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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Discussion: Young Tigers - Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar
DESCRIPTION:RCSD invites all to join a book launch of “Young Tigers: Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar\,” along with discussion with author Bertil Lintner\, on 24 February from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Subaltern meeting room\, RCSD\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University. \nYoung Tigers traces Myanmar’s turbulent post-independence history through the life of Chao Tzang Yawnghwe\, son of the country’s first president and last Saohpa of Yawnghwe. Born into aristocratic privilege\, he was thrust into political upheaval after the 1962 military coup\, which led to his father’s disappearance and his brother’s death. Forced into exile and armed struggle\, he joined the Shan resistance\, navigating the complex world of ethnic insurgency\, shifting alliances\, and the political economy of the opium trade. \nDrawing on extensive research\, the book examines the collapse of the federal promise envisioned in the 1947 Panglong Agreement\, the consolidation of military rule\, and the enduring struggles of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities. At its core\, it presents a contest between authoritarian centralism and the vision of a genuinely federal political order. \nThe book is written by Bertil Lintner and Hseng Noung Lintner. Bertil is a veteran journalist and the author of twenty books on Asian politics and history\, including several published by Silkworm Books. His notable works include Outrage: Burma’s Struggle for Democracy; Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948\, Bloodbrothers: Crime\, Business and Politics in Asia\, Great Leader\, Dear Leader: Demystifying North Korea Under the Kim Clan\, Merchants of Madness: The Methamphetamine Explosion in the Golden Triangle\, Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s Struggle for Democracy\, and The Wa of Myanmar and China’s Quest for Global Dominance. He resides in Chiang Mai\, Thailand. For more information about his work\, please visit his website.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-and-discussion-young-tigers-chao-tzang-yawnghwe-and-the-shan-rebellion-in-myanmar/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20260202T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20260202T153000
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Fishing for Knowledges: Karen Riverine Livelihoods in Northern Thailand
DESCRIPTION:RCSD invites all to join a public seminar\, “Fishing for Knowledges: Insights for Environmental Governance from Karen Communities’ Riverine Livelihoods in Northern Thailand” presented by Peter Duker\, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Guelph\, Canada on Monday\, 2 February from 2 to 3:30 pm at the Subaltern Room\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University. \nThe uplands of Northern Thailand have long been the subject of environmental governance conflicts. Competing discourses of upland communities\, including the Karen\, tend to focus on agricultural and forest-based livelihoods\, often with attention to the impacts on water that in turn effect communities further along the watershed. And yet\, why has there been comparatively so little attention on how communities like the Karen manage the rivers that run through their communities? And rivers are not simply channels for water—why is there also comparatively so little attention on the aquatic life that call these rivers home? Addressing this gap\, doctoral researcher Peter Duker will present preliminary findings after more than a year of studying riverine practices and knowledges with four Karen communities across Northern Thailand. He will demonstrate the role of these practices and knowledges for community wellbeing and how they enable engagement with traditional knowledges that are otherwise diminishing. He will then discuss how these insights help inform an environmental governance that is more open to multiple ways of being and knowing and subsequently better positioned to lead to improved social and environmental outcomes.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/seminar-fishing-for-knowledges-karen-riverine-livelihoods-in-northern-thailand/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics,Resource Governance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251223T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251223T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: "Worldly Engagements" with Roger Casas
