working as a research assistant on a project on tourism in small cities at the University of Darmstadt. Her Ph.D. project focuses on heritage and urbanization in Vietnam. Since 2020 she has been working on citizenship in Vietnam in cooperation with the University of Passau and Mirjam Le.
Nr. 164/165 (2022) Research Note 117–39 {:en}Between Memories and Taboos: The Formation of Alternative Vietnamese and Myanmarese Spaces of Citizenship and BelongingIn the postcolonial states of Southeast Asia, governments weaponize their histories to create spaces of legitimate memories for nation-building processes.Local identities that do not conform to the official historiography are silenced. Beyond these state-sanctioned boundaries, however, alternative practices of remembrance are upheld that can challenge the state to produce different forms of belonging, identity, and … von by Franziska Susana Nicolaisen, Mirjam Le und and Mandy Fox
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Nr. 162/163 (2022) Research Note 34–57 {:en}Tensions in Local-Global Production of Tourist Spaces in Vietnam: Heritage, Global Flows, and Local IdentitiesThis research note examines the relations between mobility, urban heritage, and locality in Vietnam. The main research question is: Can heritage preservation function as a decolonization project, or does it re-establish structures of internal coloniality? We analyze data on Hội An and Tam Đảo regarding narratives, appropriation, and consumption practices and link our findings to … von by Mirjam Le und and Franziska Susana Nicolaisen
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