Mandy Sadan
Biographic Data
| ID | 468171 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mandy Sadan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mandy |
| FAMILY NAME | Sadan |
| SIGNATURE | SADAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-8728-7587 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 120 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Critical minerals and rare earth elements in a planetary just transition: An interdisciplinary perspective
Introduces the special issue ‘Governing the supply of rare earths and other ‘critical’ minerals for a planetary just transition’. • Explore core dilemmas and barriers around critical minerals in a planetary just transition. • Adopts an interdisciplinary lens to build towards more integrated critical minerals governance. While vital for the development of ‘clean’ energy technologies, the extraction and processing of critical minerals and rare eart…
The Myanmar borderlands as a green energy transition ‘sacrifice zone: A case study of rare earth mining in Kachin state
Rare earth elements (REEs) are integral to global green energy initiatives. • Myanmar's conflict-affected borderlands have become a major source of REEs. • The extraction of REEs is driving social and environmental harms in Myanmar. • Greater focus is needed on who and where bears the costs of the energy transition. • The just transition must prioritise the experiences of those in sacrifice zones. This article examines the challenges of achieving…
Rare Earth Elements, Global Inequalities, and the ‘Just Transition’
About Just
Young people’s everyday pathways into drug harms in Shan State, Myanmar
In recent decades, youth drug use has become a cause of increasing concern across Asia and has inspired hardening drug control measures. However, consistently missing from drug narratives is a deeper engagement with young people themselves on why they use drugs and an understanding of the social, political, economic and cultural forces that shape their interactions with drugs. By engaging with the lived experiences of young people in the Myanmar …
Researching Life Stories of the Myanmar-China Jadeite Trade
Jadeite is one of the most valuable gemstones in the world, yet its value is created largely by its importance within the cultural region of eastern Asia, particularly in China. The most valuable form is mined outside this zone, in northern Myanmar, in what is identified as South East Asia. As the stone moves across borders and into different cultural and linguistic landscapes, its meanings shift. What can storytelling expressed through the life …
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar, part three: Legal pluralism & the challenge of everyday justice
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar, part one: Origins & reactions
The role of artisanal mining in the sustainable development of Myanmar’s jadeite industry
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in northern Myanmar, part two: Deep culture & cultural psychology
Why Decolonising Area Studies is Not Enough: A Case Study of the Complex Legacies of Colonial Knowledge-Making in the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands
Decolonisation has become an important agenda both within academic institutions as well as within wider society in recent years. Yet the term is infrequently sufficiently critiqued or deconstructed to identify precisely what ‘the colonial’ refers to in specific academic contexts and therefore what the process of decolonisation should entail. It remains a relatively over-simplified agenda that easily becomes strategic rather than transformative of…
Borderlands
This chapter discusses China&s;s interest in feeding its energy requirements partly from the Bay of Bengal has contributed to producing a heightened military-economic approach to managing &s;border development&s; in contemporary Myanmar. It focuses on &s;borderlands&s; issues of economic imbalance, constraint and opportunity, which also arises from a long process of historical interaction with different regimes at &s;the centre&s;. Myanmar&s;s mo…
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994–2011
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, SOJOURN is publishing not only the regular March issue but also a special supplementary issue highlighting the journal’s contribution to the study of Southeast Asia during the past three decades
Respected Grandfather, Bless This Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral Bo Bo Gyi
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
Can Democracy Cure Myanmar's Ethnic Conflicts
Burmese politicians of all persuasions ... seem to be equally bereft of inspiration for negotiating a path to a peaceful and inclusive state in which the hopes and aspirations of non-Burman and non-Buddhist communities would be protected
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011. Edited by Mandy Sadan. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2016. Softcover: 517pp. This collection of essays on the historical precedents, anthropology, political economy and prospects of conflict and peace in Kachin State, Northern Myanmar makes an outstanding contribution to the literature. It should be regarded as essential reading on these issues, together with the editor, Mand…
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
Since independence in 1948, Burma has suffered from many internal conflicts. One of the longest of these has been in the Kachin State, in the north of the country where Burma has borders with India to the west and China to the east. This book explores the origins of the armed movement that started in 1961 and considers why it has continued for so long. The book places the problems that have led to hostilities between the political heartland of Bu…
Ongoing Conflict in the Kachin State
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
The Historical Visual Economy of Photography in Burma
This paper presents an outline of the development of photography in Burma from the early colonial period to the end of the 1980s. It explores the relationship between early studios and the training of Burma-born photographers, the expansion of the photographic economy in the 1950s, and the challenges created by nationalisation after 1963. Using extensive interviews with local photographers and archival materials, it explores innovations around ph…
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
Since independence in 1948, Burma has suffered from many internal conflicts. One of the longest of these has been in the Kachin State, in the north of the country where Burma has borders with India to the west and China to the east. This book explores the origins of the armed movement that started in 1961 and considers why it has continued for so long. The book places the problems that have led to hostilities between the political heartland of Bu…
