Tag: Southeast Asia
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Fronds of Knowledge and Decolonial Fern Relations in the Sikkim Himalayas
in EssaysViews of ferns are as abundant as the plants themselves. Drawing on Indigenous knowledge and a lifetime of close attention, Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia shows how ferns act as decolonial agents—and how they have long been shaped by the landscapes of empire.
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Imagining New Futures in West Papua’s Plantation Forestscape
in ReviewsJessica Richardson reviews Sophie Chao’s book IN THE SHADOW OF THE PALMS, with a focus on indigenous groups’ nuanced feelings and relations with plantation lifeworlds as well as their radical openness toward the future.
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The Hidden Histories of Mud Crabs and Oil Monsters in Singapore: A Panel Discussion
in PodcastsMatthew Schneider-Mayerson, Neo Xiaoyun, and Yogesh Tulsi discuss their contributions to the anthology Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene: Environmental Perspectives on Life in Singapore.
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To Build a New Capital City, Indonesia Must Design for Resilience
Indonesia plans to move its capital city from Jakarta to Borneo. Jeamme Chia, Gioia Montana Connell, and Dewi Tan argue that the new capital provides an opportunity address existing housing, water management, and land issues.
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Picturing the Plantation as a Site of Displacement
A photo essay by Christine Horn from her fieldwork in Sarawak, Borneo, shows how oil palm plantations rearrange and displace communities and landscapes.
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Surviving Carmageddon in Manila
in EssaysTo address the traffic crisis in the world’s fourth-largest city, officials seek to modernize urban transportation by phasing out the city’s iconic jeepney, a uniquely Filipino mode of transport repurposed from a bygone colonial era.
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Playing With Fire in Indonesia’s Peatlands
in EssaysIndonesia’s previously swampy forests have become unpredictable, fuel-rich fire traps.
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Coconuts: Catalysts of Conflict
in EssaysA peek into the past reveals how coconuts went from colonial cash crop to a means of resistance in Southeast Asia during the twentieth century.
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Resilience after Catastrophe? Five Reflections on “Apocalypse Then”
How do humans cope with disaster? Can ecologies recover after catastrophe? Five reflections on resilience in the aftermath of the Vietnam Wars.