UPCOMING EVENT: The Mekong, China, & SE Asian Transitions Series-Mekong Dams: Debates and the Politics of Evidence [Online, 29 April 2021]
/07.00-08.30 am BKK Time, Thursday, 29 April 2021 via Zoom
Carl Middleton from CSDS will be one of the panelists
In recent decades, people living in the Lower Mekong Region have witnessed major shifts from predominantly subsistence agriculture to industrializing economies, with attendant changes in migration, crop production systems, and major infrastructure (roads, dams, industrial estates). This series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Full webinar series schedule:
Panel 1 : Jan 27 - Markets for Mekong Commodities
Panel 2 : Feb 24 - Migration, Mobility, and the Mekong
Panel 3 : Apr 7 - The Spirits and Spiritual Life of the Mekong
Panel 4: Apr 28 - Mekong Dams: Debates and the Politics of Evidence
Carl will be one of the panelists on Panel 4.
To register for this event, please visit the Zoom link here. For more information about this event, please visit the organizer’s website here.
This event is organized by Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University.