Ethnic Armies and Ethnic Conflict in Burma: Reconsidering the History of Colonial Militarization in the Kachin Region of Burma During the Second World War
This paper considers the recruitment of volunteer levies into British forces in northern Burma during the Second World War. Using data compiled by a local veterans' association, the paper raises questions about the supposed historical continuities that are believed to exist across military forces of the pre- and post-war periods. The data indicate that prevailing assumptions about the motivations and aspirations of local recruits should be challe…
Challenging the Limits: Indigenous Peoples of the Mekong Region
Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political Systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach
Co-éditeurs scientifiques: François Robinne et Mandy Sadan
Translating Gumlau: History, the ‘Kachin’ and Edmund Leach
When Edmund Leach published Political Systems of Highland Burma in 1954, the rupture in the case of ‘Kachin’ ethnography became irrefutable. This work significantly transformed the textual domain of the category ‘Kachin’ and set it on a new trajectory as a globalised ethnographic term. When Leach catapulted the term into an academic Other-world, however, ‘Kachin’ became an anthropological trope in the sense that it became the centre of a discours…
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011. Edited by Mandy Sadan. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2016. Softcover: 517pp. This collection of essays on the historical precedents, anthropology, political economy and prospects of conflict and peace in Kachin State, Northern Myanmar makes an outstanding contribution to the literature. It should be regarded as essential reading on these issues, together with the editor, Mand…
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar, part one: Origins & reactions
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
Since independence in 1948, Burma has suffered from many internal conflicts. One of the longest of these has been in the Kachin State, in the north of the country where Burma has borders with India to the west and China to the east. This book explores the origins of the armed movement that started in 1961 and considers why it has continued for so long. The book places the problems that have led to hostilities between the political heartland of Bu…
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994–2011
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, SOJOURN is publishing not only the regular March issue but also a special supplementary issue highlighting the journal’s contribution to the study of Southeast Asia during the past three decades
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in northern Myanmar, part two: Deep culture & cultural psychology
The Myanmar borderlands as a green energy transition ‘sacrifice zone: A case study of rare earth mining in Kachin state
Rare earth elements (REEs) are integral to global green energy initiatives. • Myanmar's conflict-affected borderlands have become a major source of REEs. • The extraction of REEs is driving social and environmental harms in Myanmar. • Greater focus is needed on who and where bears the costs of the energy transition. • The just transition must prioritise the experiences of those in sacrifice zones. This article examines the challenges of achieving…
The role of artisanal mining in the sustainable development of Myanmar’s jadeite industry
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
Critical minerals and rare earth elements in a planetary just transition: An interdisciplinary perspective
Introduces the special issue ‘Governing the supply of rare earths and other ‘critical’ minerals for a planetary just transition’. • Explore core dilemmas and barriers around critical minerals in a planetary just transition. • Adopts an interdisciplinary lens to build towards more integrated critical minerals governance. While vital for the development of ‘clean’ energy technologies, the extraction and processing of critical minerals and rare eart…
Young people’s everyday pathways into drug harms in Shan State, Myanmar
In recent decades, youth drug use has become a cause of increasing concern across Asia and has inspired hardening drug control measures. However, consistently missing from drug narratives is a deeper engagement with young people themselves on why they use drugs and an understanding of the social, political, economic and cultural forces that shape their interactions with drugs. By engaging with the lived experiences of young people in the Myanmar …
Ongoing Conflict in the Kachin State
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
The Historical Visual Economy of Photography in Burma
This paper presents an outline of the development of photography in Burma from the early colonial period to the end of the 1980s. It explores the relationship between early studios and the training of Burma-born photographers, the expansion of the photographic economy in the 1950s, and the challenges created by nationalisation after 1963. Using extensive interviews with local photographers and archival materials, it explores innovations around ph…
Ethnic Armies and Ethnic Conflict in Burma: Reconsidering the History of Colonial Militarization in the Kachin Region of Burma During the Second World War
This paper considers the recruitment of volunteer levies into British forces in northern Burma during the Second World War. Using data compiled by a local veterans' association, the paper raises questions about the supposed historical continuities that are believed to exist across military forces of the pre- and post-war periods. The data indicate that prevailing assumptions about the motivations and aspirations of local recruits should be challe…
Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political Systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach
Co-éditeurs scientifiques: François Robinne et Mandy Sadan
Translating Gumlau: History, the ‘Kachin’ and Edmund Leach
When Edmund Leach published Political Systems of Highland Burma in 1954, the rupture in the case of ‘Kachin’ ethnography became irrefutable. This work significantly transformed the textual domain of the category ‘Kachin’ and set it on a new trajectory as a globalised ethnographic term. When Leach catapulted the term into an academic Other-world, however, ‘Kachin’ became an anthropological trope in the sense that it became the centre of a discours…
Postscript: Reconsidering the dynamics of ethnicity through Foucault’s concept of ‘spaces of dispersion’
International audience
Social dynamics in the highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political systems of Highland Burma by E.R. Leach
Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia: Reconsidering Political Systems of Highland Burma by E. R. Leach
