Nyi Maung
@nyimaung.bsky.social
PhD student at Department of Geography at the University of Bonn. Research topics: Climate Change Adaptation, Critical Agrarian Studies, Political Ecology
Bernstein has had such a huge influence on my thinking with all his might, especially in class-based analyses in agrarian political economy, that I find his arguments convincing enough to take all of his words extremely seriously.
An interview with Henry Bernstein. (1/8) The Journal of Peasant Studies
YouTube video by Agrarian Questions - Journal of Agrarian Change
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Bernstein has had such a huge influence on my thinking with all his might, especially in class-based analyses in agrarian political economy, that I find his arguments convincing enough to take all of his words extremely seriously.
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Calling for papers to our @adaptationhive.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social 2026 panel on Epistemic ruptures in climate governance: 'Reimagining justice, knowledge and authority'. The call for papers closes on 30 December. The conference is Hybrid and we are looking forward to exciting proposals!
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Calling for papers to our @adaptationhive.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social 2026 panel on Epistemic ruptures in climate governance: 'Reimagining justice, knowledge and authority'. The call for papers closes on 30 December. The conference is Hybrid and we are looking forward to exciting proposals!
Full article: The farm as digital factory: controlling labour and nature in digital agriculture
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The farm as digital factory: controlling labour and nature in digital agriculture
I develop the ‘digital factory farm' as a concept for understanding the shift from industrial to digital-industrial agriculture and its implications for managing and controlling agricultural labour...
www.tandfonline.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Full article: The farm as digital factory: controlling labour and nature in digital agriculture
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Nyi Maung
6 August 1931 | A Czech Jewish girl Eva Redischova was born in Prague. She was a daughter of Arnost & Elsa. On 12 September 1942 she was transferred to Theresienstadt Ghetto.
On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
She was 13 years old.
On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
She was 13 years old.
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
6 August 1931 | A Czech Jewish girl Eva Redischova was born in Prague. She was a daughter of Arnost & Elsa. On 12 September 1942 she was transferred to Theresienstadt Ghetto.
On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
She was 13 years old.
On 23 October 1944 Eva was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
She was 13 years old.
Reposted by Nyi Maung
The next generation of critical agrarian studies scholars are out of this world! Global debt circulations, gendered household cycles of exploitation, new genetic and finance complications, labor, nature, ya know. Great work on display here, equal to the darkness of the moment.
March 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The next generation of critical agrarian studies scholars are out of this world! Global debt circulations, gendered household cycles of exploitation, new genetic and finance complications, labor, nature, ya know. Great work on display here, equal to the darkness of the moment.
Reposted by Nyi Maung
New job:
Program in Agrarian Studies: Postdoctoral Associates 2025-26
Yale University
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.p...
Program in Agrarian Studies: Postdoctoral Associates 2025-26
Yale University
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.p...
www.h-net.org
October 3, 2024 at 5:42 PM
New job:
Program in Agrarian Studies: Postdoctoral Associates 2025-26
Yale University
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.p...
Program in Agrarian Studies: Postdoctoral Associates 2025-26
Yale University
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.p...
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN
To learn more about our rational and purposes, then please look at this page , or download this document. If would like to participate then the first step is to propose a panel, or some other contribu...
pollenpoliticalecology.network
May 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
Reposted by Nyi Maung
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Breaking News: At least 144 people are dead after an earthquake in Myanmar, the country’s military government said, and the toll is expected to rise. In neighboring Thailand, at least seven people were killed and dozens were missing.
7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Myanmar, With Shaking Felt in Bangkok: Live Updates
The 7.7.-magnitude quake shook a swath of Southeast Asia. In Bangkok, dozens were missing after a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed, killing at least three people.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking News: At least 144 people are dead after an earthquake in Myanmar, the country’s military government said, and the toll is expected to rise. In neighboring Thailand, at least seven people were killed and dozens were missing.
Finally, someone has spoken about the sadistic and barbaric acts committed against the civilians by the revolutionary forces (PDFs) in Myanmar. Several officials, doctors, teachers, and ordinary citizens have been killed at the hands of PDFs under the name “Spring Revolution”.
Myanmar in the Context of the Trump-Vance’s “Conservative Crusade”
The new administration of the recently elected US President Donald Trump is breaking taboos and stereotypes almost every day.
moderndiplomacy.eu
March 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Finally, someone has spoken about the sadistic and barbaric acts committed against the civilians by the revolutionary forces (PDFs) in Myanmar. Several officials, doctors, teachers, and ordinary citizens have been killed at the hands of PDFs under the name “Spring Revolution”.
From the start, I never believed an armed revolution would bring anything but destruction. For 70 years, generation after generation has been led to death.I kept saying to abandon wars to focus on the economy and education, but war-hungry groups have torn the country apart. There is no fixing it now
February 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
From the start, I never believed an armed revolution would bring anything but destruction. For 70 years, generation after generation has been led to death.I kept saying to abandon wars to focus on the economy and education, but war-hungry groups have torn the country apart. There is no fixing it now
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gz4...
It’s really heartbreaking to see my country torn apart by a so-called armed revolution, which has ultimately turned into a totalitarian police state, wrought with barbaric acts and oppressive regimes
It’s really heartbreaking to see my country torn apart by a so-called armed revolution, which has ultimately turned into a totalitarian police state, wrought with barbaric acts and oppressive regimes
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gz4...
It’s really heartbreaking to see my country torn apart by a so-called armed revolution, which has ultimately turned into a totalitarian police state, wrought with barbaric acts and oppressive regimes
It’s really heartbreaking to see my country torn apart by a so-called armed revolution, which has ultimately turned into a totalitarian police state, wrought with barbaric acts and oppressive regimes
Reposted by Nyi Maung
📢 New Open Access paper alert!
Led by Marcus Taylor, we argue that projects should centre justice as the primary goal of transformative adaptation by confronting power relations, embracing knowledge pluralism and bottom-up coalitions, & recognising unexpected outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.gl... 1/2
Led by Marcus Taylor, we argue that projects should centre justice as the primary goal of transformative adaptation by confronting power relations, embracing knowledge pluralism and bottom-up coalitions, & recognising unexpected outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.gl... 1/2
February 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📢 New Open Access paper alert!
Led by Marcus Taylor, we argue that projects should centre justice as the primary goal of transformative adaptation by confronting power relations, embracing knowledge pluralism and bottom-up coalitions, & recognising unexpected outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.gl... 1/2
Led by Marcus Taylor, we argue that projects should centre justice as the primary goal of transformative adaptation by confronting power relations, embracing knowledge pluralism and bottom-up coalitions, & recognising unexpected outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.gl... 1/2
Reposted by Nyi Maung
"Tomas Quintana, an Argentinian human rights lawyer and former U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar and a key figure in the case, explained the court's stance."
www.voanews.com/a/argentina-...
www.voanews.com/a/argentina-...
Argentina court issues international arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader
Warrant for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing pertains to his role in 2017 genocide of Rohingya Muslims
www.voanews.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Tomas Quintana, an Argentinian human rights lawyer and former U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar and a key figure in the case, explained the court's stance."
www.voanews.com/a/argentina-...
www.voanews.com/a/argentina-...
Maungdaw, a town located in Northern Arakan (Rakhine State) in Western Myanmar, once regarded as the last stronghold of the Rohingya people, is now on the brink of disappearing after several violence against them by the Myanmar Military (2016-2017) and recent attacks by the Arakan Army (AA)
The Rohingya exodus from Maungdaw in northern Rakhine State
Guest contributor Shafiur Rahman Starting on Aug. 7, a large portion of the Rohingya population of Maungdaw Township was forcibly evacuated by the Arakan Army (AA) under the pretext of civilian protec...
english.dvb.no
February 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Maungdaw, a town located in Northern Arakan (Rakhine State) in Western Myanmar, once regarded as the last stronghold of the Rohingya people, is now on the brink of disappearing after several violence against them by the Myanmar Military (2016-2017) and recent attacks by the Arakan Army (AA)
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
www.ekkhaale.org/home-e?
A great website that traces the history of the Rohingya in Myanmar-people who are often depicted as “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh!
A great website that traces the history of the Rohingya in Myanmar-people who are often depicted as “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh!
Home - Once Upon A Time - The Rohingya — EK KHAALE
Ek Khaale is a collaborative, visual documentary project about Rohingya history, existence and belonging, participation and community in Burma.
www.ekkhaale.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
www.ekkhaale.org/home-e?
A great website that traces the history of the Rohingya in Myanmar-people who are often depicted as “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh!
A great website that traces the history of the Rohingya in Myanmar-people who are often depicted as “illegal migrants” from Bangladesh!
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Introducing the concept of "capitalogenic disease".
We present 8 ways that capitalism makes people sick, perpetuates disease, or produces health inequalities. Published in the BMJ Global Health with @drguddisingh.bsky.social. gh.bmj.com/content/8/12...
We present 8 ways that capitalism makes people sick, perpetuates disease, or produces health inequalities. Published in the BMJ Global Health with @drguddisingh.bsky.social. gh.bmj.com/content/8/12...
Capitalogenic disease: social determinants in focus
Scholarship on the social determinants of health and disease has become firmly established over the past several decades. This school of thought has created space for academics and health professional...
gh.bmj.com
January 2, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Introducing the concept of "capitalogenic disease".
We present 8 ways that capitalism makes people sick, perpetuates disease, or produces health inequalities. Published in the BMJ Global Health with @drguddisingh.bsky.social. gh.bmj.com/content/8/12...
We present 8 ways that capitalism makes people sick, perpetuates disease, or produces health inequalities. Published in the BMJ Global Health with @drguddisingh.bsky.social. gh.bmj.com/content/8/12...
Reposted by Nyi Maung
Here's my just published op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the fires, #water, #climate, and scientific misinformation:
thebulletin.org/2025/01/spre...
thebulletin.org/2025/01/spre...
Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation
Problems with water supply for firefighters are the direct result of the massive demands for fire-fighting water, the destruction of pipes and pumps by the fires, and homeowners leaving hoses and spri...
thebulletin.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Here's my just published op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the fires, #water, #climate, and scientific misinformation:
thebulletin.org/2025/01/spre...
thebulletin.org/2025/01/spre...
Reposted by Nyi Maung
First, here are some thoughts from a group that studied the area for 16 years after the event itself. They highlight how health and age can make people more likely to die, but that support for mental health to recover was critical for the survivors. www.preventionweb.net/news/weve-be...
We’ve been following victims of the Boxing Day tsunami for 16 years – this is what we’ve learned about recovering from disaster
On December 26 2004, waves triggered by a massive earthquake slammed into the coastlines of countries ringing the Indian Ocean. The death toll was enormous.
www.preventionweb.net
December 19, 2024 at 9:26 AM
First, here are some thoughts from a group that studied the area for 16 years after the event itself. They highlight how health and age can make people more likely to die, but that support for mental health to recover was critical for the survivors. www.preventionweb.net/news/weve-be...
Reposted by Nyi Maung
And finally, a worthwhile webinar that reflects on what happened and how we have learned from it by @uclwrc.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8g-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8g-...
Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Warnings past and present
YouTube video by UCL Warning Research Centre
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:26 AM
And finally, a worthwhile webinar that reflects on what happened and how we have learned from it by @uclwrc.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8g-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8g-...