Teaching Ethnic Languages, Cultures and Histories in Government Schools today: Great Opportunities, Giant Pitfalls? (Part 2)
14 Minutes To ReadNicolas Salem-Gervais, on the challenges to ambitious language-in-education policies in Myanmar.
What’s in a name: Is the NLD building bridges or burning them?
10 Minutes To ReadCecile Medail examines voices of local people in Mon State on the power of symbolic gestures in building trust between groups.
Language diversity in Myanmar – a blessing in disguise?
6 Minutes To ReadJoanna Dolińska looks at language diversity and language policy.
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 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 […]
Has the NLD learned nothing about ethnic concerns?
5 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at the controversy over a bridge in Mon State.
Mobilising the Myth of Panglong?
6 Minutes To ReadRichard Dolan speaks about the Panglong myth and Myanmar’s peace process.
How the NLD Can Fulfill Its Promise of Peace? (Part 2)
3 Minutes To ReadBertil Lintner contemplates a way forward for Myanmar’s peace process.