Gatty Rewind Podcast

In our newest episode, Michael and Unaizah chat with Kathryn Fiorella, Assistant Professor of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University, about her research on the impact of environmental changes on fishing practices and livelihoods in Cambodia.

Research and lecture summary: 01:40

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 20:10

Katie Fiorella's Top Recommendations:

• From the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe (link)
• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (link)

In this latest episode, Michael and Tinakrit Sireerat, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University, discuss his dissertation on the history of livestock farming in Hokkaido and forestry in Lanna as a backdrop for the interconnections between colonial administration and environmental governance.

Research and lecture summary: 01:40

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 28:23

Tinakrit Sireerat's Top Recommendation:

• Colonizing Animals by Jonathan Saha (link)
• Petch Pra Uma by Phanom Thian (link)

In our latest episode, Michael sits down with May Sabe Phyu, renowned Burmese women's rights activist, to discuss her advocacy work for women in Myanmar.

Activism and lecture summary: 01:38

General advice: 29:34

May Sabe Phyu's Top Recommendations:

• Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know by Erica Chenoweth (link)
• Leadership on the Line by Marty Linsky and Ronald Heifetz (link)
• Pray the Devil Back to Hell (link)

Other Resources:

• BURMA Act of 2021 (link)
• Gender Equality Network Myanmar (link)
• May's Twitter (link)

In this latest episode, Michael and Professor Padwe, Associate Professor at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa, discuss his latest monograph Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories (link) which talks about the Jarai people in northeast Cambodia and their efforts to rebuild their agricultural system after decades of external interruption.

Research and lecture summary: 01:45

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 24:43

Jonathan Padwe's Top Recommendation:

Plantation Life by Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi (link)

Research and lecture summary: 01:47

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 24:41

Kat Gutierrez's Top Recommendation:

• Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare) - link

Research and lecture summary: 01:45

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 10:40

Harriman Saragih's Top Recommendation:

• Plastic Wars by FRONTLINE PBS (link)

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 39:14

Magnus Fiskesjö's Top Recommendation:

• To Govern the Globe by Alfred W. McCoy (link)

In our latest episode, Michael and Unaizah chat with Sandy Chang, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, to discuss her current book project on British Malaya (1870s-1930s), focusing on female Chinese migrants and their roles as sex workers in the brothel economy.

Research and lecture summary: 1:45

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 25:55

Sandy Chang's Top Recommendation:

• Fluid Jurisdiction by Nurfadzilah Yahaya (link)

In our latest episode, Michael sits down with William Noseworthy, a Visiting Scholar at the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, to discuss his decade-long project on Cham religious communities in Vietnam and Cambodia (17th century - present), which revolves around themes of power, culture, and memory.

Research and lecture summary: 01:50

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 19:15

William Noseworthy's Top Recommendations:

• Histoire de la diaspora Cam by Nicolas Weber (link)
• The Politics of Cham Migration to Malaysia by Rie Nakamura (link)
• The First Vietnam War by Shawn McHale (link)

In this week's episode, Michael chats with Will Smith, from Deakin University in Melbourne, about his recent book project, Mountains of Blame (link), which explores the impact of environmental governance and climate change on the Philippine island of Palawan.

Research and lecture summary: 01:50

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 18:00

Will Smith's Top Recommendations:

• Mao's Bestiary by Liz Chee (link)
• The Sovereign Trickster by Vincent Rafael (link)