Books Year : 2025

Calibrated Engagement: Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar

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For decades, the heartland of Myanmar has been configured as a pacified space under military surveillance. A closer look reveals how politics is enacted at distance with the state. Calibrated Engagement weaves together ethnography and history to chronicle the transformation of rural politics in Anya, the dry lands of central Myanmar. The book presents situations as varied as local elections, inheritance transmissions, land conflicts and ceremonies, to show that politics is about how people calibrate the way they engage with each other.
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hal-04752977 , version 1 (25-10-2024)

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Stéphen Huard. Calibrated Engagement: Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar. Berghahn Books, 2025, Asian Anthropologies, 978-1-80539-679-6. ⟨10.3167/9781805396772⟩. ⟨hal-04752977⟩
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