Letter from colleagues of Prof Chayan

Editor’s note: the following open letter has been prepared by friends and colleagues of Prof Chayan Vaddhanaphuti. The letter has been circulated to various media, including New Mandala, and we are pleased to reproduce it below. We join the drafters in voicing our support for academic freedom, freedom of assembly, and freedom of expression in Thailand.

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Open Letter

To: General Prayut Chan-ocha, Prime Minister of Thailand

Government House, 1 Phitsanulok Road, Dusit 10300 Bangkok, Thailand

via Email: [email protected]

20 August 2017

Your Excellency,

We the undersigned—members of the international academic community and civil society organisations—hereby express our alarm and dismay at the Summons issued by Col Suebsakul Buarawong, deputy commander of the 33rd Military Circle in Chiang Mai, to Dr Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Pakawadee Veerapatpong, Chaipong Samnieng, Nontawat Machai, and Thiramon Bua-ngam. They are accused of violating the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief’s Order No.3/2015, Thailand’s military regime’s ban on political gatherings of five or more persons. Conviction on the charges against these five scholars entails imprisonment for up to one year. The summons seem to be a response to the organization of the International Conference on Thai Studies, the main international scholarly forum for presentation and discussion of research on Thailand and Southeast Asia more broadly. It has been held every three years since 1981, hosted by universities in Thailand, Australia, China, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. In July 2017 the conference was hosted by Chiang Mai University and achieved a record attendance of 1224 participants. The conference was a resounding success. It was chaired by Dr. Vaddhanaphuti.

Dr. Vaddhanaphuti is a highly respected academic in Thailand and internationally. He is a member of the international editorial advisory board of the leading academic journal, The Journal of Peasant Studies; co-editor of the globally popular ICAS small book series on agrarian change and peasant studies that is available in 10 language editions including Thai; coordinating team member of the global network BRICS Initiatives for Critical Agrarian Studies (BICAS); and coordinator of a large international consortium of academics and civil society groups studying the relationship between climate change mitigation politics, resource grabbing and conflict in Cambodia and Myanmar. The project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

Perhaps more importantly, Dr. Vaddhanaphuti has carried out cutting-edge scientific work on critical rural issues in Thailand that have direct policy implications. This is the reason why he is a deeply respected academic within academia, civil society and within Thai government ministries. His leading scientific works include research on: (1) traditional knowledge and genetic resources in the context of policy deliberations on intellectual property rights and trade (Ministry of Commerce); (2) multiculturalism and the condition and rights of displaced peoples, especially children, across the Thai-Myanmar border (Ministry of Education and Health); (3) the Voluntary National Review (VNR) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation of Thailand for the United Nations last July 2017 (Foreign Ministry). Among his most recent research initiatives is his contribution to knowledge-policy work related to the ‘sea gypsies/nomads’ and some of the indigenous and native groups who have faced serious legal charges of encroaching into private tourist resorts and recently declared ‘national reservation parks’. His work on this issue has introduced new ways of securing evidence beyond legal title deeds, such as village histories and DNA testing, resulting in court decisions favourable to the sea gypsies in Rawai, Phuket. We respectfully urge the government of Thailand to:

Immediately withdraw the summons and implied charges against Dr Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Ms Pakawadee Veerapatpong, Mr Chaipong Samnieng, Mr Nontawat Machai, and Mr Thiramon Bua-ngam.
Facilitate and support academics and students in their conduct of scholarly teaching, research, public discussion and debate, on- and off-campus.
Ease the restriction on free and open discussion on pressing issues of concern to the wider Thai public, in line with Thailand’s commitments to relevant international covenants. The undersigned are international academics and civil society research organisations who have known, have worked with, or know the work of, Dr. Vaddhanaphuti in various ways over the years.

We appreciate your attention and positive response to this matter that is very important not just to Dr Vaddhanaphuti and his colleagues, but to the international academic community as well.

