Dr Justine Chambers
@drjustinec
Postdoctoral Researcher, anthropologist, at @diisdk exploring revolutionary politics, conflict & climate change in Myanmar. Author of ‘Pursuing Morality’ (2024)
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#NewBook: Dr Justine Chambers's "Pursuing Morality" is a fascinating study of ordinary life in Myanmar through a unique focus on Buddhist Plong (Pwo) Karen, and the first ethnographic study of #Myanmar to add to the “moral turn” body of anthropology. Get a copy: buff.ly/3AaqhXm
Delighted to share this podcast conversation w/ Patrick Jory from the New Books Network 📚 discussing my new book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar. For anyone interested in the lives of Karen Buddhists in SE Myanmar see newbooksnetwork.com/pursuing-moral…
Thanks for the shout out UK-South Asia Network ☺️
Super pleased that our special issue w/ the Journal of Contemporary Asia, on ‘Revolution and Solidarity in Myanmar,’ is now online: tandfonline.com/toc/rjoc20/54/5 Five of the ten articles, including the introduction, are open access. Contact the authors for copies of the other papers☺️
I will be holding a book launch for Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and Everyday Ethics in Southeastern Myanmar in Copenhagen at DIIS Denmark on 26 September. The event will be livestreamed w/ Ardeth Thawnghmung and Mikael Gravers joining as discussants 😊 diis.dk/en/event/pursu…
Interested in Myanmar? Do not miss out on this book launch 26 sept DIIS Denmark with Dr Justine Chambers: Pursuing morality in a violent militarised state: the case of Myanmar. Sign up: diis.dk/en/event/pursu…
Recent Pubs, 9 Sept 2024 burmastudiesgroup.com/2024/09/08/rec… features Dr Justine Chambers's book on everyday ethics in Karen state; Mitra and Şahin-Mencütek on Rohingya refugees' in/visibility in India; and Jefferson et al on the gendered dimensions of imprisonment in Myanmar.