https://mandalaymemoirs.com/about/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_20180127_123052-01-e1517578034873.jpegIMG_20180127_123052-01https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/capture.jpgCapture2018-02-02T13:49:50+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/2017/04/24/what-happens-when-our-stories-speak-against-our-histories/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/second-jungle.jpeg"Second Jungle" by Jenna Zan"Second Jungle" by Jenna Zan. This piece is as a meditation on the way personal narratives can reclaim and re-root within the historied landscapes of its erasure.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bridge-over-irrawaddy.jpgBridge over Irrawaddy2018-02-01T18:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/resources/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/map.pngmaphttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/zans_in_burma.jpgZans_In_Burma2017-08-21T15:57:28+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/writing-as-myth-charting-narrativity-the-violence-of-the-map/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/deserted-temple-bagan1.jpgdeserted temple baganAn ancient temple crops of from the arid plains of Bagan, its bricks awash in afternoon sun. Hundreds of similar temples populate Bagan, which served as the capital of the Pagan Kingdom from the 9th-13th centuries.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/upper-burma-map-2.jpgupper burma map 2https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bcdf7a06-2bc4-4894-be7f-9d827c0f7eed_zps0xogmshq.jpgbcdf7a06-2bc4-4894-be7f-9d827c0f7eed_zps0xogmshqhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/upper-burma-map.jpgupper burma maphttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/from-mandalay-hill.jpgFrom Mandalay Hill2017-05-05T12:30:34+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/re-seeing-and-re-hearing-chaos-double-vision-contrapuntality/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/colonial-era_facade_-_mwalamyine_moulmein_21.jpgColonial-Era_Facade_-_Mwalamyine_(Moulmein)_(2)Jungle creeping through the facade of a colonial era building in Moulmein, Burma. https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gardens-bagan.jpggardens baganhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bagan.jpgBaganhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spencer-zan_mandalay-palace.jpgspencer zan_mandalay palaceMy grandfather's oil painting of Mandalay Palace, from recollection.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-palace.jpgmandalay palaceMandalay Palace, 2014. This location had always been emblazoned in my late grandfather Spencer's mind, long after he left Burma. He even attempted to capture the mirrored precipice of the palace and its frame of stately trees in paintings.2017-05-05T03:20:19+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/same-page-different-story-a-collective-struggle/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thatched2.jpgthatchedhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thatched1.jpgthatchedhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thatched.jpgthatchedhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cousin-pauls-garden.jpgCousin Paul's GardenSun filters through the trees of my cousin Paul's gently manicured garden, near "Zion Hill," Burma.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/snake.jpgSnakeA snake sparks chaos as it creeps into the confines of a colonial estate. From "The Graphic", a British news publication, 1879.2017-05-04T20:59:15+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/script22.jpgscript2Ancient Burmese Inscriptionhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/script21.jpgscript2Ancient Burmese inscriptionshttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/script2.jpgscript2Burmese language inscriptionshttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/colonial-facade.jpgcolonial facadehttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moulmein_colonial_facade.jpgMoulmein_Colonial_Facadehttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/colonial-era_facade_-_mwalamyine_moulmein_2-e1493815973686.jpgColonial-Era_Facade_-_Mwalamyine_(Moulmein)_(2)https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/typewriter.jpgAwesome antique typewriter at the hostelAwesome antique typewriter at the hostel2017-05-04T19:18:35+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/of-mirror-mask-and-map-walking-the-fault-lines-of-diaspora/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/zion-hill.jpgZion HillNunu and her sister-in-law, Aunty Than, walk down the road to Zion Baptist Church. Her family once owned an immense swath of nearby land, which they fondly remember as "Zion Hill."https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-hill1.jpgmandalay hillJason and Nunu pause to take in the hazy expanses of Mandalay and beyond as they climb the steps of its sacred hill. Mandalay Hill, 2013.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-hill.jpgmandalay hill2017-05-04T15:23:42+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/living-as-reflection-storytelling-and-distortion-in-subaltern-spaces/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-palace-reflection3.jpgMandalay Palace Reflectionhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-palace-reflection2.jpgMandalay Palace Reflectionhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-palace-reflection1-e1493821296859.jpgMandalay Palace Reflectionhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mandalay-palace-reflection-e1493821143416.jpgMandalay Palace Reflection2017-05-04T15:19:12+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/histories-the-recursive-violence-of-narrative-practice/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/golden-palace-monastery.jpgGolden Palace MonasteryGolden Palace Monastery, Burma. Ne Win's military regime drew claimed Buddhism at its roots, in part as a reclamation of culture and a rejection of colonial influence. This connection was distorted to garner authority through ethnic violence.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/burma-campaign.jpgBurma Campaignhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/burmacampaign1887_3.jpgBurmacampaign1887_3https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/burmacampaign1887_2.jpgBurmacampaign1887_2"Burma Campaign, 1887." Depiction of the Third Anglo-Burmese War. From The Graphic. https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/burmacampaign18871.jpgBurmacampaign1887https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/burmacampaign1887.jpgBurmacampaign18872017-05-04T15:15:16+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/embodied-histories-our-alien-selves-our-ailing-voices/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jenna.jpgjennaMe, circa 1994, at the Paw Family's residence in Long Island, NY. I'm wearing a traditional Karen dress, a homecoming tiara, and what seems to be a Broadway-themed scarf. https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/frescoes2-e1493828179247.jpgfrescoes2https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/frescoes_bagan-e1493828023328.jpgFrescoes_Bagan2017-05-04T15:09:15+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/nationalism-or-national-schism-the-recolonization-of-postcolonial-subjects/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moulmein3.jpgmoulmeinhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moulmein2.jpgmoulmeinhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moulmein1.jpgMoulmeinhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moulmein.jpgMoulmein2017-05-04T15:06:54+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/disembodying-fragmented-legacies-peri-colonial-hybridity/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sunset-irrawaddy1-e1493844768984.jpgsunset irrawaddyOn the Irrawaddy River, a man on a gondola drifts across the gently mottled glow of a sunset.https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sunset-irrawaddy-e1493826130291.jpgsunset irrawaddy2017-05-04T15:05:54+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/navigational-pointers/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/irrawaddy2.jpgirrawaddy22017-05-04T13:37:26+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.com/2017/05/03/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-neatly-bound-story-let-me-explain-through-the-bounds-of-a-story/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/irrawaddy-sunset.jpgIrrawaddy Sunsethttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/textile-baghan.jpgtextile bagan.jpegTextile worker in Bagan, Burma, 2014. 2017-05-04T12:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/2015/12/03/welcome/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bagan-ruins.jpgBagan Ruinshttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscf0103.jpgDSCF0103https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mandalay_palace.pngMandalay_Palace2017-05-03T20:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/the-snake-in-the-typewriter/works-cited/https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jason-zan.jpgJason ZanPhoto credit to my archaeologist brother, Jason Zan, who is responsible for all of the breathtaking snapshots of Burma used in this project. Archival photo credit to Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page).https://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/deserted-temple-bagan.jpgdeserted temple baganhttps://mandalaymemoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fisherman.jpgfisherman2017-05-03T17:05:12+00:00weekly0.6https://mandalaymemoirs.comdaily1.02018-02-02T13:49:50+00:00