DESCRIPTION:RCSD is pleased to host a public book launch and author’s talk for Roger Casas’ new book\, “Worldly Engagements: Buddhist Monasticism and Masculinity among the Tai Lue of\nSouthwest China” on Tuesday\, 23 December from 10 am to noon at the Subaltern Meeting Room. \nThe Tai Lue of Sipsong Panna\, located in China’s southern Yunnan province\, is the largest community of Theravada Buddhists in a country where the Mahayana tradition is dominant. In recent decades\, and in light of ever-increasing global connectivity and visibility online\, the public participation of Tai Lue novices and monks in practices such as eating in the afternoon\, drinking alcohol\, having girlfriends\, and competing in sports—all considered unfitting\, even unacceptable\, behavior for Buddhist monastics in China and Southeast Asia—has been evidenced as proof of the backwardness of this minority religious community. \nWorldly Engagements places such alleged misconduct at the center of its enquiry to demonstrate that\, far from characterizing a corrupt form of practice\, it represents an essential part of the monasticism traditionally prevalent in the region\, an all-encompassing and amphibious technology of self-mastery inextricably embedded in the mundane and the non-religious—that is\, a vernacular discipline concerned mainly with making boys into men. It is a rich portrayal of the temple experience as a site for Lue youths to negotiate demands from families\, religious superiors\, and peers\, as well as navigate the challenges presented by national models of masculinity and the powerful influence of Thai Buddhism. \nRoger Casas has lived and conducted research among the Tai Lue in Sipsong Panna since 2004. He has held researcher and lecturer posts in academic institutions in Austria\, China\, Thailand\, and Japan.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-worldly-engagements-with-roger-casas/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251216T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251216T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Reproducing Revolution with Jenny Hedström
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the 4th floor meeting room of the Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University on 16 Dec from 10 am to noon for the book launch with author Jenny Hedstrom and a Kachin panel discussion. \nIn Reproducing Revolution\, Jenny Hedström explores the Kachin revolution in Myanmar from the perspective of female soldiers\, female activists\, and women displaced by the violence in northern Myanmar. Hedström argues that the household is an inherently gendered\, militarized\, and political space that impacts\, and is in turn impacted by\, the external conflict with which it coexists. In this context\, women’s everyday labor—the gendered work of childcare\, farming\, fighting\, and forging connections both across households and between the household and the army and the nation—is key to revolutionary survival. Hedström calls this labor militarized social reproduction\, and in Reproducing Revolution she demonstrates that such labor is critical to the military effort\, and that warfare itself is shaped through everyday domestic action. \nWe ask that interested participants please register online here so we can ensure we have enough space for the event
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-and-panel-discussion-reproducing-revolution-with-jenny-hedstrom/
LOCATION:4th floor meeting room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251114T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20251114T170000
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SUMMARY:Report Launch: Mental health\, gender\, and conflict in Myanmar’s Chin State
DESCRIPTION:Organized by: TheHILLS Myanmar (THM) & Chin State Academic Research Network (CSARN)\, with support from Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) \nFriday\, 14 November 2025\, 3:00 – 5:00 PM\nSubaltern Room\, Chiang Mai University \nThis report launch event presents the first study to examine how conflict\, gender\, and cultural expectations intersect to shape mental health in Myanmar’s Chin State. Conducted during an active civil war through trauma-informed and participatory methods\, the research draws on focus group discussions\, key informant interviews\, and body-mapping exercises across four townships. The findings reveal widespread distress\, gendered silences\, and faith-based understandings of suffering that both sustain and constrain healing. They also show how women\, LGBTQIA+ people\, displaced families\, and persons with disabilities experience layered forms of exclusion amid political violence and poverty. The Chin State Academic Research Network (CSARN)\, an initiative of TheHILLS Myanmar\, embodies a model of community-rooted research built on trust\, local languages\, and mentorship. Working through embedded local-global networks and partnerships\, CSARN connects emerging Chin researchers with experienced mentors and institutions\, acting as an interdisciplinary platform that supports and connects researchers engaged in the region\, and promotes the exchange of high-quality\, context-relevant knowledge. This study offers not only an urgent call for localized mental health interventions\, but also a reflection on what it means to build knowledge\, solidarity\, and care from within conflict-affected communities. \nSpeakers \n1. THM CSARN Senior Adviser – Sena Galazzi\n2. Dr. Lian Report co-author\, formerly Technical Consultant\, TheHILLS Myanmar\n3. Lily Report co-author\, formerly Technical Consultant\, TheHILLS Myanmar\n4. Thawn N. Lian\, Executive Director\, TheHILLS Myanmar\n5. Dr. Sang\, MHPSS Specialist\, Chin Human Rights Organisation\n6. Dr. Matthew Yoxall\, Board of Directors\, TheHILLS Myanmar\n7. Dr. Mary\, Research Manager\, TheHILLS Myanmar \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/report-launch-mental-health-gender-and-conflict-in-myanmars-chin-state/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250720T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250722T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Rethinking Ethnic Studies in SEA
