UMD 26: Tradition and Modernity in Ta’ang Tea Cultivation

Gendered Forms of Knowledge, Ecology, Migration and Practice in Kyushaw Village Kyushaw village, a small Ta’ang community in Northern Shan State, has for generations been dominated by household tea cultivation […]

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UMD 25: Education amid Renunciation

The Movement of Young Ta’ang Girls from Conflict Areas to Mandalay’s Nunneries This research provides an look at the recent phenomenon of young nuns from remote Ta’ang villages in Shan […]

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UMD 24: Fight or Flight

Land Grabbing in the Development of Mandalay’s International Airport and the Local Fight for Justice Rural communities across Myanmar face land grabbing by state and military-led development projects. Land grabs […]

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UMD 23: Giving to Myanmar’s ‘Living Image’

The Mahamuni Pagoda’s Votive Networks and Management in a New Age of Urban Development The Mahamuni Pagoda is one of Myanmar’s most important Buddhist sites and a top tier attraction […]

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UMD 22: Negotiated Spaces and Kyukyaw Liminalities

Life and Community in the Informal Settlements of Mandalay’s Ayeyarwady Riverbank Focused on two adjacent riverbank communities in urban Mandalay with drastically different geographies and forms of materiality, this research […]

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UMD 21: Dam Displacement and Local Power

Ruptured Villages and Widened Inequalities in the Localized Resettlement and Compensation Process of the Upper Paunglaung Dam The government of Myanmar has begun building hydropower dams to meet the country’s […]

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UMD 20/CPRI 22: Women’s Economic Empowerment

A Case Study of Internally Displaced Women’s Small and Microenterprises in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar This study explores how small and micro-enterprise contributes to the economic empowerment of internally displaced […]

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UMD 19/CPRI 21: Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment

in the Dry Zone, Myanmar In an era of global financial insecurities led in part by regional instability, worldwide health crises, and environmental degradation, Zon Phyu Linn highlights the importance […]

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UMD 17/CPRI 19: Negotiation for Life

Karen Customary Lands in Tanintharyi, Myanmar May Saung Oo has done valuable work with this research into the Karen community inTanintharyi Region, who are negotiating to preserve their customary communalownership […]

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