16 Minutes To ReadMyo Min outlines the hidden consequences of people’s commitment to minorities within minorities, such as the Rohingya.
Tags: : federal democracy, All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), Arakan Army (AA), Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, equality, ethnic armed groups (EAOs), ethnic minorities, federalism, human rights, military coup, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), National Unity Government (NUG), nationalism, People’s Representatives Committee for Federalism (PRCF), Rohingya, Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Tatmadaw
October 29, 2024
11 Minutes To ReadKikuchi Taihei argues that Myanmar’s federalism and national identity roots trace back to Hkun Kyi’s advocacy.
Tags: British Burma, colonialism, ethnic minorities, Hkun Kyi, Panglong Conference, Saopha Federalism, Sawbwa, shan, Shan State
September 16, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadJoshua Bowes and Md. Salman Rahman argue that violence seems to be inescapable for women Rohingya refugees. Credit: AK Rockefeller The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the most volatile […]
Tags: buddhism, Cox’s Bazar, ethnic minorities, gender, gender inequality, gender violence, human trafficking, Islam, Rakhine State, refugees, Rohingya, sexual violence, Tatmadaw, United Nations (UN)
July 2, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadSayedul Karim shares insights from leading national & international scholars focusing on Myanmar Studies.
Tags: development, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, federalism, IDRC, Institute of Human Rights and Democratic Governance (IHRDG), Karen State, labour rights, People's Defence Force (PDF), policy, Rohingya, Salween, Spring Revolution, Spring University Myanmar (SUM)
June 18, 2024
13 Minutes To ReadAye Lei Tun reveals the institutionalization of patriarchal practices through the NRC application process.
Tags: citizenship, ethnic minorities, feminism, tainyinthar, women
September 12, 2022
3 Minutes To ReadIn Part 1 of a 2-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Mai Lay speaks about his experience in Kachin state.
Tags: COVID-19, ethnic minorities, Kachin, Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT)
January 19, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadNitha Bor Siangpum explores the sustainability of non-profit higher education in Chin State.
Tags: Chin, development, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, higher education, sustainability
August 25, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadMyo Min outlines the potential and limitations of anti-coup protesters’ solidarity with the cause of the Rohingya.
Tags: buddhist nationalism, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), democracy, ethnic minorities, military coup, nationalism, Rohingya
March 25, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadJangai Jap reflects on ethnic minorities’ participation in Myanmar’s pro-democracy revolution.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), ethnic minorities, Kachin, military coup, National League for Democracy (NLD), protest, shan
March 22, 2021
3 Minutes To ReadBella Aung calls for recognizing minorities’ contributions to ongoing anti-coup protests.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, Min Aung Hlaing
March 16, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadJangai Jap explains findings from a recent public opinion survey of Kachin in Myanmar.
Tags: citizenship, ethnic minorities, Jinghpaw, Kachin, nationalism
July 2, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadYatana Yamahata explores the reasons behind the Tatmadaw’s stronghold over Myanmar politics.
Tags: ceasefire, development, economy, ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), Tatmadaw
May 13, 2020
9 Minutes To ReadEwan Cameron argues that we need to see ethnic languages as resources rather than problems to be overcome.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, Karen, Mon, Sgaw Karen
April 28, 2020
14 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton and Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi warn that the sentiments underlying “Buddhist nationalist” activities remain strong, dangerous and misunderstood. After a period of flourishing under the USDP government, Ma Ba […]
Tags: activism, buddhism, Burman, ethnic minorities, feminism, MaBaTha, National League for Democracy (NLD), race
December 2, 2019
10 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais and Mael Raynaud present two case studies and conclude this three-part post.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, Kachin, pedagogy, shan
September 25, 2019
19 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais and Mael Raynaud discuss the prospects of ethnic minority languages standardization..
Tags: Burmese, Chin State, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, Kachin, Kayan, Lisu, Rawang, textbooks
September 24, 2019
20 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais and Mael Raynaud discuss the teaching of ethnic minority languages in government schools.
Tags: culture, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, policy, teaching, textbooks
September 23, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadThein Than Win, from the Paññā Institute, and Mael Raynaud suggests that federalism is now an objective shared by the Bamar in Myanmar’s seven regions.
Tags: Bago, bamar, democratization, ethnic minorities, federalism, Sagaing
April 8, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadShona Loong and Gray Rinehart discuss how local leaders in post-secondary schools pave the way for inclusive, critical, and community-based learning.
Tags: borders, community, development, educational reform, ethnic minorities, higher education, Hpa-An, Karen, refugee camps, states and regions, Tanintharyi, Thai-Burma border
February 18, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais, on the prospects of teaching ethnic histories when decentralizing education.
Tags: curriculum, ethnic histories, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, historiography, history, Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education, nation-building, states and regions
October 4, 2018
14 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais, on the challenges to ambitious language-in-education policies in Myanmar.
Tags: curriculum, ethnic histories, ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, historiography, language policy, Mon, Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education, nation-building, shan
October 2, 2018
10 Minutes To ReadCecile Medail examines voices of local people in Mon State on the power of symbolic gestures in building trust between groups.
Tags: ethnic minorities, ethnicity, Mon, National League for Democracy (NLD)
November 14, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska looks at language diversity and language policy.
Tags: ethnic languages, ethnic minorities, language, policy
July 27, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadJustine Chambers reviews the third of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Tags: diaspora, ethnic minorities, Karen, migration
July 20, 2017
7 Minutes To ReadTea Circle reviews the first of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Tags: diaspora, ethnic minorities, Karen, migration, transition
July 18, 2017
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 […]
Tags: ethnic conflict, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, independence, Panglong
July 13, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at the controversy over a bridge in Mon State.
Tags: Aung San, ethnic minorities, ethnic politics, ethnicity, Mon State, National League for Democracy (NLD)
March 29, 2017
6 Minutes To ReadRichard Dolan speaks about the Panglong myth and Myanmar’s peace process.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, National League for Democracy (NLD), Panglong Conference, peace
July 13, 2016
3 Minutes To ReadBertil Lintner contemplates a way forward for Myanmar’s peace process.
Tags: democracy, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, National League for Democracy (NLD), Panglong, peace process
July 8, 2016