DESCRIPTION:RCSD invites all to attend a public seminar: Rethinking Ethnic Studies in Southeast Asia\, from July 20-22\, 2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences First Floor Meeting Room (4107)\, Chiang Mai University\, \nThis seminar is jointly organized by the School of Ethnology and Sociology\, Yunnan University (YNU)\, and the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD)\, with the participation of the Center for Ethnic Studies and Development\, Chiang Mai University and hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University. \nKey participants include Wasan Panyagaew\, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at CMU; He Ming\, Dean of the School of Ethnology and Sociology at YNU; and Chayan Vaddhanaphuti\, Director of RCSD. Other participants include Gam A. Shimray from the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)\, Suchart Setthamalinee from the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC)\, and Catherine Baron from Toulouse University\, France. Several scholars from Yunnan University\, Chiang Mai University (including its Center for Ethnic Studies and Development – CESD\, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology)\, Minzu University of China\, Thammasat University\, Dali University\, Xiamen University\, and Sorbonne Paris 1 University will also present. \nThe seminar will explore a range of topics within ethnic studies in Southeast Asia. Discussions will cover the Culture and Memory of Ethnic Lue in Thailand and Vietnam\, the dynamics of Chinese Communities outside China focusing on Yunnan Studies in Thailand and Sino-Thai family businesses in Northern Thailand\, and the Study of Lahu in both Thailand and China with case studies in Chiang Mai. Further sessions will delve into State and Ethnicity\, examining historical exclusion of minorities in Cambodia and Thai state policies toward highlanders. The relationship between Ethnicity and Coffee in Doi Chang\, Thailand will be explored\, including comparative studies with Qingkou Village in China and the concept of “Ethnic Coffee Capitalism.” The seminar will also address Ethnicity and Society in Myanmar\, touching upon anthropological research on rural society\, the formation of plural societies in Colonial Burma\, and the role of ethnic civil society. Finally\, Cultural Sharing will be examined through a case study of Malaysia\, focusing on heritage politics and the construction of shared cultural identity. \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/seminar-rethinking-ethnic-studies-in-sea/
LOCATION:First Floor Meeting Room (4107)\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics,Mobility and Border,Regional Integration
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250714T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250714T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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SUMMARY:Public Seminar: "Ek Khaale" Once Upon a Time - The Rohingya\, a Visual Restoration; Memory\, Identity and Shared Histories
DESCRIPTION:For people in Myanmar (Burma)\, the Rohingya community’s history has been\, at best\, questioned\, and at worst —and in reality—rejected outright. Much of the Rohingya’s visual history has been lost\, confiscated or destroyed during waves of violence\, forced displacement and genocide over the past 60 years. This destruction continues today. This has severely undermined ways in which the Rohingya preserve and share their collective memory\, identity and history with others.\n\n \n\nEk Khaale is the Rohingya expression for ‘Once Upon A Time’. The project Ek Khaale was launched by award winning documentary photojournalist Greg Constantine. It is a collaborative storytelling and visual restoration project with Rohingya all over the world.\n\n \n\nThis project brings together rare and never before seen old photographs\, family collections\, documents\, letters\, illustrations and other historical materials from the past and activates them in the present. By exposing this unseen past\, this project aims to share a visual portrait of the Rohingya most people have never seen before. It also challenges historical narratives and reconstructs what Burmese regimes and other communities have spent decades trying to destroy.\n\n \n\nIn this special lecture\, Greg will talk about the history of this groundbreaking project\, the use of research-based archival work\, and the significance of the project for the Rohingya community and other communities from Burma. He will share several of the most important discoveries over the past four years as well as the stories behind them.\n\n \n\nView the Ek Khaale project online here.\n\n \n\nEk Khaale will also be on exhibit at the Chiang Mai Alliance Francaise Gallery from July 9-19th.\n\n \n\nGreg Constantine is an award winning documentary photojournalist and author. He has dedicated his career to long-term\, independent projects that explore the intersection of human rights\, inequality\, injustice\, citizenship\, identity\, belonging and the power of the state. His long term projects include: Nowhere People\,  Exiled To Nowhere and Seven Doors.  