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A burning issue: Spirits of land and capital in Thailand's agricultural haze crisis

Julia Cassaniti

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies2024https://doi.org/10.1017/s002246342400016xarticle
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Air pollution created by agricultural burning has become a critical environmental problem across Southeast Asia, but the solution to it remains unclear. In this essay I discuss the haze crisis in a small community in Northern Thailand, and show how an increase in contract farming is accompanied by a decrease in agricultural spirit rituals. I argue that this change represents a broader shift in the cosmopolitical ecology of the region, as large agricultural businesses hide behind continuing narratives about ‘slash-and-burn’ ‘hill tribes’ to advance an environmentally unsustainable agenda.

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@article{julia2024,
  title        = {{A burning issue: Spirits of land and capital in Thailand's agricultural haze crisis}},
  author       = {Julia Cassaniti},
  journal      = {Journal of Southeast Asian Studies},
  year         = {2024},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s002246342400016x},
}

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0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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