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             cure peopleûs diseases in parallel with folk  Auto-ethnography was used to express the
             healers who attempt to reduce or lessen their  authorûs own experiences about folk healers
             patientsû suffering, as well as retain their own  and the specific situation of the study site.
             significant roles in serving communities in  The authorûs personal profile marks approxi-
             Surin Province.                            mately more than 20 years of working expe-
                  The author of this research study has  rience with folk healers, both as an NGO staff
             striven to gather information on how tradi-  member and healer herself. Thus, in the study,
             tional healers are well aware of AEC and glo-  the auto-ethnography method put together

             balization and of the impacts of these factors  the experiences and information of informants
             in Surin Province.  The study also explores  like  links in a chain.
             the extent to which local healers understand,   As an in-depth interview is a key com-
             realize, or are aware of the various changes  ponent of  qualitative research, it is important
             resulting from globalization and those ex-  to note that traditional healers are able offer
             pected after the launch of AEC. The purposes  access to individuals and their personal per-
             of this study are to obtain information on how  spectives. In-depth interviews conducted with
             and what local traditional healers know about  NGO staff member were carried out in order
             AEC and globalization, as well as how they  to seek the ways that they reflect on the re-
             are aware  of the impacts of AEC on tradi-  search concept and offer views toward the
             tional medicine, its cultural practices and  community. Moreover, they are conducted to
             knowledge, and understand how local tradi-  gain understanding of the social dimension
             tional practitioners are prepared for the forth-  context regarding the changes related to
             coming impacts associated with globalization  globalization and AEC that will impact the

             and AEC.                                   working areas of the community, particularly
                                                        that of  the traditional healers and their local
                          Methodology
                                                        wisdom.
                  This is a qualitative research study con-  For the focus group discussions, numerous
             ducted using  the methods of in-depth inter-  criteria were included on traditional Thai
             views, auto-ethnography, and focus group   masseurs who passed formal training as they
             discussions. The  auto-ethnographic research  would have high-level experience with tech-
             method was used for this research from Febru-  niques and skills needed to heal patients as
             ary to March 2013. This research method    well transfer knowledge and technique to
             enables deep  understanding of the current  others.

             situation being explored through combina-       This research was conducted in co-
             tions of self-reflection and observation of the  operation with traditional healers connected
             culture, social life, and the political situation  to or involved with the Tabalprai Herbal Cen-
             affecting traditional healers in Surin Province.  ter in Salakdai sub-district, Muaeng district
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