He is the author of three award winning photography books and his work has been exhibited in over 40 cities around the world. Constantine has been documenting the persecution of the Rohingya community for the past 19 years.  In 2020\, he began working with Rohingya on the project Ek Khaale. In early 2017\, he received his PhD from Middlesex University in the UK and has since received Independent Scholar as well as Early Career Fellowships from the Independent Social Research Foundation and Queen Mary University in London.  Most recently\, he was a Hearst Visiting Fellow at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/public-seminar-ek-khaale-once-upon-a-time-the-rohingya-a-visual-restoration-memory-identity-and-shared-histories/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250707T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250707T150000
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SUMMARY:Be an Entrepreneur or Stay a Farmer? The Anxiety of Specialty Coffee Value Chain Upgrading for Indigenous Smallholders in Northern Thailand
DESCRIPTION:Public lecture (and coffee tasting) with Po-Tao Chang\, Phd student in the Department of Geography\, University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nThis presentation is designed for people who are interested in topics related to sustainable agriculture\, indigenous peoples\, coffee commodity chains\, and industry in Thailand. Po-Tao Chang will present his latest research findings about the transformation of highland Arabica coffee production with (mostly) Akha people\, and the revolution of the Thai (specialty) coffee industry. Briefly speaking\, the Akha people have played a crucial role in expanding and upgrading both the quantity and quality of Arabica coffee production over the past two decades. There has been a dramatic number of Akha coffee producers elevating the quality and value of their coffee parchments and green beans. While some of them are becoming entrepreneurs\, the uneven development of coffee production is also happening among different ethnic groups and villages. In addition\, the anxiety of massive investment and the uncertainty of market transformation have also been emerging challenges for indigenous coffee smallholders in northern Thailand.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/be-an-entrepreneur-or-stay-a-farmer-the-anxiety-of-specialty-coffee-value-chain-upgrading-for-indigenous-smallholders-in-northern-thailand/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250430T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20250430T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: A Sense of Place and Belonging - the Chiang Tung Borderland of Northern Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, April 30 as Klemens Karlsson of Uppsala University and affiliated researcher at RCSD presents his book “A Sense of Place and Belonging – The Chiang Tung Borderland of Northern Southeast Asia\,” published by Northern Illinois University/Cornell University Press. \nThis book is an interdisciplinary study of Chiang Tung (Keng Tung)\, a marginalized borderland between the dominant cultures of the Burmese\, the Chinese\, and the Siamese/Thai\, and how people identify themselves as belonging to that specific place\, a sense of place and belonging. \nIt presents the dramatic history of Chiang Tung and the Tai Khuen people in Myanmar’s Eastern Shan State\, with wars and forced resettlements\, but it also presents the glorious Buddhist culture of Chiang Tung with roots in Lan Na Tai and Sinhalese traditions\, but with its own individuality and distinctiveness. It discusses the Buddhist tradition in a historic geopolitical context\, as well as with its affinity with the cult of territorial spirits. \nThe book ties together myths and memories told by local people and written in local chronicles\, with the unique performance of the Songkran festival which dramatizes a symbolic agreement between the Tai Khuen people and the indigenous Tai Loi (Lua/Lawa) people about the ownership of land. \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-talk-a-sense-of-place-and-belonging-the-chiang-tung-borderland-of-northern-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20240724T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20240724T160000
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SUMMARY:Building a Human Border: The Thai Border Patrol Police Project in the Post-Cold War Era
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to a public lecture “Building a Human Border: The Thai Border Patrol Police Project in the Post-Cold War Era” on Wed 24 July from 2-4 pm at the Subaltern room\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University. \nDr. Sinae Hyun is a research professor at the Institute for East Asian Studies at Sogang University\, South Korea\, specializing in the Cold War\, nationalism\, and Southeast Asian studies. Her doctoral research surveyed the history of the Thai Border Patrol Police and showed how the Thai ruling elite used American cold war policies for their cause. Her book based on the research entitled “Indigenizing the Cold War: The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in Thailand” was published by the University of Hawaii Press in April 2023. She is currently researching the histories of American Protestant missionaries in Southeast Asia and their dealings with overlapping empires of Britain\, China\, and “others.” \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/building-a-human-border-the-thai-border-patrol-police-project-in-the-post-cold-war-era/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics,Regional Integration