Sincerely,

1. Prof James C. Scott, Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University, USA

2. Prof Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University, USA

3. Prof. Christopher Goscha; History, Université du Québec à Montréal

4. Dr. Marc Edelman, City University of New York, USA

5. Dr. Nancy Peluso, University of California, Berkeley, USA

6. Dr. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India

7. Fiona Dove, Director, Transnational Institute (TNI), Amsterdam

8. Dr. Max Spoor, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague

9. Dr. Carol Hunsberger, University of Western Ontario, Canada

10. Dr. Esteve Corbera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

11. Prof. Dr. Joan Martinez-Alier, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

12. Dr. Arnim Scheidel, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

13. Dr. Saturnino M. Borras Jr., International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

14. Dr. Courtney Work, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague

15. Sara Vigil, PhD Researcher, University of Liège, Belgium

16. Mads Barbesgaard, PhD Researcher, Lund University, Sweden

17. Dr. Veronika Goussatchenko, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague

18. Yukari Sekine, PhD researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

19. Eang Vuthy, Equitable Cambodia (EC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia

20. Dr. Li Hua, Taiyuan University of Technology, China

21. Dr. Jack Kloppenburg, University of Wisconsin, USA

22. Sharmini Bisessar, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague

23. Dr. Emily Yeh, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

24. Dr. Lynn Stephen, University of Oregon, USA

25. Dr. Mario Samper, independent scholar and international specialist in rural development, Central America

26. Dr. Derek Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

27. Professor dr. ir. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

28. Pierre Merlet, PhD Researcher, University of Antwerp, Belgium

29. Dr. Suraya Afiff, University of Indonesia

30. Dr Tania Li, University of Toronto, Canada

31. Prof Rodolphe De Koninck, Université de Montréal, Canada 3

32. Dr. Dominique Caouette, Université de Montréal, Canada

33. Dr. Sébastien Rioux, Université de Montréal, Canada

34. Salena Tramel, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands

35. Dr. Stéphanie Martel, University of British Columbia, Canada

36. Prof. Katherine Verdery, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA

37. Professor Philip McMichael, Cornell University, USA

38. Dr. Sayaka Funada Classen, International Peace Research Institute, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan

