Rethinking Land and Property in a “Transitioning” Myanmar: Representations of Isolation, Neglect, and Natural Decline
Rethinking Land and Property in a “Transitioning” Myanmar: Representations of Isolation, Neglect, and Natural Decline
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重新思考“转型期”缅甸的土地和财产：孤立、忽视和自然衰退的表现
DOI：
10.1353/jbs.2018.0011
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
C. Wittekind
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作者：
Elizabeth L. Rhoads;C. Wittekind
翻译后摘要：在这篇文章中，我们评估的“进步”的想法在缅甸/缅甸研究的演变，询问是否变化的条件可能会提供重新考虑有关国家的叙述。我们对记者、政策分析人士和学者的工作中反复出现的两个比喻提出质疑：所谓的无差别的“孤立”历史，以及缅甸在看似“自然”衰落之后的状态。这样的语言反映了在缅甸当前的转型中没有说出口的假设。我们考虑了仰光殖民地建筑的描述，询问这座城市在殖民时代之后的衰落可能会告诉我们缅甸/缅甸研究中的假设。这种回避象征着文学作品中的一个常见比喻，即孤立的历史叙述取代了对互动的更动态的叙述，特别是在土地和财产方面。借鉴在仰光和掸邦的工作，我们质疑与解释历史的困难有关的常见描述冲动--包括依赖于一个被分成毫无疑问的时期的传统时间轴，以及反复提到“孤立”、“国有化”或“习惯保有权”，作为对这些时期存在的关系的掩饰。我们要问的是，那些分析缅甸的人如何才能超越这种冲动，认识到越来越多的人进入这个国家，为简单化的叙述提供了麻烦的机会，突出了他们的政治和知识风险。
Abstract:In this article, we assess ideas of “progress” in the evolution of Burma/Myanmar studies, asking whether shifting conditions might offer openings to reconsider narratives about the country. We question two recurring tropes consistent across the work of journalists, policy analysts and scholars: an alleged history of undifferentiated “isolation,” and the ensuing state of Burma/Myanmar following a seemingly “natural” decline. Such language reflects assumptions that otherwise go unspoken in accounts of Myanmar’s current transition.We consider descriptions of Yangon’s colonial architecture, asking what depictions of the city as having languished following the colonial era might tell us about assumptions in Burma/Myanmar studies. Such depictions are emblematic of a common trope in the literature, whereby historical narratives of isolation replace more dynamic accounts of interaction, particularly in regard to land and property. Drawing on work in Yangon and Shan State, we question common descriptive impulses related to the difficulty of accounting for history— including dependency on a conventional timeline broken into unquestioned periods, and recurring references to “isolation,” “nationalization” or “customary tenure” as glosses for the relations present in such periods. We ask how those analyzing Myanmar might progress beyond such impulses, cognizant that increased access to the country offers opportunities to trouble simplistic narratives, highlighting their political and intellectual perils.
当代缅甸劳特利奇手册
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发表时间：
2017
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作者：
Meehan P
通讯作者：
Meehan P