Su‐ann Oh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4518378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Su‐ann Oh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Su‐ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Oh |
| SIGNATURE | OH S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Karen Education and Boundary-Making at the Thai-Burmese Borderland
This article argues that schooling and education are boundary-making devices in the volatile borderland straddling Burma and Thailand. We show that the development of Karen education was one of the ways in which the Karen National Union (KNU) erected ideological, symbolic and cultural boundaries to keep this borderland separate from the Burmese and Thai states. We draw attention to the conflict in what is considered valued knowledge, the recognit…
Learning, Migration and Intergenerational Relations
Burmese Lives
Identity and Inclusion
The role of schooling and formal education in refugee populations cannot be separated from the wider political environment—within refugee communities, the host state, the state of origin and the international refugee regime. This is because formal education is often used as a means of identity formation. In the refugee camps in Thailand, the reproduction and transmission of Karen identity in schools is bound up with Skaw Karen language, Karen his…
Photofriend
The political, social and economic context that circumscribes refugees' lives in T hailand has created the need for research that serves the programmatic demands of nongovernmental organisations and multilateral organisations providing services to children in camps along the border. Thus, research has focused on health indicators and schooling, rather than children's everyday lives. As a result, there are few studies that document their lives as …
Rice, Slippers, Bananas and Caneball
This article provides an account of internal displacement and forced migration from the viewpoint of children living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Using photographs they created and narratives they related, the children represented concepts of structural violence, poverty, food security, school, peer relationships and play and articulated how these were woven into their lived experience. The study reveals how the children constantly make sense o…
Private foundations, philanthropy, and partnership in education and development
Education, Diversity, and Inclusion in Burmese Refugee Camps in Thailand
Education, Diversity, and Inclusion in Burmese Refugee Camps in Thailand
Private foundations, philanthropy, and partnership in education and development
Photofriend
The political, social and economic context that circumscribes refugees' lives in T hailand has created the need for research that serves the programmatic demands of nongovernmental organisations and multilateral organisations providing services to children in camps along the border. Thus, research has focused on health indicators and schooling, rather than children's everyday lives. As a result, there are few studies that document their lives as …
Karen Education and Boundary-Making at the Thai-Burmese Borderland
This article argues that schooling and education are boundary-making devices in the volatile borderland straddling Burma and Thailand. We show that the development of Karen education was one of the ways in which the Karen National Union (KNU) erected ideological, symbolic and cultural boundaries to keep this borderland separate from the Burmese and Thai states. We draw attention to the conflict in what is considered valued knowledge, the recognit…
Rice, Slippers, Bananas and Caneball
This article provides an account of internal displacement and forced migration from the viewpoint of children living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Using photographs they created and narratives they related, the children represented concepts of structural violence, poverty, food security, school, peer relationships and play and articulated how these were woven into their lived experience. The study reveals how the children constantly make sense o…
Learning, Migration and Intergenerational Relations
Burmese Lives
Education, Diversity, and Inclusion in Burmese Refugee Camps in Thailand
Private foundations, philanthropy, and partnership in education and development
Rice, Slippers, Bananas and Caneball
This article provides an account of internal displacement and forced migration from the viewpoint of children living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Using photographs they created and narratives they related, the children represented concepts of structural violence, poverty, food security, school, peer relationships and play and articulated how these were woven into their lived experience. The study reveals how the children constantly make sense o…
Identity and Inclusion
The role of schooling and formal education in refugee populations cannot be separated from the wider political environment—within refugee communities, the host state, the state of origin and the international refugee regime. This is because formal education is often used as a means of identity formation. In the refugee camps in Thailand, the reproduction and transmission of Karen identity in schools is bound up with Skaw Karen language, Karen his…
Photofriend
The political, social and economic context that circumscribes refugees' lives in T hailand has created the need for research that serves the programmatic demands of nongovernmental organisations and multilateral organisations providing services to children in camps along the border. Thus, research has focused on health indicators and schooling, rather than children's everyday lives. As a result, there are few studies that document their lives as …
Burmese Lives
Learning, Migration and Intergenerational Relations
Karen Education and Boundary-Making at the Thai-Burmese Borderland
This article argues that schooling and education are boundary-making devices in the volatile borderland straddling Burma and Thailand. We show that the development of Karen education was one of the ways in which the Karen National Union (KNU) erected ideological, symbolic and cultural boundaries to keep this borderland separate from the Burmese and Thai states. We draw attention to the conflict in what is considered valued knowledge, the recognit…
Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Burmese (3 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)