Rethinking Community in Myanmar with Judith Beyer
A new podcast interview with Judith Beyer is out! NIAS Press author Judith Beyer joined Postdoctoral Researcher Mai Van Tran in a conversation on her latest book Rethinking Community in Myanmar. Judith and Van talk about the concept of “community”, how …
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Interview with Bertil Lintner
NIAS Press Lunch Interview with Bertil Lintner and Postdoctoral researcher at NIAS Mai Van Tran
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On the detention of Sean Turnell
We are extremely concerned to learn that NIAS author Sean Turnell, an economist at Macquarie University and an advisor to the Myanmar government, has been detained in the country. Professor Turnell is the first foreign national known to be arrested sin …
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Dogmeat Diaries 8: From Fearing Army to Fearing Thieves: Karen Communities along the Sittaung River
This post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South and is adapted from an article first published in Tea Circles (5-5-2017), reprinted in The Irrawaddy (10-5-2017). Read the first entry here for an explanation about the series’ title cho …
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Dogmeat Diaries 7: Mae Sot – milk-shakes and mercenaries
This post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South. (Read the first entry here for an explanation about the title choice.) Dr Ashley South is an independent author, researcher and consultant, and a Research Fellow at Chiang Mai Universi …
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Dogmeat Diaries 2: First Trip to Monland
By Ashley SouthThis post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South. (Read the first entry here for an explanation about the title choice.) Dr Ashley South is an independent author, researcher and consultant, and a Research Fellow at Chia …
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Dogmeat Diaries 1: Drip
By Ashley SouthThis post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South. (Read the first entry here for an explanation about the title choice.) Dr Ashley South is an independent author, researcher and consultant, and a Research Fellow at Chia …
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