Organizers: Danish Institute for International Studies and Danish Institute Against Torture

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Violence across Myanmar has increased dramatically in intensity, visibility, and scope since the military coup of 1st February 2021. Various forms of resistance have emerged in response. Resistance has been creative and increasingly militant. Physical, structural, and symbolic violence, including arrest, torture, intimidation, and misinformation has been endemic to the military’s effort to quash dissent.

Cognizant of the fact that recent atrocities are part of a longer history, this webinar explores the exercise and experience of violence with a focus on the forms of violence that the coup has accelerated; and the responses to violence that have emerged. We will explore the implications of these forms and responses to violence for the relationship between state, communities, and people at this time of deep crisis.

Via a lively dialogue between engaged conversation partners this webinar seeks to ‘make sense’ of unfolding events and their effects. This will take outset in a keynote by Ye Moe Hein, exploring the armed resistance since the coup with a particular focus on institutionalised forms of violence. Prominent Myanmar activists and experts will then address questions around: the degree to which forms of violence and resistance are novel; the ripple effects of different types of violence – from open warfare to cyber surveillance and scare-mongering - on communities; the implications and agency of people and communities exposed to the violence and for Myanmar’s future, as well as other pressing matters of concern.

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