewing by questionnaire; method of semi-structured in-depth interview, method of information processing and reporting of results.

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1. Main results

- Overview of previous research works to obtain a relatively complete and valuable source of theoretical and practical reference information for studying the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong.

- Present theoretical basis, research methods and overview of research area.

- Analyzing the spiritual life through daily activities of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process

- Analyzing the spiritual life through seasonal activities of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process

- Analyzing spiritual life through wedding and funeral customs of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process

3.2. Conclusion

- Based on the systematization of theoretical studies on the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process, the thesis has systematized and clarified a number of related concepts such as the concept of spiritual life, the concept of urbanization, and the concept of change.

- By combining the use of quantitative and qualitative investigation methods of Sociology, the thesis has pointed out the reality of the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process.

- The thesis analyzed the factors affecting the changes in the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process.

- The thesis has proposed a number of recommendations to improve the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process.

SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name: Nguyen Thi Nhu Thuy

Thesis title: Spiritual Life of the Koho People in Lam Dong Province in the Urbanization Process (Case study of Ta Nung Commune and Lac Duong Town, Da Lat, Lam Dong)

Scientific branch of the thesis: Sociology

Major: Sociology Code: 62310301

The name of postgraduate training institution: University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

1.1 Thesis purpose:

Understanding the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization with specific time axis and study space, thus pointing out subjective and objective factors affecting life. the spirit of Koho people in Lam Dong. Based on this, proposes solutions and recommendations to improve the spiritual life of Koho people in Lam Dong in particular and ethnic populations in general in the Central Highlands.

1.2 Thesis objectives:

Spiritual Life of the Koho People in Lam Dong Province in the Urbanization Process

2. Research methods

The methodology of materialism and dialectics of history and society is called historical materialism; document analysis method; interview method by questionnaire; semi-structured interview method, information processing method and result report.

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1. The major results

- Review previous studies to obtain a relatively comprehensive and valid source of reference information for the study of the spiritual life of Koho people in Lam Dong.-

- Presenting database, methodology and generalizing the study area.

- Analyze spiritual life through everyday activities of Koho people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization

- Analyze the spiritual life through Koho periodical activities in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization

- Analysis of spiritual life through wedding customs, funeral of Koho's people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization

3.2. Conclusions

- Based on the systematization of theoretical studies on the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong during the urbanization process, the thesis has systematized and clarified some related concepts such as the concept of spiritual life, the concept of urbanization, the concept of change.

- By combining the use of quantitative and qualitative survey methods in Sociology, the thesis has pointed out the spiritual life of the Koho people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization.

- The thesis analyzes the factors influencing changes in spiritual life of Koho people in Lam Dong during urbanization.

- The thesis proposes some suggestions to improve the spiritual life of Koho people in Lam Dong in the process of urbanization.