Justine Chambers
@drjchambers.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher, anthropologist, at @diisdk exploring revolutionary politics, conflict & climate change in Myanmar. Author of ‘Pursuing Morality’ (2024)
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Powerful and urgent zine from @focussouth.bsky.social on #care and #resistance in #socialmovements. Available in multiple languages! Download the zine here:
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
“Care and Resistance” brings together five diverse movements — Abahlali baseMjondolo (South Africa), LILAK (Philippines), West Street Recovery (U.S.), MST (Brazil), and SPFT (Thailand) — to share how care is embedded at the core of their struggles.
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Powerful and urgent zine from @focussouth.bsky.social on #care and #resistance in #socialmovements. Available in multiple languages! Download the zine here:
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
Check out our podcast discussing our project and how ‘natural’ disasters and climate change are being weaponised by the military junta in Myanmar.
April 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Check out our podcast discussing our project and how ‘natural’ disasters and climate change are being weaponised by the military junta in Myanmar.
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Solidarity with all colleagues in the US, defending #anthropology !!!
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April 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Solidarity with all colleagues in the US, defending #anthropology !!!
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Powerful piece from J Hlaing articulating the harrowing mixture of fear and distress for members of the Burmese diaspora, as the earthquake unfolded in Myanmar
NEW: 'On Friday 28 March at 5:40pm in Australia, I received a Telegram message from my mother, back home in Yangon, in our family chat. She said “Hi”, and I responded back, “hello”. The next message was, “Big strong earthquake happening”.' www.newmandala.org/if-you-need-...
“If you need anything, let me know, naw” - New Mandala
We can channel grief into support for post-quake relief in Myanmar
www.newmandala.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Powerful piece from J Hlaing articulating the harrowing mixture of fear and distress for members of the Burmese diaspora, as the earthquake unfolded in Myanmar
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“The junta’s callous contempt for human life, even in the face of widespread earthquake devastation, underscores its unsuitability to oversee aid—and more importantly, its willingness to manipulate any humanitarian response,” the civil society groups stated.
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Myanmar civil society groups warn of weaponisation of aid as earthquake response intensifies
The groups say the regime must not be allowed to exploit overseas assistance or deny access to resistance-held areas hit by last Friday’s massive quake
myanmar-now.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“The junta’s callous contempt for human life, even in the face of widespread earthquake devastation, underscores its unsuitability to oversee aid—and more importantly, its willingness to manipulate any humanitarian response,” the civil society groups stated.
myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...
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As #Myanmar reels from a 7.7 earthquake, the junta continues airstrikes while calling for intl aid.
With its long history of weaponizing aid, agencies must ensure relief is not exploited by the junta & is channeled thru local responders. 🚨
Art by Lun Ye
progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/p...
With its long history of weaponizing aid, agencies must ensure relief is not exploited by the junta & is channeled thru local responders. 🚨
Art by Lun Ye
progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/p...
April 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
As #Myanmar reels from a 7.7 earthquake, the junta continues airstrikes while calling for intl aid.
With its long history of weaponizing aid, agencies must ensure relief is not exploited by the junta & is channeled thru local responders. 🚨
Art by Lun Ye
progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/p...
With its long history of weaponizing aid, agencies must ensure relief is not exploited by the junta & is channeled thru local responders. 🚨
Art by Lun Ye
progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/p...
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If you want to help victims of the earthquake in Myanmar, I recommend donating to smaller initiatives:
1. Better Burma (www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...)
2. Advance Myanmar (www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...)
3. My PhD student from Mandalay is collecting funds www.gofundme.com/f/donation-t...
1. Better Burma (www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...)
2. Advance Myanmar (www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...)
3. My PhD student from Mandalay is collecting funds www.gofundme.com/f/donation-t...
Donate to Help Survivors of Earthquake in Mandalay, organised by Ye Myint WIN
Hello, I am Nickey Diamond, originally from Mandalay, Myanmar, but now based in … Ye Myint WIN needs your support for Help Survivors of Earthquake in Mandalay
www.gofundme.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you want to help victims of the earthquake in Myanmar, I recommend donating to smaller initiatives:
1. Better Burma (www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...)
2. Advance Myanmar (www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...)
3. My PhD student from Mandalay is collecting funds www.gofundme.com/f/donation-t...
1. Better Burma (www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...)
2. Advance Myanmar (www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart...)
3. My PhD student from Mandalay is collecting funds www.gofundme.com/f/donation-t...
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Devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has claimed 1,000+ lives, with Mandalay among the hardest hit regions due to its closeness to the epicenter. USGS estimates the toll could be as high as 10,000. The quake-stricken areas have also suffered from the Myanmar military's aerial assaults.