39. Dr. Shahra Razavi, Research & Data Section, UN Women

40. Dr. Sonja Luehrmann, Simon Fraser University, Canada

41. Julia, PhD Researcher, Universität Bonn, Germany

42. Professor Rob Cramb, University of Queensland, Australia

43. Professor Ben White (Emeritus), International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

44. Ryan Isakson, University of Toronto, Canada

45. Dr. Karen McAllister, McGill University, Canada

46. Wendy Wolford, Cornell University, New York, USA

47. Jerome Whitington, New York University, USA

48. Dr. Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio, Yale-NUS College, Singapore

49. Yan Hairong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

50. Dr. Gabriel Fauveaud, University of Montreal, Canada

51. Dr. Liam Campling, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, UK

52. Dr. Vanessa Lamb, University of Melbourne, Australia

53. Dr. Alice Beban, Massey University, New Zealand

54. Dr. Shapan Adnan, former Professor, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

55. Dr. Gerardo Otero, Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

56. Professor Jonathan Rigg, National University of Singapore, Singapore

57. Dr. Peter Rosset, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Mexico

58. Ataman Avdan, Simon Fraser University, Canada

59. Salomon Nahmad Sitton CIESAS PACIFICO SUR OAXACA MEXICO

60. Laura Schoenberger, York University, Canada

61. Dr. Jan Rus, Centro de Estudios Superiores de México y Centroamérica, México

62. Dr. Ian Baird, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

63. Dr. Michael Hathaway, Simon Fraser University, Canada

64. Dr. Merle L. Bowen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

65. Pamela X. Pareja, University of South Florida, USA

66. Cornelia Butler Flora, Iowa State University, USA

67. Leonilde Servolo de Medeiros, Rio de Janeiro Rural Federal University, Brazil

68. Dr. Gloria Rudolf, University of Pittsburgh, USA

69. Dr. Arratee Ayuttacorn , Chiang Mai University, Thailand

70. Dr. Laksmi Adriani Savitri, University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

71. Dr. Scott Simon, University of Ottawa, Canada

72. Prof. Yonariza, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia

73. Dr. Zander Navarro, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

74. Dr. Sandra Hyde, McGill University, Quebec

75. Prof. James Putzel, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

76. Dr. Jean-Christophe Diepart, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Belgium

77. Dr Geoff Goodwin, London School of Economics and Political Science

78. Dr. Hart N. Feuer, Kyoto University, Japan

79. Dr. Celia Lowe, Director, Southeast Asia Center, University of Washington, USA

80. Prof. Andreas Neef, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

81. Dr. Jacquelyn Chase, California State University, Chico, USA

82. Dr. Madeleine Fairbairn, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

83. Dr. Takeshi Ito, Sophia University, Japan

84. Boaventura Monjane, PhD candidate. CES-University of Coimbra, Portugal

85. Dr. Roy Huijsmans, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

86. Dr. Koichi Ikegami, Kindai University, Nara, Japan

87. Dr. Gabi Hesselbein, consultant, London

88. Dr. Manuel Diaz, coffee specialist and consultant, Mexico

89. Dr. Dianne Rocheleau, Clark University, Worcester MA USA

90. Dr. Luis Malaret, Community College of Rhode Island, USA (retired)

91. Dr. Aaron Pollack, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Mexico

92. Dr. Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet, Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University

93. Clara M. Park, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

94. Christopher J Chanco, Graduate Student, York University, Canada

95. Andrew Paul, Graduate Student, York University, Canada

96. Dr. Robin Roth, Associate Professor, Geography, University of Guelph, Canada.

97. Professor Philip Hirsch, University of Sydney, Australia

98. Neera Chandhoke, formerly professor of political science, Delhi University, India

99. Dr. Pedro Antonio Ortiz Báez Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, México

100. Dr. Augusta Molnar, Trustee, The Mountain Institute, Washington DC, USA

101. Dr. Andrew Orta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

102. Peter Swift, PhD candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

103. Prof. A.R.Vasavi, formerly Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India

104. Dr. Carl Middleton, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

105. Dr. Keith D. Barney, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University

106. Dr. Yvonne Underhill-Sem, Development Studies, University of Auckland

107. Jessica Clendenning, PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore

108. Dr. Bascom Guffin, Simon Fraser University, Canada

109. Nandini Sundar, Professor, Dept of Sociology, Delhi University, India

110. Dr Christian Castellanet, GRET, Paris

111. Dr Phuc To Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University

112. Dr Rini Astuti, Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

113. Dr Pujo Semedi, Department of Anthropology, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

114. Dr. Michael Dwyer, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

115. Dr. Sai Latt, Toronto, Canada

116. Professor Robert Costanza, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

117. Dr. Dayabati Roy, CSSSC, Calcutta, India

118. Dr. Pablo Lapegna, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

119. Dang Bao Nguyet, PhD researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

120. Adwoa Yeboah Gyapong, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands

121. Dr. Lambrecht Hans, Lancaster University, UK

122. Dr. Myrdene Anderson, Purdue University (Indiana, USA)

123. Marie Joyce Godio, University of the Philippines

124. Dr. M. Vijayabaskar, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

125. Dr. Sharachchandra Lele, Senior Fellow, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment, Bangalore (India)

126. Abidin Kusno, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University

127. Professor A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Department of International Development Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada

128. Suddhasattwa Barik, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands

129. Dr. Frédéric Landy, professor, University of Paris Nanterre (France), director of the French Institute of Pondichérry, India

130. Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

131. Nokonwaba May, PhD Candidate, University of Fort Hare, South Africa

132. Elyse Mills, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

133. Ajit Menon, Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India

134. Dr. Thanh-Dam Truong, retiree, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

135. Dr. Karen Coelho, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India

136. Prof. Asmita Kabra, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University Delhi

137. Sita Venkateswar, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand

138. Professor Christian Lund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

139. Ratha Thuon, PhD researcher, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands

140. Jostein Jakobsen, PhD Candidate,University of Oslo

141. Professor Tor A. Benjaminsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

142. Dr. Sudhir Kumar Suthar, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, India

143. Prof Nivedita Menon, Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

144. Dr Anne Hennings, Research Fellow University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

145. Dr. Anamitra Roychowdhury, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

146. Prof. Carlota Perez, London School of Economics, UK

147. Subhankar Chakraborty, All India People’s Science Network, India

148. Prof Cherryl Walker, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

149. Dr Ariane Goetz, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam

150. Janina Dannanberg, PhD researcher, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

151. Professor Philip Kelly, York University, Toronto, Canada

152. Professor Emeritus Cristóbal Kay, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador

153. Dr Sarah Ruth Sippel, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

154. Nora McKeon, Rome 3 University and International University College of Turin

155. Claudia Schur, PhD Researcher, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

156. Sofía Monsalve Suárez - FIAN International, Germany

157. Giuseppe Mastruzzo, International University College of Turin, Italy

158. Dr. Tomaso Ferrando, University of Warwick School of Law

159. Dr. Laura Tejada, Centre for Development and Environment, Berne - Switzerland

160. Professor E.A. Brett, London School of Economics UK

161. Prof. Dr. Christoph Antweiler, University Bonn, Germany

162. Prof. Laurence Roudart, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

163. Dr Katharine McKinnon, La Trobe University, Australia

164. Dr Habib Ayeb, Associate Professor, Paris 8 University. France

165. Dr Bridget O’Laughlin, International Institute of Social Studies (ret), Netherlands

166. Prof Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India

167. Prof Deniz Kandiyoti, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK

168. Dr Graham Woodgate, Institute of the Americas, University College London (UCL), UK

169. Dr Natalia Mamonova, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Netherlands

170. Prof Michael Lipton, Sussex University, Brighton, UK

171. Dr Hue Le, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam

172. Huei-Ling Lai, PhD researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

173. Dr Joseph Hanlon, Visiting Senior Fellow, International Development, London School of Economics

174. Professor Iwan Morgan, Commonwealth Fund Professor of American History, University College London, UK

175. Dr. Alessandra Corrado, University of Calabria, Italy

176. Dr. Muhammad Zulfiqar, Professor, Climate Change Centre, UAP Pakistan

177. Dr. Wolfram Dressler, Future Fellow, Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia

178. Prof Kevin Middlebrook, Institute of the Americas, University College London (UK)

179. Dr. Tony Weis, University of Western Ontario, Canada

180. Dr. Annu Jalais, National University of Singapore

181. Dr. Padmini Swaminathan, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, India

182. Dr. Julien-François Gerber, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

183. Siddharth Joshi, Independent Researcher, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

184. Dr. Chusak Wittayapak, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

185. Dr Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London 10

186. Dr. Pritish Behuria, London School of Economics and Political Science

187. Dr. Tsegaye Moreda, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague

188. Arati Kumar-Rao, Independent Environmental Photographer & Writer, Bangalore, India

189. Dr. Pascale Hatcher, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

190. Divya Sharma, Research Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University, UK

191. Dr. Mindi Schneider, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands

192. Prof Ben Cousins, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

193. Irna Hofman, Ph.D. Candidate Leiden University, the Netherlands

194. André Laliberté, Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada

195. Dr. Giuliano Martiniello, Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut

196. Dr. Amitabh Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

197. Mauro Conti, Phd Candidate University of Calabria

198. Dr Rebecca Elmhirst, University of Brighton, UK

199. Dr. Oane Visser, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands

200. Dr. Sergio Sauer, University of Brasilia, Brazil

201. Alberto Alonso-Fradejas, PhD researcher, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands

202. David Rodríguez Goyes, PhD, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.

203. George T.Mudimu, Centre for Youth Empowerment, Zimbabwe

204. Dr Paul Hendler, Extraordinary Senior Lecturer, School of Public Management, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

205. Dr. Allison Loconto, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France

206. Levi Gahman, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

207. Enrique Castanon Ballivian, PhD Researcher, SOAS, University of London

208. Muhammad Abdur Rahaman, Director, Climate Change Adaptation Mitigation Experiment & Training (CAMET) Park, Bangladesh

209. Dr Karim Eid-Sabbagh, Thimar research collective and London School of Development, UK

210. Dr. Alexander Dunlap, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

211. Dr. Priya Chandrasekaran, Postdoctoral Lecturer, Princeton Writing Program, Princeton University, USA

212. Daniela Andrade, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands

213. D.Narasimha reddy,Professor of economics (Rtd), University of Hyderabad,India

214. Dr. Lynda Dematteo IIAC EHESS Paris France

215. Leandro Vergara-Camus, Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London, UK

216. Prof. Steve Déry, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

217. Dr. Felice S. Wyndham, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, UK

218. Dr. Clifford Andrew Welch, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

219. Brittany Bunce, PhD Researcher, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

220. Claudia Job Schmitt, Social Sciences Graduate Program on Development, Agriculture and Society, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

