Multimodal Archipelago: Social Movement Knowledge Practices Among Transnational Rohingya
Abstract
Social movements of Myanmar and the archipelagic affinities which complexly connect them are like islands, both dividing and connecting communities of Myanmar via multidirectional channels of staked arguments, and knowledge-sharing practices. This article traces how (dis)connections are being (re)made in the aftermath of the attempted coup both online and on the ground. Drawing from the ethnographic fieldwork I conducted in Akyab, Burma (Myanmar) and with the Rohingya Community in Ireland, their diasporic networks, and the interventions they make in the ongoing genocide in Myanmar, this article highlights the diffuse, and fractured pangea of digital social movements in order to contribute towards understandings of how archipelagic affinities can be viewed as mobilising forces against the military’s attempt at centralising power.
Submitted: Dec. 22, 2023 | Published Dec. 4, 2024 | Language: en
Keywords Diaspora • Multimodal • Rohingya • Transnational • Network • Ethnography • Burma • Social movements • Southeast Asia • Refugee • Myanmar • Anarchism
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2024/02/006