March 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has claimed 1,000+ lives, with Mandalay among the hardest hit regions due to its closeness to the epicenter. USGS estimates the toll could be as high as 10,000. The quake-stricken areas have also suffered from the Myanmar military's aerial assaults.
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Disaster follows disaster amidst conflict and military rule in Myanmar. Misinformed international aid may try to bail out the SAC regime. If so, the 'disaster loop' will continue, with the people having to survive on their own through suffering, resistance and repression: www.tni.org/en/article/t...
The Disaster Loop | Transnational Institute
The massive earthquake of 7.7 magnitude which hit Myanmar yesterday is just the latest humanitarian disaster on top of humanitarian disaster to hit the country and its long-suffering peoples under one...
www.tni.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Disaster follows disaster amidst conflict and military rule in Myanmar. Misinformed international aid may try to bail out the SAC regime. If so, the 'disaster loop' will continue, with the people having to survive on their own through suffering, resistance and repression: www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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Yesterday @drjchambers.bsky.social talked at #UniMelb about her book on ethnic Karen Theravāda Buddhists pursuing moral lives in Hpa-an, touching (just a tad) on the complexities of drink. Rice beer and spirits are popular in Karen communities. Highly recommended! nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/pur...
March 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yesterday @drjchambers.bsky.social talked at #UniMelb about her book on ethnic Karen Theravāda Buddhists pursuing moral lives in Hpa-an, touching (just a tad) on the complexities of drink. Rice beer and spirits are popular in Karen communities. Highly recommended! nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/pur...
Julie Bishop’s credibility as U.N. special envoy to Myanmar is increasingly being undermined
“The fact that the companies Julie Bishop is linked to have a history of dirty deals with the Myanmar military makes her activities even more questionable"
Good bit of work from @justiceformyanmar.org uncovering some potential conflicts of interests of the UN's special envoy on Myanmar 😬
Good bit of work from @justiceformyanmar.org uncovering some potential conflicts of interests of the UN's special envoy on Myanmar 😬
UN should investigate conflicts of interest over UN Special Envoy on Myanmar’s business activities and links to China | Justice For Myanmar
UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop is engaged with businesses including Energy Transition Minerals (ETM), where she was recently appointed as a Strategic Advisor for a controversial uranium and ...
www.justiceformyanmar.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Julie Bishop’s credibility as U.N. special envoy to Myanmar is increasingly being undermined
Delighted to be visiting ANU
in March to celebrate the release of my book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar (NUS Press, 2024). For anyone in Canberra on 28 March, please do join me for this celebration.
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/book-p...
in March to celebrate the release of my book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar (NUS Press, 2024). For anyone in Canberra on 28 March, please do join me for this celebration.
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/book-p...
Book Party - Pursuing Morality | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
Book Party - Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar
bellschool.anu.edu.au
February 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Delighted to be visiting ANU
in March to celebrate the release of my book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar (NUS Press, 2024). For anyone in Canberra on 28 March, please do join me for this celebration.
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/book-p...
in March to celebrate the release of my book, Pursuing Morality: Buddhism and everyday ethics in Southeastern Myanmar (NUS Press, 2024). For anyone in Canberra on 28 March, please do join me for this celebration.
bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/book-p...
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"Resistance is... planting seeds and nurturing life in spaces that have been repeatedly devastated, because why else would you continue to grow life in a place if you had truly lost all hope?"
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Returning home: Resistance, resilience and reflections of Kawthoolei
Hsi reflects on Kawthoolei, her home that marks a deep cultural significance for her people, but is also ravaged by violence and loss.
stanforddaily.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Resistance is... planting seeds and nurturing life in spaces that have been repeatedly devastated, because why else would you continue to grow life in a place if you had truly lost all hope?"
stanforddaily.com/2025/01/31/r...
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Call for applications: 2025 #Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop held at York University forms.gle/T7HGV54dv68d...
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January 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Call for applications: 2025 #Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop held at York University forms.gle/T7HGV54dv68d...
New open access article out exploring the role of Buddhist religious leaders in southeast Myanmar, reinforcing state processes of state territorialisation into lands owned by ethnic minority populations
doi.org/10.22439/cja...
doi.org/10.22439/cja...
doi.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New open access article out exploring the role of Buddhist religious leaders in southeast Myanmar, reinforcing state processes of state territorialisation into lands owned by ethnic minority populations
doi.org/10.22439/cja...
doi.org/10.22439/cja...