Yangon’s recent urban metamorphosis was, and is still, illustrated throughout the city by computergenerated images set on buildingsite fences. This photo essay1 started as a record of these fascinating posters. They advertise a mesmerizing future, one that represents the highest standards of a modern lifestyle. The people waiting for the bus in front of them or simply walking along seem to be part of an on going play, that of their ‘dreams under construction,’ as if Yangon was reimagining itself in a sudden opening to globalization. At the same time, this construction is not yet done. The city at a human scale is still almost as rural as it was.
{"title":"Dreams Under Construction: A Poetic Report on Yangon’s Urban Metamorphosis","authors":"Cristophe Munier-Gaillard","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0015","url":null,"abstract":"Yangon’s recent urban metamorphosis was, and is still, illustrated throughout the city by computergenerated images set on buildingsite fences. This photo essay1 started as a record of these fascinating posters. They advertise a mesmerizing future, one that represents the highest standards of a modern lifestyle. The people waiting for the bus in front of them or simply walking along seem to be part of an on going play, that of their ‘dreams under construction,’ as if Yangon was reimagining itself in a sudden opening to globalization. At the same time, this construction is not yet done. The city at a human scale is still almost as rural as it was.","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"321 - 337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48321380","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:In this article, I investigate conflicting claims to land made in the peri-urban areas of Taunggyi, in Myanmar’s Shan state, where decades of ethnic insurgency, the negotiation of ceasefire agreements, and resultant military-state development strategies have figured land as a primary site and object of struggle. Yet, as I argue in this paper, it is not only land that is at stake in ongoing conflicts, but also the incongruous conceptions of space and time that motivate such claims. By exploring case studies linked to proposed road construction in Pa-O majority regions, I develop an approach to “land grabs”- and the counter claims-making they impel- that foregrounds the spatiotemporal, showing how distinct senses of time are activated, embodied, and re-animated through encounters with particular spaces. In this, I specifically argue that the linear, historical timeline embraced by state authorities-a timeline tied to sequential notions of advancement, modernization, and democratization - cannot be taken as fact; instead, it must be considered alongside alternate conceptualizations, through which the notion of a single narrative of “progress” might be opened up to contain alternative notions of past and present, and with them, new political possibilities.
{"title":"Road Plans and Planned Roads: Entangled Geographies, Spatiotemporal Frames, and Territorial Claims-making in Myanmar’s Southern Shan State","authors":"C. Wittekind","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In this article, I investigate conflicting claims to land made in the peri-urban areas of Taunggyi, in Myanmar’s Shan state, where decades of ethnic insurgency, the negotiation of ceasefire agreements, and resultant military-state development strategies have figured land as a primary site and object of struggle. Yet, as I argue in this paper, it is not only land that is at stake in ongoing conflicts, but also the incongruous conceptions of space and time that motivate such claims. By exploring case studies linked to proposed road construction in Pa-O majority regions, I develop an approach to “land grabs”- and the counter claims-making they impel- that foregrounds the spatiotemporal, showing how distinct senses of time are activated, embodied, and re-animated through encounters with particular spaces. In this, I specifically argue that the linear, historical timeline embraced by state authorities-a timeline tied to sequential notions of advancement, modernization, and democratization - cannot be taken as fact; instead, it must be considered alongside alternate conceptualizations, through which the notion of a single narrative of “progress” might be opened up to contain alternative notions of past and present, and with them, new political possibilities.","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"273 - 319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48981770","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":"Theravada Traditions: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka by John Clifford Holt (review)","authors":"D. Adikari","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2018.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2018.0008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"167 - 169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/jbs.2018.0008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41464030","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}
Surveying the historiography of Siam-Myanmar relations, one finds that Myanmar literature has been used profusely by native as well as foreign scholars, including Thai historians. For instance, parts of the Hmanan Yazawindawgyi (Glass Palace Chronicle) were translated by the Thai Prince Naradhip as Pra Ratcha Phongsawadan Bhama (The Burmese Chronicles) in 1913. Phra Phraison Salaruk (a.k.a. U Aung Thein) translated some sections involving Siam-Myanmar warfare from the Hmanan Yazawindawgyi into English, publishing some of his work in the Journal of the Siam Society (1908–1919).1 Similarly, in constructing Thai history, Prince Damrong, a highly respected historian, consulted the Hmanan Yazawindawgyi while compiling his influential book Thai Rop Phama (Our wars with the Burmese). Major-General Chanya Prachitromrau wrote a six volume semi-popular history mainly concerned with warfare between the two countries.2 With regard to recent developments in
