{"product_id":"possessed-landscapes-experiments-in-conservation-and-sovereignty-in-southeast-myanmar-9780295754208","title":"Possessed Landscapes: Experiments in Conservation and Sovereignty in Southeast Myanmar","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhen spirits guard forests, conservation becomes revolution--and liberation grows from the soil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 2011 Myanmar emerged from what was by some counts the longest ongoing war in the world. Amid the flurry of ceasefires and constitutional reforms, Indigenous communities moved to reterritorialize land that was fiercely contested in the preceding decades of conflict. In southeast Myanmar, the Indigenous people of Karen State, activists, and revolutionaries transformed their war-torn land into the Salween Peace Park--a conservation area that is home not only to endangered species like tigers and gibbons but also to territorial spirits and ancestors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the highlands of the Myanmar-Thai border, \u003ci\u003ePossessed Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a world where land is understood as both spiritually inhabited and politically claimed. Pwakanyaw cosmologies blur boundaries between human and more-than-human ownership, presence, and possession. Anthropologist Tomas Cole's concept of more-than-human political ecology captures the nuanced, playful, and often deeply strategic ways in which local communities negotiate power, land, and identity amid civil war and state violence. Through vibrant ethnography and grounded political analysis, Cole illuminates how Indigenous Karen communities and their allies are defining conservation, autonomy, and peace building on their own terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA case study in reimagining sovereignty through ecological stewardship, \u003ci\u003ePossessed Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for scholars and practitioners in anthropology, environmental humanities, and peace and conflict studies, as well as anyone seeking to understand how revolutionary politics and conservation can be inseparably entwined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpen access edition: DOI 10.6069\/9780295754215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe open access edition was made possible by an award from the American Council of Learned Societies with support from Arcadia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tomas Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Culture, Place, and Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.15w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295754208","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47907272786057,"sku":"9780295754208","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_29c440f0-2de5-4f83-a9a8-b4654480f14c.jpg?v=1785886982","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/possessed-landscapes-experiments-in-conservation-and-sovereignty-in-southeast-myanmar-9780295754208","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}