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SUMMARY:Engaging in Existential Mobility in "Zomia"
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DESCRIPTION:Scholarship on borderland studies in Southeast Asia has distinc
 tively grown over the last 20 years, thanks to the endeavor of many academi
 cs in the field. Their efforts have not only made us appreciate the ethnogr
 aphies of diverse peoples, cultures, political structures and ecological sy
 stems, but the new concepts of interpretation and analysis are a departure 
 from the conventional state-centered orientation. These new concepts includ
 e “zomia” (by Willem van Schendel and James Scott), “middle ground” (by Pat
 terson Giersch), “friction” (by Anna Tsing), and “process geography” (by Ar
 jun Appadurai). Over the years, they have inspired brilliant explorations a
 nd debates. Echoing this exciting trend, we propose to make mobility as a v
 antage point to examine the dynamics of zomia. Ghassan Hage asserts: “We mo
 ve physically so we can feel that we are existentially on the move again or
  at least moving better” (2005: 470). In other words, human beings intentio
 nally move from a place to another in order to make life better. This is wh
 at Hage calls “existential mobility.” Consequently, it brings human beings 
 into contact with other people(s), diverse ways of life and different polit
 ical institutions. Through the vantage of mobility, we treat history as a p
 rocess with ongoing changes, and emphasize the aspects of relationality and
  adaptability. We emphasize continual movement and circulation of people, g
 oods, capital and ideas, and go beyond the binary constraints of lowland ve
 rsus highland. Our papers examine the economic, political and cultural traj
 ectories of several communities/groups by focusing on mobility and engage i
 n a dialogue with relevant theories and notions
URL:https://euroseas2024.org/panels/engaging-in-existential-mobility-in-zomia
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