{"title":"Siam-Myanmar relations through the perspective of the Royal Orders of Burma","authors":"S. Myint","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Surveying the historiography of Siam-Myanmar relations, one finds that Myanmar literature has been used profusely by native as well as foreign scholars, including Thai historians. For instance, parts of the Hmanan Yazawindawgyi (Glass Palace Chronicle) were translated by the Thai Prince Naradhip as Pra Ratcha Phongsawadan Bhama (The Burmese Chronicles) in 1913. Phra Phraison Salaruk (a.k.a. U Aung Thein) translated some sections involving Siam-Myanmar warfare from the Hmanan Yazawindawgyi into English, publishing some of his work in the Journal of the Siam Society (1908–1919).1 Similarly, in constructing Thai history, Prince Damrong, a highly respected historian, consulted the Hmanan Yazawindawgyi while compiling his influential book Thai Rop Phama (Our wars with the Burmese). Major-General Chanya Prachitromrau wrote a six volume semi-popular history mainly concerned with warfare between the two countries.2 With regard to recent developments in","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"31 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48328089","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":"Educating Monks: Minority Buddhism on China's Southwest Border by Thomas Borchert (review)","authors":"Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière","doi":"10.1353/jbs.2018.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2018.0004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"153 - 157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80776441","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":"The Thiri Rama: Finding Ramayana in Myanmar ed. by Dawn F. Rooney (review)","authors":"Alexandra Green","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"157 - 159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46468841","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}
B. Hudson, Pamela Gutman, W. Maung, S. Myint, Ryan Hartley, Hugh C. MacDougall, Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, Alexandra Green, Siew Han Yeo, Y. Hayami, D. Adikari, J. M. Ferguson, Catherine Raymond
This is a study of a collection of narrative bronzes retrieved from a cluster of ruins (see figure 1) at Yazagyo, in the Kabaw Valley, in a remote area of Northwestern Myanmar/Burma. The valley lies between the Upper Chindwin River and the hills which separate Burma from Manipur. Yazagyo is on a side road from the Myanmar-India Friendship Highway, 35 kilometres north of Kalaymyo. It was formerly protected by several kilometres of earth banks and moats, surmounted by a stockade. The bronzes come from a total of six ruined buildings, five of which have since been demolished. The Yazagyo collection (see figure 2) is kept at the Minkyaung (royal monastery). Figures in this distinctive style, generally posed on rectangular open-frame bases and representing events in Buddha’s life, are a near-ubiquitous feature of reliquary deposits of the 1752–1885 Konbaung Period.1 The ruins also yielded oval silver boxes filled with small fragments of an uncertain substance which are now preserved in
{"title":"Buddha's life in Konbaung period bronzes from Yazagyo","authors":"B. Hudson, Pamela Gutman, W. Maung, S. Myint, Ryan Hartley, Hugh C. MacDougall, Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, Alexandra Green, Siew Han Yeo, Y. Hayami, D. Adikari, J. M. Ferguson, Catherine Raymond","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0000","url":null,"abstract":"This is a study of a collection of narrative bronzes retrieved from a cluster of ruins (see figure 1) at Yazagyo, in the Kabaw Valley, in a remote area of Northwestern Myanmar/Burma. The valley lies between the Upper Chindwin River and the hills which separate Burma from Manipur. Yazagyo is on a side road from the Myanmar-India Friendship Highway, 35 kilometres north of Kalaymyo. It was formerly protected by several kilometres of earth banks and moats, surmounted by a stockade. The bronzes come from a total of six ruined buildings, five of which have since been demolished. The Yazagyo collection (see figure 2) is kept at the Minkyaung (royal monastery). Figures in this distinctive style, generally posed on rectangular open-frame bases and representing events in Buddha’s life, are a near-ubiquitous feature of reliquary deposits of the 1752–1885 Konbaung Period.1 The ruins also yielded oval silver boxes filled with small fragments of an uncertain substance which are now preserved in","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"- - 1 - 120 - 121 - 152 - 153 - 157 - 157 - 159 - 160 - 164 - 164 - 167 - 167 - 169 - 30 - 31 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46565283","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":"Ethnic and Religious Identities and Integration in Southeast Asia ed. by Ooi Keat Gin and Volker Grabowsky (review)","authors":"Y. Hayami","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"164 - 167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41354163","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":"Japan's Early Twentieth Century Entry into Burma and British Perceptions (and Misperceptions) of the Friend that Became a Foe, 1903–1943: A Case Study in the Global Blindspot","authors":"Ryan Hartley","doi":"10.1353/JBS.2018.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JBS.2018.0002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53638,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Burma Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"120 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/JBS.2018.0002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45473760","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}
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