Seminar Series "Inimkond/Humankind" Presents Karin Dean
04/10/2013 - 15:00 - 15:00
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Karin Dean, PhD, will deliver a paper entitled "From Social to
Socio-technical Networks Under Repressive Regimes (Myanmar)". It is one in
a series of seminars "Inimkond/Humankind – Current Issues in Anthropology
and Beyond" which are held every fortnight. This seminar will be held in
auditorium N315 (Tallinn University Nova building) on Wednesday, 10 April
from 18:00-20:00. Abstract:The general purpose of the presentation is to
advance knowledge of the spatiality of contemporary political movements.
Power relations between a political movement as a non-state actor and the
state are focused on in an era when the spread of information and
communication technology are predominantly seen as undermining state power.
However, what happens in digital space is deeply implicated by the
cultures, material practices and imaginaries held by the producers of the
internet news, blogs and images, and their capabilities built over time.
Under discussion is an armed political resistance movement whose
possibilities are amplified by the use of digital technologies in the
battlefield while confronting the government that is still fixated in the
20th century ideas of territorial sovereignty and military power.Karin Dean
is a political geographer with interest in Southeast Asia, especially
Thailand and Myanmar. She works as a senior researcher at the Tallinn
University Estonian Institute of Humanities and has published on conflict,
boundaries and ethnicity in Southeast Asia. Currently, Karin Dean is
heading the creation of a joint Asia Studies module among Estonian
universities, and she is the principal investigator in an international
research project on Integration in Southeast Asia.The series of seminars
"Inimkond/Humankind - Current Issues in Anthropology and Beyond" features
speakers from anthropology and related fields, and fosters discussion of
their research with an interdisciplinary audience. It aims to contribute to
the culture of academic scholarship and debate at Tallinn University.
Speakers include local researchers as well as guests from a variety of
background disciplines including those with different interpretations of
anthropological theory and methodology. Presentations in the seminar series
will be of particular interest to staff and students in anthropology,
cultural theory, sociology, and history.For further information about the
seminar series, please contact:Franz KrauseE-mail: franz.krause@tlu.ee
Socio-technical Networks Under Repressive Regimes (Myanmar)". It is one in
a series of seminars "Inimkond/Humankind – Current Issues in Anthropology
and Beyond" which are held every fortnight. This seminar will be held in
auditorium N315 (Tallinn University Nova building) on Wednesday, 10 April
from 18:00-20:00. Abstract:The general purpose of the presentation is to
advance knowledge of the spatiality of contemporary political movements.
Power relations between a political movement as a non-state actor and the
state are focused on in an era when the spread of information and
communication technology are predominantly seen as undermining state power.
However, what happens in digital space is deeply implicated by the
cultures, material practices and imaginaries held by the producers of the
internet news, blogs and images, and their capabilities built over time.
Under discussion is an armed political resistance movement whose
possibilities are amplified by the use of digital technologies in the
battlefield while confronting the government that is still fixated in the
20th century ideas of territorial sovereignty and military power.Karin Dean
is a political geographer with interest in Southeast Asia, especially
Thailand and Myanmar. She works as a senior researcher at the Tallinn
University Estonian Institute of Humanities and has published on conflict,
boundaries and ethnicity in Southeast Asia. Currently, Karin Dean is
heading the creation of a joint Asia Studies module among Estonian
universities, and she is the principal investigator in an international
research project on Integration in Southeast Asia.The series of seminars
"Inimkond/Humankind - Current Issues in Anthropology and Beyond" features
speakers from anthropology and related fields, and fosters discussion of
their research with an interdisciplinary audience. It aims to contribute to
the culture of academic scholarship and debate at Tallinn University.
Speakers include local researchers as well as guests from a variety of
background disciplines including those with different interpretations of
anthropological theory and methodology. Presentations in the seminar series
will be of particular interest to staff and students in anthropology,
cultural theory, sociology, and history.For further information about the
seminar series, please contact:Franz KrauseE-mail: franz.krause@tlu.ee