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230726T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230726T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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SUMMARY:Press Conference & Film Screening: "Social Impact of the Coup in the Innlay Region"
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 26 July from 9 am – noon you are invited to join a press conference and film screening from Justice Movement For Community -Innlay for a short documentary film screening and press conference on the situation on the ground today in Myanmar’s Innlay region. The event will be held in the 4th floor meeting room of the Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Science\, Chiang Mai University. \nFollowing the Myanmar military coup of 1 February 2021\, democracy and human rights conditions have deteriorated in various regions throughout the country\, including the Innlay region in southern Shan State. There has been a notable lack of documentation on the deteriorating human rights situation there\, and the voice of Inlay’s local communities has been largely unheard by the international community. The Justice Movement For Community -Innlay (JMC-Innlay) team has surveyed various social impacts since the coup on the Inlay community\, has documented victims’ voices\, and gathered data on human rights violations.\nYou are cordially invited to this event share the stories of the Innlay people and information on the situation in the Innlay area. \nမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁ ရက်နေ့တွင် စစ်အာဏာသိမ်းပိုက်ပြီးနောက် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအခြေအနေများသည် ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်တောင်ပိုင်းရှိ အင်လေးဒေသအပါအဝင် ဒေသအသီးသီးတွင် ယိုယွင်းပျက်စီးခဲ့သည်။ ယင်းသို့လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအခြေအနေ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာခြင်းနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ အထူးသဖြင့် ဒေသခံအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းများ၏အသံကို မြှင့်တင်ရန် သုတေသန နှင့် အထောက်အထားမှတ်တမ်းများ မရှိပါ။ ဤအခြေအနေများကို အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ အဖွဲ့အစည်းများက သိရှိနားလည်ရန်လိုအပ်ပါသည်။ သို့ဖြစ်ပါ၍ JMC-Inlay အဖွဲ့သည် အင်လေးအသိုင်းအဝိုင်း၏ လူမှုရေးအကျိုးသက်ရောက်မှုများကို စစ်တမ်းကောက်ယူခဲ့ပြီး လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်မှုများ နှင့် ဒေသခံများ၏ အသံများကို သုတေသနစာတမ်းနှင့် ဗီဒီယိုမှတ်တမ်းတင်ခဲ့သည်။\nဤ အခမ်းအနားတွင် ၎င်းမှတ်တမ်းနှင့် တွေ့ ရှိချက်များကို ဖြန့်ဝေမည်ဖြစ်ပါ၍ တက်ရောက်ပေးကြပါရန် လေးစားစွာဖိတ်ကြားအပ်ပါသည်။
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/press-conference-film-screening-social-impact-of-the-coup-in-the-innlay-region/
LOCATION:4th floor meeting room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230127T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230127T150000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T084107Z
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SUMMARY:"My life is linked with the river:" The Yuam River water diversion project
DESCRIPTION:On 27 Jan 2023 at 13.30 pm join RCSD for “‘My life is linked with the river’: The Yuam River water diversion project as contested hydrosocial territory” a presentation of research conducted by Antonia Mohr on the impacts and situation of an indigenous community in Mae Hong Son as it faces the approach of a large-scale government infrastructure project.\n\nJoin on-site at the Subaltern Meeting Room\, basement floor of the Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Science\, or join online through zoom here:\n\nhttps://cmu-th.zoom.us/j/95242210751\nMeeting ID: 952 4221 0751
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/my-life-is-linked-with-the-river-the-yuam-river-water-diversion-project/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics,Resource Governance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221128T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221128T150000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
CREATED:20221116T070857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T070857Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch & Discussion: "Winning by Process"
