Sharelly Emanuelson reflects the feeling of life in the Caribbean in her work – the warmth, the island feeling – but at the same time exposes the underlying layer of the consequences of colonialism on the islands, effects that continue to have impact today
How does one ‘know’ the Caribbean? ‘Knowing’ in a (post)colonial context has historically relied on a narrow and exclusive set of ways and methods of claiming ‘legitimate’ knowledge.
In this webinar session, Diana Suhardiman (KITLV) will build on the concept of institutional bricolage and place it in the context of hydropower development planning. Her presentation will focus on: 1) local community responses in Thailand and Laos, including how these are influenced by social movements; 2) how these responses are translated into collective action (or lack thereof); and 3) how local community strategies are embedded in the wider political context and different manifestations of state-citizen relations.