May 15 2024 42 mins 3
Peasant insurgencies are not only moments of conflict and crisis, but also of politics and performance: they are sites of social reproduction, where identities are made and remade. Dr. Jonathan Saha, Professor of South Asian History at the Durham University, discusses two events of the "Hsaya San Rebellion" in relation to racial capitalism and communal geographies. You can read his articles here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2024.2303213 and https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbac023.
