Merging Nature and Nation: Transdisciplinary Ethnography of the Kachin National Movement and Chinese Natural-Resource Economy
Project/Area Number |
22K20072
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
Principal Investigator |
KIIK LAUR 東京大学, 東京カレッジ, 特任研究員 (00964149)
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Project Period (FY) |
2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
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Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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Keywords | Kachin / Burma / Myanmar / China / natural resources / nationalism |
Outline of Research at the Start |
This ethnographic research project asks: How have Kachin struggles for building nation become so entangled with Chinese projects for using local nature? How to write ethnographically about struggles over nature and struggles over nation, without reducing one side to the other?
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Main achievements:
1) Did two several-week-long ethnographic fieldwork sessions. These helped me learn about the changes in Kachin society, environmental issues, and the broader region during and after COVID and Burma's military-political crisis; 2) Began the transcription/translation of field interview recordings; 3) Wrote and submitted two manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals; 4) Gave talks and participated in four research workshops/conferences, gave a keynote talk at one international workshop, and co-organized one research workshop, on such topics as hydro-politics, violence, and grassroots environmentalism.
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Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Research has been progressing well, thanks to a supportive working environment.
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Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I plan to continue the research largely according to the original project plan. Work for the next year will include more fieldwork, analysing existing interviews and fieldnotes, participating in 1-2 upcoming conferences/workshops, and writing manuscripts.
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Report
(1 results)
Research Products
(5 results)