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Ritual Power: Risk, spirituality and religious pluralism on Lombok
Journal Article | Nov 2016
This article shows how rituals occupy a key role in the negotiation of inter-religious relations on the island of Lombok. Building on Howe’s (2000) ...
Ritual, Risk, Rumours, Insult, Religious Pluralism, Indonesia
«Nowadays there are shoot-outs all the time». Women, children, and Police Pacification Units (UPPs) in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro.
CMI Working Paper | Sep 2016
Executive summary
This CMI Working paper explores the implementation of the Brazilian government’s favela (shantytown) policing program, Unidades ...
Favela, Rio de Janeiro, police, Rocinha, women, children, security, Police Pacification Units, UPP, Brazil
Taming the war machine: Police, pacification and power i Rio de Janeiro
Master's Thesis | Jan 2016
In this thesis I trace the changes in the exercise of Brazilian state power in Rio’s poor communities, or favelas, through an ethnographic exploration ...
Brazil
The Lost Peace. Collective Land Titling, Natural Resources and Armed Conflict in the Colombian Pacific
Event | 30 Sep 2010
What is the relationship between the change in the structure of land ownership and the dynamics of armed conflict in the Columbian Pacific, and how is it related to the planting and exploitation of palm oil?
Taming the war machine: Police, pacification and power in Rio de Janeiro
News | 28 Nov 2016
CMI student Tomas Salem was awarded the Norwegian Development Union award for best Master´s thesis.
Brazil
Seven months of war in the favela
News | 13 Aug 2015
In the past, Brazilian intellectuals have coined the term “metaphor of war” to account for the representations of the crime and violence in Rio de Janeiro. The logic of war is at the very core of Rio’s pacification of the favelas, which in practice is carried out through armed confrontations between the police and armed groups within pacified favelas, where the main objective (on both sides), in spite of the rhetoric of peace, is still to kill the enemy.
Roszko Edyta
Senior Researcher, Principal Investigator: TransOcean (ERC Starting Grant)
Anthropologist with interest in maritime territorialisation, militarisation of oceans and seas, human security, markets and historical anthropology.
Vietnam, China, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Asia-Pacific, South China Sea, Indian Ocean
Transoceanic Fishers: Multiple mobilities in and out of the South China Sea
Project | Sep 2019 - Aug 2024
The South China Sea is known as a contested maritime battleground. Not just for state sovereignty, oil and gas but above all for the marine resources ...
Fisheries, Natural resource management, Governance, Borders, Militarisation
Challenging the Injustice of Poverty in South Asia
Event | 23 Jun 2011
Prof. Rehman Sobhan challenges the traditional definition of poverty as a form of income deprivation. He redefines poverty a process that excludes significant segments of society from more equitable participation in development opportunities and in decision making. Sobhan identifies a variety of operational ideas to build a more inclusive society in South Asia.
Bangladesh
Conceptualizing the West in the 21st century
Event | 29 Aug 2005
What is the role of culture and identity in world politics. What role does civilizational identities and the concept of the West play? Jacinta O'Hagan is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. She is interesetd in the evolution of the concept of humanitarianism and the practices associated with it.
Cancelled: Islamic Reform in South Asia
Event | 12 Feb 2014
Caroline Osella (SOAS) and Knut Axel Jacobsen (UiB) in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen (Royal Norwegian Naval Academy).
Engaging with the public
News | 28 Nov 2013
How can Supreme Audit Institutions engage and involve citizens at all stages of the audit cycle? This question was top of the agenda at the Open Government Partnership's Annual Summit in early November.
Preparing to leave? Household mobility decisions in climate affected areas of coastal Bangladesh
CMI Working Paper | Jun 2020
Abstract
We present unique survey data on the migration predictions of 400 households in two extremely climate exposed unions of coastal Bangladesh. ...
climate change, migrants, Bangladesh
Conceptualizing the West in the 21st century
News | 19 Aug 2005
What is the role of culture and identity in world politics. What role does civilizational identities and the concept of the West play? Jacinta O'Hagan is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. She is interested in the evolution of the concept of humanitarianism and the practices associated with it.
Asiatiske identiteter: stat og nasjon i Sørøst Asia
Book Chapter | Jan 1994
The chapter discusses how the five main countries of Southeast Asia have handled the pressures of rapid economic growth and ethnic relations. Has growth ...
state, nation, development, governance, Southeast Asia
The impact of the financial and economic crisis in Asia on Norway's major development partners. Report submitted for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CMI Report | Jan 1999
This report first describes the currency, financial and economic crises in Asia and analyses how the crises evolved. The second part analyses how the ...
Financial crisis, Economic crisis, Asia
Migration, state and civil society in Southeast Asia
CMI Working Paper | Jan 1992
The paper was prepared for a conference on the impact of international migration on the security and stability of states, which was organised by the Massachusetts ...
Migration, International politics, Social conflicts, Southeast Asia
Two steps forward, one step backwards: Indonesia’s winding (anti-)corruption journey
Book Chapter | Nov 2017
Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive ...
Corruption, Asia, Indonesia
Human Rights Forum
Event | 13 Jun 2006
Hugo Stokke: Human rights strategy for Asia. Draft report to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affiars
Taking the Paris Principles to Asia. A study of Three Human Rights Commissions in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
CMI Report | Jun 2007
The report studies three human rights commissions in Southeast Asia in light of the so-called Paris Principles. These principles are the authoritative ...
Human rights, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia