February 2019
Friday Forum: Nathan Green – “Financial Landscapes of Agrarian Change in Cambodia”
Financial Landscapes of Agrarian Change in Cambodia W. Nathan Green PhD Candidate, Department of Geography UW-Madison Cambodia is in the midst of an agrarian transformation. Fewer Cambodians are farming, production is increasingly commodified, and…
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Friday Forum: Zuzana Burivalova – “Sounds of Biodiversity and Chainsaw: Conservation of Indonesia’s Tropical Forests Using Bioacoustics”
Sounds of Biodiversity and Chainsaw: Conservation of Indonesia’s Tropical Forests Using Bioacoustics Zuzana Burivalova Postdoctoral Research Fellow Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University One of…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Kim Scipes – “The KMU Labor Center of the Philippines During the Time of President Rodrigo Duterte: A First-hand Account”
The KMU Labor Center of the Philippines During the Time of President Rodrigo Duterte: A First-hand Account Kim Scipes Professor of Sociology Purdue University Northwest The KMU Labor Center is the militant wing of the…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Robert Lemelson – “The Balinese Cockfight Reimagined: Tajen: Interactive and the Prospects for a Multimodal Anthropology”
Robert Lemelson Psychological Anthropologist and Ethnographic Filmaker Department of Anthropology, UCLA Cockfighting is an ancient and controversial blood sport practiced around the world. Tajen Interactive, a web documentary made by visual anthropologists, uses different…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Miles Kenney-Lazar – “Variegated Transitions of Agrarian Capitalism: The Rubber Boom and Bust in Northern Laos”
Variegated Transitions of Agrarian Capitalism: The Rubber Boom and Bust in Northern Laos Miles Kenney-Lazar Assistant Professor of Geography National University of Singapore Over the past two decades, the rubber tree as a…
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Friday Forum: Prakirati Satasut
Prakirati Satasut Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology UW-Madison More details about this talk to follow.
Find out more »Friday Forum: Erin Collins – “Anti-Archive: Contesting Authoritative Claims to Space and Power in Phnom Penh”
Anti-Archive: Contesting Authoritative Claims to Space and Power in Phnom Penh Erin Collins Assistant Professor, School of International Service American University Collins is a human geographer. Her work focuses on the political economy and cultural…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Wen-Qing Ngoei – “Empire of Dominoes: Britain, Southeast Asian Anticommunism and U.S. Hegemony”
Empire of Dominoes: Britain, Southeast Asian Anticommunism and U.S. Hegemony Wen-Qing Ngoei Assistant Professor of History Nanyang Technological University The talk will analyze how British decolonization strategies intertwined with anticommunist nationalism in Malaya and…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Erick White
Erick White Assistant Professor of Thai Buddhist Studies University of Michigan
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