Pre-publication launch: Turning Land in Capital

Join the pre-publication launch of "Turning Land into Capital: Development and Dispossession in the Mekong Region" to be released by University of Washington Press in August 2022 for a book talk/roundtable with editors Philip Hirsch, Kevin Woods, Natalia Scurrah and Michael B. Dwyer along with Tyrell Haberkorn and Anan Ganjanapan on 22 July in Room 1.

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Panel: Land Contestation in the Mekong

This panel gathers a collection of new research exploring attempts to govern or acquire land and the actions of different authorities (state, private, community), often pitted against one another by their claims. The research presented was conducted by master’s students from the Development Studies program at Chiang Mai University, with a focus on land relations and who are supported by Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG). View the entire list of abstracts for the panel here (panel #5) and join in person or online for the full presentation during ICIRD7!

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