Scientific Technology as God’s Grace: Interpreting Nineteenth-Century America through Karen Baptists’ Eyes
14 Minutes To ReadHitomi Fujimura explores how Karen Baptists understood “modern knowledge” in nineteenth-century America.
Hearing refugee voices to create real durable solutions: the Karen refugees thinking about repatriation
7 Minutes To ReadAryuwat Raruen explains why durable solutions must be accountable to refugee voices. Read the Burmese version of this post here. A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border, photo by Aryuwat Raruen. Successive […]
Hope and Heartbreak: Karen Communities in the Wake of the Coup
8 Minutes To ReadShona Loong reflects on grief, heartbreak, and hope among Karen communities after the February 2021 coup. Image courtesy of Shona Loong Words cannot express I found out about the coup on […]
Decolonial Worldmaking, Burmese Independence, and the Karen Struggle
15 Minutes To ReadShona Loong uses world histories of anti-colonial nationalism to reexamine the Karen struggle.
Towards a True Multilingual State
9 Minutes To ReadEwan Cameron argues that we need to see ethnic languages as resources rather than problems to be overcome.
Perspectives on War, Peace, and Rebel Politics: David’s Response: Taking the Conversation Forward (Part 4)
9 Minutes To ReadDavid Brenner discusses the synergies and productive tensions between different perspectives on Rebel Politics.
Perspectives on War, Peace, and Rebel Politics: Peace Inheres in Social Relations Formed during War (Part 2)
7 Minutes To ReadShona Loong discusses what Rebel Politics tells us about peacebuilding among Karen communities.
Perspectives on War, Peace, and Rebel Politics: Above All, Rebels Are Political (Part 1)
4 Minutes To ReadLee Jones discusses the merits of Rebel Politics in light of wider trends in the fields of Myanmar Studies and Conflict Studies. This is Part One of a four-part commentary on […]
Perspectives on War, Peace, and Rebel Politics: Introduction
2 Minutes To ReadThis is an introduction to a four-part commentary on David Brenner’s monograph, Rebel Politics: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar’s Borderlands (Cornell University Press, 2019), in which the authors […]
Leveling the Playing Field
7 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini argues that funding requirements for locally run non-profits put them at a disadvantage.