The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics (Part 4)
6 Minutes To ReadTea Circle reviews the last of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen. Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be found here, here and here.
The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics (Part 3)
5 Minutes To ReadJustine Chambers reviews the third of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics (Part 2)
5 Minutes To ReadGreg Cathcart and Gerard McCarthy review the second of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
The Karen in 2017: Resilience, Aspirations and Politics (Part 1)
7 Minutes To ReadTea Circle reviews the first of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Myanmar’s Myths of Ethnic Unity
5 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton muses on the effects of misleading narratives of the independence era. The myths of ethnic unity are alive and well in contemporary Myanmar. While we might expect misleading […]
A Conversation with Mikael Gravers: Research among the Karen, Past and Present [Part 1]
6 Minutes To ReadPia Jolliffe interviews anthropologist Mikael Gravers.
Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging edited by Melissa Crouch, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2016, Pages 345.
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Melissa Crouch’s edited volume on Muslims in Myanmar.
The dynamics behind Myanmar’s political consensus
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud looks at the factors that both impede and enable Myanmar’s politics.
Myanmar: Looking In and Facing Out
5 Minutes To ReadDavid Dapice describes the internal and external challenges facing the present government.
The Poet Parliament – an artistic administration ready to deliver?
8 Minutes To ReadMatt Grace reviews developments in the arts.