221. Satyam, Doctoral Student, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India

222. Michael Levien, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, USA

223. Alexander Reid Ross, Department of Geography, Portland State University

224. Profa. Dra. Marta Inez Medeiros Marques, Department of Geography, University of São Paulo, Brazil

225. Paulo F. Petersen, Agronomist, Executive Coordinator of AS-PTA, Vice-President of Brazilian Association of Agroecology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12

226. Robert Wilcox, Associate Professor, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, USA

227. Nadia Augustyniak, PhD Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City, USA

228. Daniela Marini, PhD Candidate, Colorado University Boulder, USA

229. Cathy A. Rakowski, Associate Professor, Ohio State University, USA

230. Jason W. Moore, Associate Professor, Binghamton University, USA

231. Barry Ferguson, Moderator, Madagascar Environmental Justice Network

232. Victoria Sanford, Professor and Chair of Anthropology & Director of the Center for Human RIghts & Peace Studies,Lehman College, City University of New York, USA

233. Baris Karaagac, Lecturer, International Development Studies, Trent University, Canada

234. Eugene N. Anderson, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, USA

235. Dr. Claudio H. M. Batalha, History Department, Campinas State University (UNICAMP), Brazil

236. Sidnei J. Munhoz, State University of Maringá, Brazil

237. Joel Andreas, Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

238. Colum Graham, PhD Candidate, Australian National University, Canberra

239. Prof. Raj Patel, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, USA

240. Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Stanford University, USA

241. Dr. Michael Kleinod, University Bonn, Germany

242. Dr Sayoni Bose, Assistant Professor of Non-Western Geography, Governors State University, USA

243. Kathleen Dill, PhD, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA

244. Ramón Fogel Ph.D Researcher, Paraguay

245.Sylvester P. Harris,MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Poverty Reduction Initiative (PORIN) West Africa, Liberia 13

