Community Movements in Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective of Assemblages

Ryoko Nishii is Professor at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her recent works include Ethnography of Affect (2013, in Japanese) and the co-edited book Affectus: Touching the Outside of Life (2020, in Japanese). Shigeharu Tanabe is Professor Emeritus at the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan and currently teaches anthropology and Japanese studies at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Recent works include Anthropology of Spirits: Politics of Communities in Northern Thailand (2013, in Japanese) and Communities of Potential: Social Assemblages in Thailand and Beyond (2016).