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 |
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| Review Section |
0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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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 |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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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 |
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| 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 and ethnic issues, and the broader region during and after COVID and Burma's military-political crisis;
2) Finished the transcription/translation of field interview recordings;
3) Three manuscripts have been accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals; Prepared three more manuscripts to be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals;
4) Gave talks and participated in three research workshops/conferences; gave an invited talk at a departmental seminar.
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Research Products
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