TAG: Thailand
Ghostly Desires: Queer Sexuality and Vernacular Buddhism in Contemporary Thai Cinema
By Arnika Fuhrmann Through an examination of post-1997 Thai cinema and video art Arnika Fuhrmann shows how vernacular Buddhist tenets, stories, and images combine with sexual politics in figuring current struggles over notions of personhood, sexuality, and collective life. The drama, horror, heritage, and experimental art films she analyzes draw on Buddhist-informed conceptions of impermanence and prominently […]
Read morePetition in support of the Compulsory License
The undersigned organizations wish to express our support for the Brazilian government’s decision to issue a compulsory license for the medicine Efavirenz, whose patent is currently held by the transnational pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme. It is a historical and pioneer decision in Latin America, owing to a process of strong, social mobilization and […]
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