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Development as Dispossession: Ethnic Exclusion and State Power in Laos
Abstract This paper examines how state-led development policies in Laos perpetuate ethnic exclusion and structural…
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“The Adventures of Form” – Event Report
On March 26th at The Boardroom of the Observatory, Professor Anna Tsing gave a talk…
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Progress, Preservation, and Transition to a Civilizing Mission: British Colonial Rule in South Asia from the late 18th-century to the mid-19th-Century
This paper is written by Siya Duggal, a Guest Author at SYNERGY. ABSTRACT This article…
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Book Talk: Joshua Barker’s “State of Fear: Policing a Postcolonial City”
On February 24th at The Boardroom of the Observatory, speakers Joshua Barker, Danilyn Rutherford and…
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Ways of Faith: Aurality and Voicing Christianity in China’s Ethnic Borderland
Ways of Faith: Aurality and Voicing Christianity in China’s Ethnic Borderland On February 28, 2025,…
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Clash of Titans: Rethinking the Sino-American Rivalry
Napoleon’s foresight that China’s awakening would “shake the world” has indeed materialized. Over the past…
