Myanmar in multiple crisis

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 14.00-16.00
DIIS ∙ Danish Institute for International Studies
Gammel Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A
2100 Copenhagen

Since a military coup in February 2021, headlines about Myanmar often use the language of crisis to convey the devastation of the situation and to compel a response. In the context of ongoing violent campaigns of terror targeting civilian areas there is a “humanitarian crisis” and a growing “economic crisis”. However, for many people, the multiple crises facing the country, also hold revolutionary potential. Using the recently published volume ‘Myanmar in Crisis’ (ed. by J. Chambers and M. Dunford) as a launching point, this seminar helps to capture some of the dynamics of crisis affecting people in and from Myanmar, including from the perspective of vulnerable groups like displaced communities, prisoners and unofficial minorities. The speakers will also interrogate what it means to ‘live with crisis’, including a climate crisis and how this revolutionary conjuncture reproduces and extends itself.
 

Programme

14.00-14.15     Introduction and discussion of the book ‘Myanmar in Crisis’, Justine Chambers
14.15-14.30     Exploring crisis as context in Myanmar through prisoners’ experiences’, Tomas Martin
14.30-14.45     Living with climate change and conflict, Helene Maria Kyed
14.45-15.00     Derivative life: Scenes from a war to become human, Geoffrey Myint
15.00-15.15     Crisis temporalities and the trouble with pre-existing conditions in Myanmar’s revolution, Elizabeth Rhoads
15.15-16.00     Q&A

Practical information

The seminar will be held in English. Participation is free of charge but registration is required via our registration form.