A conversation with Nuam Hatzaw
A Rongmei Naga from Manipur, India & a Zomi from Chin State, Burma walks into a podcast episode in Edinburgh...
In today's episode, I chat with Nuam and we talk about what Zomi identity means for her, and in the world today, especially in light of contemporary realities such as international and transnational migration, diaspora communities, advances in communication & technologies... along with a brief detour into some current trends in Southeast Asian studies and tribal studies of NE India. We touched on what it was like to grow up as a Zomi in the UK, and also chatted about the experiences of ethnic solidarity on one hand, and cultural differences on the other.
Nuam is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. She has a BA in anthropology & development studies from SOAS, University of London and MA from the Uni of Edinburgh. Her research interests include World Christianity, postcolonial feminist theology. anthropology, nationalism studies, and development studies.
https://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/author/nhatzaw/
For more on zomia concept:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-battle-over-zomia/
Zomia: a term coined by historian Willem van Schendel in 2002, and expanded upon by James C. Scott in his recent book The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia.
Source: http://www.geocurrents.info/cultural-geography/where-is-zomia#ixzz6VgZPEdyC
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asian_Massif
Episode Music Credit:
A New Year by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8y9bdekz8g
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