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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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The myth and politics of nature in Laksmi Pamuntjak’s novel Amba

  • Dr Tom Hercules Davies,

Amba presents political events as unfolding within the more enduring cycles of nature, and of myth.

Indigenous voices against the Kaliwa dam in the Philippines: Short video documentaries

  • A/Prof Laurence Marvin Castillo,

These films raise awareness of the environmental destruction caused by the dam and the impact on Indigenous communities.

The persistence of gender-based violence among Myanmar exiles in Thailand

  • Eunjeong Lee,

Exiles from the civil war in Myanmar live in legal and economic limbo. For women exiles there is the additional danger of gender-based violence.

Domestic workers in Southeast Asia are increasingly facing technology-facilitated sexual violence

  • Ashlynn Chand,

Migrant women domestic workers face new technologies enabling digital surveillance, sextortion, deepfake pornography and unsolicited sexual messaging.

Art as intervention: Environmental creativity in Kachin State, Myanmar

  • Dr John Charles Ryan,

Creative activists continue to inspire environmental resistance in Myanmar.