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, 28 November for the book launch of “Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar” (Cornell University Press) co-authored by Jacques Bertrand\, Alexandre Pelletier\, and Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung. The book launch and discussion will be held in the Subaltern Room with author Jacques Bertrand attending in-person along with discussants Ashley South and Tony Neil. \nWinning by Process asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011 to 2021 despite a liberalizing regime\, a national ceasefire agreement\, and a multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities. The book argues that stalled conflicts are more than pauses or stalemates. “Winning by process\,” as opposed to winning by war or agreement\, represents the state’s ability to gain advantage by manipulating the rules of negotiation\, bargaining process\, and sites of power and resources. During the last decade\, the Myanmar state and military controlled the process\, neutralized ethnic minority groups\, and continued to impose their vision of a centralized state even as they appeared to support federalism.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-launch-discussion-winning-by-process/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221117T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
CREATED:20221116T071713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T071713Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis proposal examination for Stephen Zau Zin Myat
DESCRIPTION:The Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD)\, Faculty of Social Science\, Chiang Mai University is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis proposal examination: \n“Ethnic Formation: The Role of Wunpawng Christian Church among Diasporic Kachin in Urban Chiang Mai” \nPresenter: \nStephen Zau Zin Myat\, (Master of Arts in Social Science\, Specialization in Development Studies) \non Thursday\, 17 November\, 10:00 am \nExamining committee \nAsst. Prof. Dr. Prasit Leepreecha: Chair\nAsst. Prof. Dr. Mukdawan Sakboon: Committee\nLect. Dr. Putthida Kijdumnern: Committee \nVenue \nOnsite: Meeting room 1\, 1st floor\, Department of Social Science and Development\, Faculty of Social Sciences \nOnline: https://cmu-th.zoom.us/j/96138122749 \nMeeting ID: 961 3812 2749 \nYour attendance is highly appreciated!
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/thesis-proposal-examination-for-stephen-zau-zin-myat/
LOCATION:Meeting room\, Department of Social Science and Development\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University\, A. Muang\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221007T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221007T153000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
CREATED:20221005T042734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T071012Z
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SUMMARY:A Pocketful of Seeds: circulation of plants as a tool of resilience
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a public seminar: “A Pocketful of Seeds: The Circulation of Plants as a Tool of Resilience among the Hmong Global Diaspora” presented by Alex Greene\, PhD Student\, French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)\, University of French Guiana  on Friday\, October 7th\, 2022 from 1.30 – 3.30 pm at the Subaltern Meeting Room\, Ground Floor\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University. \nAlex Greene is a PhD student with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)\, based at the University of French Guiana. His interdisciplinary approach uses ethnobotany as a lens to examine an array of issues around human-environmental relations\, such as spiritual environmental beliefs and practices\, multispecies relations\, and food systems. His background is in environmental education\, field ornithology and botany\, and he has completed research projects on sacred and community forests in Nepal\, human-elephant relations among the Karen in Thailand\, and plant knowledge among the Raglai of Vietnam. His ongoing PhD project looks at how the circulation of plants has helped Hmong communities adapt to life in the global diaspora.
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/a-pocketful-of-seeds-circulation-of-plants-as-a-tool-of-resilience/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics,Resource Governance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220621T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220621T110000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
CREATED:20220620T090722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220620T090722Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Proposal Examination for Noah Tanigawa
DESCRIPTION:Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD)\, Faculty of Social Science\, Chiang Mai University is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis proposal examination: \n“Luk Khrueng-Hafu : Stories of Mixed Thai-Japanese Individuals and their Social Belonging” \nPresenter: \nNoah Kijun Tanigawa (Halzapfel)\, (Master of Arts in Social Science\, Specialization in Development Studies) \non Tuesday\, 21 June\, 9:00 am \nExamining committee \nAsst. Prof. Dr. Mukdawan Sakboon: Chair\nAssoc. Prof. Dr. Amporn Jirattikorn: Committee\nAsst. Prof. Dr. Patcharin Lapanun: Committee \nVenue\nZoom link: https://cmu-th.zoom.us/j/97789177387\nOnsite: 1st Floor Meeting Room\, Department of Social Science and Development\, Faculty of Social Sciences. \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/thesis-proposal-examination-for-noah-tanigawa/
