{"title":"Elephant Riders of the Hukawng Valley, Kachin State: Evasive Mobility and Vadological Geography","authors":"J. Shell","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2021.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2021.0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"261 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2021.0012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44391189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Statistical Overview of the Railways in Burma","authors":"Lindsay C. Stubbs","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2021.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2021.0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"299 - 346"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2021.0013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44579442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Burma/Myanmar Studies in the USSR/Russia: Continuity and Change","authors":"Ksenia A. Efremova","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2021.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2021.0011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"227 - 259"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2021.0011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42177534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nats in the Land of the Hintha: Village Religion in Lower Myanmar","authors":"Keziah Wallis","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2021.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2021.0010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"193 - 226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2021.0010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44216633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethnocentrism or National Reconciliation: Rethinking Ethnic Relations and the History of Karenni","authors":"Tadayuki Kubo","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2021.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2021.0009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"155 - 191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2021.0009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41957709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Saw Aung Hla (1850s–1939) is the main intellectual figure among the Karen writers of Burma and Thailand. He systematically chronicled Karen histories starting with the migration of Karens beginning from the Land of Babylon beginning in 2234 BC through their journal via Yunnan, and their arrival in Burma in BC 739 when they arrived in the land called “Kaw-Kawthoolei.” He ends The Karen History with a description of how and why the Karen appreciated the role of the British colonizers who freed the Karen from Burmese oppression. This narrative has been repeated by Karens who learn about Saw Aung Hla’s history in the textbooks assigned by Karen teachers in the Karen schools of “Kawthoolei” over the past 60–70 years.This paper describes the scholarly work of Saw Aung Hla, and how these works are connected to the literacy of Karen people. His book, The Karen History is used as part of the modern Karen Education Department curriculum. His academic work helps Karen generations come to know of themselves as Karen who exist as a nation in the past, present, and future. This aspect of historiography is helpful for understanding why Karen people have continued their military and cultural struggle for a nation to the present.
{"title":"The Historiography of Saw Aung Hla and Its Influence on the Modern Karen History Curriculum","authors":"Saw Alwyn","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2021.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2021.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Saw Aung Hla (1850s–1939) is the main intellectual figure among the Karen writers of Burma and Thailand. He systematically chronicled Karen histories starting with the migration of Karens beginning from the Land of Babylon beginning in 2234 BC through their journal via Yunnan, and their arrival in Burma in BC 739 when they arrived in the land called “Kaw-Kawthoolei.” He ends The Karen History with a description of how and why the Karen appreciated the role of the British colonizers who freed the Karen from Burmese oppression. This narrative has been repeated by Karens who learn about Saw Aung Hla’s history in the textbooks assigned by Karen teachers in the Karen schools of “Kawthoolei” over the past 60–70 years.This paper describes the scholarly work of Saw Aung Hla, and how these works are connected to the literacy of Karen people. His book, The Karen History is used as part of the modern Karen Education Department curriculum. His academic work helps Karen generations come to know of themselves as Karen who exist as a nation in the past, present, and future. This aspect of historiography is helpful for understanding why Karen people have continued their military and cultural struggle for a nation to the present.","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"1 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2021.0001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48078427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}