On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Miles Kenney-Lazar, from the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore, to unpack his research on the current efforts to devise new approaches for governing land and associated natural resources in Myanmar. Stay tuned for an interesting conversation on land reform in Myanmar, visualizing the future of land, resources to learn more about current events in Myanmar, and more!

Lightning Round: 03:40

Research and lecture summary: 08:30

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 52:05

Dr. Kenney-Lazar's Top Recommendations:

• Frontier Myanmar magazine (link)
• Donate to CDM Myanmar (link)

 

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here.