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X-WR-CALNAME:Anthropology Colloquium:  Oradi Inkhong
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DESCRIPTION:Listening to the Shan Diaspora Soundscapes in Thailand: The Ref
 lection of Home and Political Imagination. \n\nThis presentation will exam
 ine the performance of various genres of Shan music among the Shan diaspor
 a in Chiang Mai\, Thailand. I will unpack the processes of creating\, perf
 orming and transmitting Shan music in a variety of social contexts. “Pan
  Kao” (Shan traditional music) and “Pan Mai” (Shan Pop music) both r
 eflect on the ways in which the Shan in exile constructed their cultural i
 dentity and collective memory\, which related to the idea of Shan national
 ism. While the Shan diaspora negotiates their identity with the host count
 ry through traditional music\, particularly the Shan long drum\, political
  pop rock music is being used to reconnect with the Shan people in Shan St
 ate\, Myanmar. The pop rock music created by the Shan ethnic armed group a
 lso played a vital role in forming a genre of music and political imaginat
 ion among the Shan generation Y who grew up in Thailand. However\, followi
 ng Myanmar’s military coup in 2021\, the younger generation (Generation 
 Z) attempts to create new soundscapes in solidarity with the people of Mya
 nmar\, opposing the coup and participating in the Spring Revolution 2021. 
 In contrast to previous generations\, who embraced the idea of Shan nation
 alism\, I will examine how the altering soundscape represents a new interp
 retation of collective memory.\n\nOradi Inkhong is a PhD candidate in Anth
 ropology at Cornell University. Her research interests lie at the intersec
 tion of ethnomusicology\, diaspora studies\, and Southeast Asian studies. 
 Her dissertation research explores the making of diasporic music by ethnic
  Shan migrants living in Thailand. She conducted ethnographic fieldwork in
  Chiang Mai\, Thailand\, and Shan State\, Myanmar to understand the role o
 f music in constructing and redefining the meaning of “home(s)” as a c
 rucial component of Shan diasporic consciousness. Previously\, Oradi recei
 ved her BA in Journalism (Film and Photography) and her MA in Anthropology
  from Thammasat University\, Thailand.
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SUMMARY:Anthropology Colloquium:  Oradi Inkhong
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