246. Dr. Sergio Pereira Leite, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

247. Dr Gerard Clarke, Swansea University, UK

248. Burak Gurel, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Koc University, Turkey

249. Fazil Moradi, Postdoc. University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

250. Ben McKay, Assistant Professor of Development and Sustainability, University of Calgary, Canada

251. Nicholas Lo, Graduate Student, Yale University, USA

252. Dr Joe Hill, Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), Ranchi, India

253. Jonathan Shannon, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY USA

254. Eunice Adhiambo Odhiambo, Executive Director, Ujamaa Center, Mombasa, Kenya

255. Jared Naimark, Graduate Student, Yale University, USA

256. Dr. Deborah Dergousoff, University of British Columbia, Canada

257. Dr. Julie Skurski, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA

258. Dr. Betsy Taylor, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN), USA

259. Dr. James Blair, City University of New York, USA

260. Dr. Kregg Hetherington, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

261. Dr. Irene Velez-Torres, Associate professor UniValle, Colombia

262. Sam Bliss, University of Vermont, USA

263. Mihika Chatterjee, University of Oxford, UK

264. Dr. Philippe-Richard Marius, College of Staten Island/City University of New York, USA

265. Dr. Jacques Pollini, Research Associate, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

266. Prof Raúl Delgado Wise, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico

267. Dr. James Loucky, Western Washington University, USA

268. Dr. Jacob Blanc, University of Edinburgh

269. Hendrik Mentz, Retired, Suurbraak, Western Cape,South Africa

270. Dr. John Metz, Northern Kentucky University, USA

271. Ugo Mattei, Professor, UC Hastings, University of Turin, Italy

272. Toms K Thomas, Olive Touch Healthcare Services , India

273. Alaina L. Schneider, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

274. Dr. Nga Dao, York University, Canada

275. Magnus Fiskesjö, Cornell University, USA

276. Dr.Paola García Reyes, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

277. Dr. David Rojas, Bucknell University, USA

278. Dr. Linda Rabben, University of Maryland, USA

279. Professor Judith Friedlander, Hunter College (CUNY), USA

280. Dr. Mark Edberg, George Washington University USA

281. Dr Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo, Canada

282. Dr. Preeti Sampat, Ambedkar University Delhi, India

283. Prof. Thomas H McGovern, Hunter College CUNY, USA

284. Dr. Karina Kato, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

285. Dr. Luis Felipe Rincón, São Paulo State University, Brazil

286. Dr. Maren Freudenberg, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

287. Dr. Christine Ho, Professor Emerita, Fielding Graduate University, USA

288. Michael Wilson Becerril, University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.

289. Dr. Samuel Totten, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

290. Dr. Carole Nagengast, Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

291. Dr. Charles Goldblum, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris 8, France

292. Dr. Renata Moreno Quintero, Associate professor, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Colombia

293. Nelson Delgado, Professor Titular, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

294. Bernardo Mançano Fernandes, Full Professor, São Paulo State University, Brazil

295. Sergio Gomez, Full Professor, FLACSO, Chile

296. Brian Walter, Graduate Student, University of California- Santa Cruz

297. Dr. Nils McCune, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, USA

298. Dr. Henry Veltmeyer, Universidad Autónoma de Zacataecas, Mexico

299. Ana Flavia Badue, City University of New York, USA

300. Prof. Charlene Makley, Reed College, Portland, OR, USA

301. Dr. Valdemar João Wesz Junior, Federal University of Latin American Integration, Brazil

302. Dr. Stefania Barca, Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal

303. Dr Martin Mowforth, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK

304. Dr. Mubbashir Rizvi, Department of Anthropology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

305. Dr. Martha W Rees, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, USA

306. Dr. Fátima Portilho - Professor, Social Sciences Graduate Program on Development, Agriculture and Society, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

307. Thomas C. Patterson,Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Riverside USA

308. Alex Martin, Director of Travel Programs, Institute For Village Studies, Bellingham, Washington

309. Les W. Field, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, USA

310. Emel Karakaya, PhD, Department of City and Regional Planning, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey

311. Christian Zlolniski, Department of Sociology and Anthropology. University of Texas at Arlington, USA

312. David G. Sweet, Dept. of History (Emeritus), University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

313. Hector Grad, Dept. of Social Anthropology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

314. Ivette Perfecto, Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, USA

315. Kate Crehan, Professor Emerita, College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA

316. João Márcio Mendes Pereira, Professor, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

317. Dr. François Gemenne, University of Liège, Belgium / Sciences Po Paris, France

318. Dr. Ritu G. Khanduri, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington. Arlington, TX, USA

319. Yunan Xu, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

320. Dr. Joseph Misati, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya

321. China Sajadian, Department of Anthropology, City University of New York - Graduate Center, USA

322. Lindsay Parme, Department of Anthropology, City University of New York - Graduate Center, USA

323. Megan Youdelis, Department of Geography, York University, Toronto, Canada

324. Dr. Miguel Carter, Founding Director, DEMOS - Centro para la Democracia, la Creatividad y la Inclusion Social, Caacupe, Paraguay

325. Prof Walden Bello, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA

326. Dr Joseph Trapido, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom

327. Dr. Jeanne Koopman, Boston University African Studies Center, USA

328. Dr. David Blake Willis, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, USA

329. Dr. Mary Hufford, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network, Bala Cynwyd, PA USA

330. Prof. Gregory Thaler, University of Georgia, USA 17

331. Prof Lyla Mehta, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK

332. Dr. Kevin Healy, Georgetown University, USA

333. Dr. Barbara Rose Johnston, Center for Political Ecology, Santa Cruz, USA

334. Dr. Fina Carpena-Mendez, Oregon State University, USA.

335. Dr. Nina Wallerstein, University of New Mexico, USA

336. Ryan Schaars, Hunter College, USA

337. Dr. Maximiliano Menz, Department of History, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp).

338. Nicholas Glastonbury, Department of Anthropology, City University of New York - Graduate Center, USA

339. Dr. Kathleen Kevany, Associate Professor of Social Sciences, Director of the Rural Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

340. Professor Elizabeth Ferry, Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University, USA

341. Dr. James Phillips, Southern Oregon University, USA

342. Ellie Hamrick, PhD student, CUNY Graduate Center Department of Anthropology, New York, USA

343. Angela J. Lederach, PhD Candidate, University of Notre Dame, USA

344. Henry C. Theriault, Ph.D., Worcester State University and President, International Association of Genocide Scholars, USA