Historical Photography in Kachin State: An Update on the Impact of the James Henry Green Collection of Photographs
This paper presents part of a still ongoing study of the impact of a published work based on the photographic collections of Colonel James Henry Green, Burma Frontier Photographs 1918–1935, on contemporary notions of history and societal change in Kachin communities in Burma. It explores the introduction and early reception in contemporary urban communities in Burma of this collection of photographic images taken by a British colonial officer. Tr…
Challenging the Limits: Indigenous Peoples of the Mekong Region
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
Since independence in 1948, Burma has suffered from many internal conflicts. One of the longest of these has been in the Kachin State, in the north of the country where Burma has borders with India to the west and China to the east. This book explores the origins of the armed movement that started in 1961 and considers why it has continued for so long. The book places the problems that have led to hostilities between the political heartland of Bu…
Ethnic Armies and Ethnic Conflict in Burma: Reconsidering the History of Colonial Militarization in the Kachin Region of Burma During the Second World War
This paper considers the recruitment of volunteer levies into British forces in northern Burma during the Second World War. Using data compiled by a local veterans' association, the paper raises questions about the supposed historical continuities that are believed to exist across military forces of the pre- and post-war periods. The data indicate that prevailing assumptions about the motivations and aspirations of local recruits should be challe…
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
The Historical Visual Economy of Photography in Burma
This paper presents an outline of the development of photography in Burma from the early colonial period to the end of the 1980s. It explores the relationship between early studios and the training of Burma-born photographers, the expansion of the photographic economy in the 1950s, and the challenges created by nationalisation after 1963. Using extensive interviews with local photographers and archival materials, it explores innovations around ph…
Being and Becoming Kachin: Histories Beyond the State in the Borderworlds of Burma
Since independence in 1948, Burma has suffered from many internal conflicts. One of the longest of these has been in the Kachin State, in the north of the country where Burma has borders with India to the west and China to the east. This book explores the origins of the armed movement that started in 1961 and considers why it has continued for so long. The book places the problems that have led to hostilities between the political heartland of Bu…
Ongoing Conflict in the Kachin State
Southeast Asian Affairs is the only one of its kind: a comprehensive annual review devoted to the international relations, politics, and economies of the region and its nation-states. The collected volumes of Southeast Asian Affairs have become a compendium documenting the dynamic evolution of regional and national developments in Southeast Asia from the end of the 'second' Vietnam War to the alarms and struggles of today. Over the years, the edi…
Can Democracy Cure Myanmar's Ethnic Conflicts
Burmese politicians of all persuasions ... seem to be equally bereft of inspiration for negotiating a path to a peaceful and inclusive state in which the hopes and aspirations of non-Burman and non-Buddhist communities would be protected
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011. Edited by Mandy Sadan. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2016. Softcover: 517pp. This collection of essays on the historical precedents, anthropology, political economy and prospects of conflict and peace in Kachin State, Northern Myanmar makes an outstanding contribution to the literature. It should be regarded as essential reading on these issues, together with the editor, Mand…
Respected Grandfather, Bless This Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral Bo Bo Gyi
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
Borderlands
This chapter discusses China&s;s interest in feeding its energy requirements partly from the Bay of Bengal has contributed to producing a heightened military-economic approach to managing &s;border development&s; in contemporary Myanmar. It focuses on &s;borderlands&s; issues of economic imbalance, constraint and opportunity, which also arises from a long process of historical interaction with different regimes at &s;the centre&s;. Myanmar&s;s mo…
War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar: The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994–2011
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, SOJOURN is publishing not only the regular March issue but also a special supplementary issue highlighting the journal’s contribution to the study of Southeast Asia during the past three decades
Why Decolonising Area Studies is Not Enough: A Case Study of the Complex Legacies of Colonial Knowledge-Making in the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands
Decolonisation has become an important agenda both within academic institutions as well as within wider society in recent years. Yet the term is infrequently sufficiently critiqued or deconstructed to identify precisely what ‘the colonial’ refers to in specific academic contexts and therefore what the process of decolonisation should entail. It remains a relatively over-simplified agenda that easily becomes strategic rather than transformative of…
Researching Life Stories of the Myanmar-China Jadeite Trade
Jadeite is one of the most valuable gemstones in the world, yet its value is created largely by its importance within the cultural region of eastern Asia, particularly in China. The most valuable form is mined outside this zone, in northern Myanmar, in what is identified as South East Asia. As the stone moves across borders and into different cultural and linguistic landscapes, its meanings shift. What can storytelling expressed through the life …
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar, part three: Legal pluralism & the challenge of everyday justice
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar, part one: Origins & reactions
The role of artisanal mining in the sustainable development of Myanmar’s jadeite industry
The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in northern Myanmar, part two: Deep culture & cultural psychology
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (23 works) · Political science (20 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (17 works) · Cambodian History and Society (15 works) · Geography (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works)