Author Meets Critics for Mike Dwyer's Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush
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Date: 3/27/2023
Time: 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Spruce, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Mezzanine Level
Type: Panel,
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Sponsor Group(s):
Asian Geography Specialty Group, Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, Development Geographies Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
D. Asher Ghertner Rutgers University
Chair(s):
D. Asher Ghertner Rutgers University
Description:
This Author Meets Critics session discusses Mike Dwyer's new book, Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush (University of Washington Press, 2022). Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, Upland Geopolitics uses the case of Chinese agribusiness investment in northern Laos to study the unbalanced geography of the new global land rush. Connecting the current rubber plantation boom to a longer trajectory of foreign intervention in the region, Upland Geopolitics reveals how legacies of Cold War conflict continue to pave the way for transnational enclosure in a socially uneven landscape. The four panelists – Hilary Faxon, Asher Ghertner, Meghan Ybarra, Wendy Wolford – will reflect on the book's contributions, before the author will respond.
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Non-Presenting Participants
| Role | Participant |
| Introduction | D. Asher Ghertner |
| Panelist | Meghan Ybarra University of Washington, Seattle |
| Panelist | Hilary Faxon University of Copenhagen |
| Panelist | Wendy Wolford Cornell University |
| Panelist | Kiran Asher University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Panelist | Michael Dwyer Indiana University |
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Author Meets Critics for Mike Dwyer's Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush
Description
Type: Panel,
Date: 3/27/2023
Time: 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Spruce, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Mezzanine Level
Contact the Primary Organizer
D. Asher Ghertner Rutgers University
a.ghertner@rutgers.edu
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