What role has social media played in facilitating the spread of hardline nationalist sentiment in Myanmar?
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
“Rowdy monks” or a crisis of monastic authority?
7 Minutes To ReadMatthew J Walton looks at Ma Ba Tha’s persistence in the light of criticisms.
Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim “Other” by Francis Wade. Zed Books, 2017, 280 pages
5 Minutes To ReadIshrat Hossain reviews Francis Wade’s timely analysis of anti-Muslim sentiments in Myanmar.
Putting Myanmar’s “Buddhist Extremism” in an International Context
6 Minutes To ReadAye Thein argues that the international influences on “Buddhist extremism” have been overlooked.
A Conversation with Mikael Gravers: Research among the Karen, Past and Present [Part 2]
7 Minutes To ReadPia Jolliffe interviews anthropologist Mikael Gravers.
A Conversation with Mikael Gravers: Research among the Karen, Past and Present [Part 1]
6 Minutes To ReadPia Jolliffe interviews anthropologist Mikael Gravers.