Mandy Sadan

Biography

History and anthropology, material and visual culture (especially textiles and photography), gendered economies, oral ritual, minorities, marginalisation and conflict in mainland South East Asia, transnationalism and non-national histories (especially the borderworlds of South, South East and East Asia).

Research Interest

Creation of ethnic categories in Burma (especially the 'Kachin' minority) and transnational linkages in North East India, Yunnan, Tibet and Thailand; textiles and the analysis of gendered economies among minorities in northern mainland South East Asia; photography, representation and ideologies of conflict; oral literature (especially Jinghpaw ritual language and ritual performance) and its historical significance; transformation in lineage and kinship systems in northern mainland South East Asia.