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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Socializing Land - Plantations\, Disposession\, and Resistance in Laos
DESCRIPTION:RCSD invites all to attend a book talk on Thursday\, 9 April from 1-3 pm\nat the Subaltern Room\, RCSD\, Faculty of Social Science\, Chiang Mai University. \nIn “Socializing Land: Plantations\, Dispossession\, and Resistance in Laos\,” author Miles Kenney-Lazar provides a sophisticated ethnographic critique of the global land rush\, focusing on the proliferation of Chinese and Vietnamese pulpwood and rubber plantations in southern Laos. Moving beyond a view of land as a mere commodity or “thing\,” Kenney-Lazar argues that land is fundamentally a set of social relationships. By examining the experiences of the ethnic minority Brou people in Savannakhet\, the book reveals how the coercive expropriation of territory by state-investor partnerships is met with persistent friction and contestation. \nThe author highlights the contradictory role of the Lao state\, which simultaneously pursues investment-driven growth while pledging to protect limited peasant land rights. Crucially\, the research demonstrates that despite the disastrous effects of dispossession\, these struggles can ironically strengthen peasant social ties to the land through organized resistance\, perhaps ultimately limiting attempts at alienation. \nThis upcoming talk offers a deeper look and chance to engage with the author on the political relationships between government officials\, plantation managers\, and village authorities that shape the contemporary agrarian landscape in Southeast Asia. All interested students\, faculty\, and members of the public are welcome to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto: Nicholas Bosoni www.nicholasbosoni.com
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/book-talk-socializing-land-plantations-disposession-and-resistance-in-laos/
LOCATION:Subaltern Meeting Room\, Operations Building\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Chiang Mai\, Chiang Mai\, 50200\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Resource Governance
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SUMMARY:ICBMS5
DESCRIPTION:The Committee of the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies is pleased to announce that ICBMS 5 will be held at Chiang Mai University from 14 to 16 August 2026. \nMyanmar stands at a critical juncture. The country faces protracted political stalemate\, armed conflict\, economic decline\, and humanitarian crisis. Yet amid fragmentation and violence\, communities continue to build alternative futures. Local organizations\, resistance groups\, and civil society actors across the country are creating new forms of governance\, social movements\, and civic practice that challenge dominant narratives of nation-building. At the same time\, Myanmar’s trajectory is shaped by shifting geopolitical forces across Asia and beyond\, as regional and global powers influence its political economy\, resource frontiers\, and conflict landscape. \nICBMS 5 seeks to foster scholarship and dialogue that advances understanding of these dynamics. The conference will create space for examining how political imagination emerges and takes hold\, how solidarity forms across ethnic\, social\, and cultural divisions\, and how diverse communities articulate shared\, common aspirations while maintaining their distinct voices. We welcome work that engages with both the constraints of the present moment and the possibilities that continue to emerge from below. \nWe invite scholars\, researchers\, activists\, and practitioners working on Myanmar-related issues to join us in Chiang Mai. Guidelines for the submission of abstracts\, panel proposals\, and roundtable proposals will be announced in the coming days. \nConference Themes:\nGeopolitics and Transnational Investment\nVisions of Social Revolution\nElectoral Politics and Political Consequences\nHuman Rights\, Justice\, and Equity\nHealth and Humanitarian Politics\nRefugees\, Migration\, Labour\, and Forced Displacement\nEnvironmental Justice: Transboundary Pollution and Climate Change\nAgrarian Transition and Food Sovereignty\nIllicit Economies and the Scam Industry\nGender\, Class\, and Intersectionality\nArts\, Media\, and Popular Culture\nSocial Reproduction and Care\nEducation and Social Change\nKnowledge Production in Burma/Myanmar Studies \nFurther updates and key dates will be announced soon! \n 
URL:https://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/event/icbms5/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai
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