LOCATION:Meeting room\, Department of Social Science and Development\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai University\, A. Muang\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220315T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20220315T153000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
CREATED:20220318T172139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T172139Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Everyday Justice and State Evasion in Myanmar
DESCRIPTION:15 March 2022 – 1.30 to 3:30PM\nVenue: RCSD Meeting Room (In person and online)\n\n\n\nIn Myanmar people’s access to justice has been severely hampered by decades of authoritarian military rule\, identity politics and ongoing conflicts. The violent reimposition of military rule in February 2021 has drastically undermined people’s fragile sense of security and hope that the country might change\, including prospects for reform in the justice sector. However\, even prior to the coup\, the central state justice system has not been associated with the provision of justice\, but with discrimination\, corruption\, and injustices. Drawing on ethnographies of everyday justice across Myanmar (Naga\, Karen\, Mon\, Pa-O\, Rakhine\, Yangon) in the pre-coup period\, this seminar illuminates how ordinary people use alternative pathways to justice and deliberately evade the state. This is shaped by a strong preference for customary\, ethnic-based\, and village-level dispute resolution systems\, and by a deep mistrust in centralized authority and official state law. Ethno-religious forms of belonging and cultural and religious norms\, also shape justice preferences and ethnic justice systems have formed part of ongoing struggles for recognition\, federalism\, and self-determination by different ethnic organisations. The seminar will reflect on how research on everyday justice continues to be relevant in understanding and moving beyond the current crisis following the 1 February 2021 coup in Myanmar.\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\nHelene Maria Kyed\, Danish Institute for International Studies\nMyat Thet Thitsar\, Nyan Corridor and Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation\nThang Sorn Poine\, Nyan Corridor and Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation\nJustine Chambers\, Danish Institute for International Studies\n\n\n\nDiscussant(s):\nKim Jolliffe\nMay Oo Muttraw (မေဦးမုတြော်)\n\n\n\nTo attend the Zoom meeting\, please register to get the zoom link at https://cmu-th.zoom.us/…/tJEucumurzkvE9NxSJnndFM8AVf7…\n\n\nFor people attending on site\, please register via this link https://forms.gle/BeTag1vK8MFVisHXA
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/seminar-everyday-justice-and-state-evasion-in-myanmar/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20210305T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20210307T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T161758
CREATED:20231106T072330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T072330Z
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SUMMARY:ICBMS3
DESCRIPTION:The 3rd International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies will be co-organized from 5-7 March 2021 at Chiang Mai University. It aims to be a platform for regional/international scholars and practitioners interested in Burma/Myanmar society as it undergoes economic\, political and social transformation to exchange ideas and research experiences on critical issues\, as well as strengthen and expand their networks. The ICBMS3 committee invites individual abstracts as well as panel proposals from interested academics\, researchers\, graduate students\, and professionals\, as well as practitioners engaged in the field of Burma/Myanmar studies. \nConference themes \n\nEconomic Development in Myanmar\nResource Management (Forest\, Land\, Water\, Fishes) & Governance\nAgrarian Transformation & Environmental/Climate Change\nUrban Space & Urban Livelihood\nMigration\, Migrants\, Refugees and the Displaced\nTransnationalism\, Transboundary Investment (BRI)\, SEZs\nPeace Process & Governance\nEthnic Inclusion/Exclusion\nHistory and Social Memory\nLanguage\, Mother-tongue Language Education\nChanging Media Landscape (Hate Speech)\nPopular Religion\, Religion and Harmony\nHealth Equality/Inequality\nEducation and Development\, Non-state Education\nGender & Development\nMyanmar and East Asian Powers\nArt and Society\nFood Security and Food Sovereignty\nSocial and Environmental Movements\n\nObjectives \n\nTo deepen our understanding of the social and political transformations occurring in Burma/Myanmar and their impact on the environment\, as well as on the economic and social lives of local/ethnic communities;\nTo examine Burma/Myanmar’s nexus and connectivity within the regional and global context\, as well as the internal interplay taking place among state actors\, society and culture;\nTo provide a platform for the exchange of academic ideas and dialogue among Burma/Myanmar scholars from around the world.\n\n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/icbms3/
LOCATION:Uniserv\, 239 Nimmanahaeminda Road\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Ethnic Politics,Mobility and Border,Regional Integration,Resource Governance
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