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Panel: Cross-stressing in the Periphery – Historic Migratory Populations & Practices along the Myanmar-Thailand Border

March 6, 2021
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Sessions 19 & 25: Saturday, 6 March, 13.30-15.00 and 15.15-16.45 Convened by Thanyarat Apiwong, Department of History, Chiang Mai University and Thomas Bruce, Thammasat University The papers of this panel examine the histories of transnational communities in Myanmar and Thailand as places of crossroads activity and sites of cross-cultural interaction. They examine different communities that have negotiated cultural enclaves and bring to the fore aspects of their cultural repertoire to suit the occasion. The papers reflect the mixture of stability, plurality, and flexibility of various communities in key areas, namely local production, trade, and consumption, including Chinese migrant involvement, varieties...

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ICBMS3 Film Program

March 4, 2021
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https://youtu.be/tFpuF1lgNyQ With the generous assistance of Lancang-Mekong Vision's "From Our Eyes," ICBMS3 is very pleased to announce the addition of a short film screening + online talk with directors during the conference! FOE has provided access to three short films, the works of two documentary filmmakers in Burma and one from Thailand, all focused on different ethnic peoples of Myanmar living in vastly different situations and realities. “But…Life Goes on” (about 20 min) by Nang Mhwe Ngin Seng “But Life Goes on…” shows life under covid in Myanmar’s biggest city. In order to control the influence of the second wave of...

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Panel: Negotiating Bodies, Gender & Sexuality of Shan Migrant Workers in Thailand

March 4, 2021
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Session 6, Friday, 5 Mar 2021 from 15.15-16.30. Convened by Amporn Jirattikorn from Chiang Mai University's Department of Social Science and Development with discussant Erin Kamler, affiliated researcher with Chiang Mai University. The panel will investigate the relationship between migration and gender and sexuality, focusing on Shan people who've migrated to seek work in Thailand, as well as cross-border Shan involved in border area trade. Three case studies will be explored. One looks at how Shan female traders employ gendered strategies when encountering multiple multi-group ethnic conflicts. The second paper explores the context of sexual commodification where Shan male migrants...

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