345. Maria Aparecida de Moraes Silva. University Sao Carlos, Brazil

346. Jérôme Rousseau, Professor emeritus, Dept. of Anthropology, McGill University, Canada

347. Bernadete Aparecida Caprioglio de Castro, São Paulo State University, Brazil

348. Dr. Kathryn Goldfarb, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

349. Dr. Jose Carlos Silva-Macher, Departamento de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

350. Dr. Nora Haenn, North Carolina State University, USA

351. Dr. Eraldo da Silva Ramos Filho, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil

352. Dr Khin Zaw Win, Tampadipa Institute, Myanmar

353. Dr. Ryan Mongelluzzo, San Diego Mesa College, USA

354. Pamela Cantine, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, USA

355. Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California, USA

356. Martha Robbins, PhD Researcher, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

357. Prof. Kathy Le Mons Walker, Dept. of History (retired), Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

358. Prof. Robert A. Benfer, Department of Anthropology (retired), University of Missouri, USA

359. Dr. Javier Puente, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 360. Dr. David H. Price, Department of Society and Social Justice, Saint Martin’s University. USA

361. Dr. Jennifer Sime, San Diego Mesa College, USA

362. Dr. Luis Llambí, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Venezuela

363. Dr. Amy Speier, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

364. Dr. Stephanie Buechler, University of Arizona, USA

365. Dr Paul Hodge, University of Newcastle, Australia

366. Prof. Dzodzi Tsikata, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana

367. Prof. Edward Schortman, Anthropology Department, Kenyon College, USA

368. Stephanie Miller, University of California, Riverside, USA

369. Dr. Noam Hart, Battery Researcher, University of California, Riverside, USA

370. Dr Ernest-Emile Lopez-Sanson de Longval, Archéologue, France, Ong Cerediar, Société Internationale d’archéologie sociale

371. Dr. Andrew D. Turner, Yale University, USA

372. Eric J. Heller, PhD Candidate, University of California Riverside, USA 19

373. Dr. Robert K. Hitchcock, University of New Mexico, USA

374. Professor Anthony Bebbington, University of Melbourne, Australia and Clark University, USA .

375. Charles A. Flowerday, formerly editor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, formerly managing editor, Anthropology of Consciousness, USA

376. Dr. Christine Gibb, postdoctoral researcher, University of Toronto, Canada

377. Lic. Victor Falcón Huayta. Peruvian archeologist, Peru

378. Professor John Collins, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

379. A/Prof Sarah Wright, The University of Newcastle, Australia

380. Devra Weber, Associate Professor, History, University of California, Riverside, USA

381. Brenda Biddle, Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College (CUNY), New York US.

382. Professor Katherine Gibson, Western Sydney University, Australia

383. Timothy Erik Ström, PhD Researcher, Western Sydney University, Australia

384. Sam Pack, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Kenyon College, USA

385. Harry W. Fischer, Associate Senior Lecturer, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

386. Dr. David Gilbert, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

387. Violet Cho, PhD Candidate, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

388. Dr. Uzma Z. Rizvi, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Urban Studies, Pratt Institute, USA

389. Kees Krul, PhD Researcher, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

390. Dr. Charlotte Cable, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia

391. Derick A. Fay, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology University of California, Riverside, USA.

392. Dr. Leah Temper, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Spain 20

393 Dr. Greg Acciaioli, The University of Western Australia, Australia

394. Dr C Shambu Prasad, Institute of Rural Management Anand, India

395. Dr. Lawrence Surendra, Chairman, The Sustainability Platform, India

396. Prof. Balbir Singh Butola, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

397. Lic. José Luis Fuentes Sadowski, National University of San Marcos, Perú

398. Dr. Miles Kenney-Lazar, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan

399. Amit John Kurien, PhD scholar, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, India

400. Dr. Shuo Li, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

401. Genevieve Gebhart, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, USA

402. Dr. Anders Riel Müller, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark

403. Dr. Jonas Ecke, Forcier Consulting, South Sudan

Professor Rosalind C. Morris, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, USA

405. Dr. Jennifer C. Transnational Institute (TNI), Amsterdam

406. Erik Harms, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University, USA

407. John Gledhill, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, The University of Manchester, UK

408. Dr. Satomi Higashi, Post Doctoral Fellow, Hosei University, Japan

409 Dr. Theodora Tsongas, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, USA

410. Dr. Eduardo C. Tadem, University of the Philippines

411. Abdul Rahman, graduate student, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

412. Dr Vikas Bajpai, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

413. Professor Charanjit Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

414.Dr. John R. Campbell, School of Oriental & African Studies, London, UK

415. Miki Namba, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan

416. Prof. Marco Armiero, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

417. Dr. Ethemcan Turhan, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

418. Jiraporn Laocharoenwong, PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.