Sep 23, 2017
How is “refugee revitalisation” affecting cities and why is the dominant discourse problematic? Who profits and how from the gendered labour of the Rohingya? In this thorough conversation, Shae Frydenlund, PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Colorado – Boulder, discusses indigeneity, labour and...
Sep 19, 2017
What is the current state and what is at stake at Inle Lake, Myanmar’s pre-eminent tourist attraction and unique cultural and environmental treasure? Today we speak with Martin Michalon, PhD Candidate in Geography at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (L'École...
Sep 18, 2017
Part two of this two-part episode. Martin Michalon, PhD Candidate in Geography at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales), focuses on tourism and globalisation at Inle Lake. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed...
Sep 13, 2017
Over 370,000 people have fled Myanmar in the last two weeks amidst a sea of suffering and misinformation. Oliver Slow, Chief of Staff at Frontier Myanmar, talks about recent developments in the unfolding humanitarian crisis in western Rakhine State and southern Bangladesh, calling in particular for observers and...
Sep 7, 2017
What happens after "peace" is achieved in Myanmar? Assuming the success of Panglong 21, this episode goes into detail with Bobby Anderson, Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, on what post-peace processes will entail for the Republic. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of...