Tibet on Fire

Articulating language oppression: colonialism, coloniality and the erasure of Tibet’s minority languages

“…These speakers do not all have exactly the same goals, but they all want, at the very least, cultural autonomy for Tibetans.' 95 Many of the organizations involved in this movement are specifically Tibetfocused. Most prominent among these is the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a largely North American-based organization that does not recognize Tibet's linguistic diversity, despite having run several campaigns on the issue of language in Tibet, and despite centring language in its description of the uniqueness of Tibetan culture, the coherence of the Tibetan nation and the threats faced by the Tibetan people.…”

“…124 Despite these restrictions on the circulation of bodies and information, there exists what Whalen-Bridge calls an 'informational underground railroad' between Tibetans in the PRC and the outside world. 125 This subversive network includes aspects of US-sponsored radio services (Radio Free Asia, Voice of America), and transnational connectivity through social media, particularly WeChat. 126 Deliberate efforts have been made to cultivate these ligatures, for example, the US$200,000 provided between 2009 and 2012 by the National Endowment for Democracy to an organization called 'Consultations Samdrup', which aims to 'share information, facilitate dialog, and improve understanding between Tibetans in Exile and Tibetan and Chinese inside China'.…”

The Tibetan Self-Immolations as Counter-Securitization: Towards an Inter-Unit Theory of Securitization

“…The communicative aspect of self-immolations has been captured well in the existing literature. 118 Thanks to the intrusive network of surveillance and Tibetan collaborators, the Chinese authorities are quick to penetrate the Tibetan discourses, which explains the incarceration of many Tibetan writers and singers.…”

Redefining Roles and Ethical Duties of the Transactional Lawyer: A Narrative Approach*

“…practice, 186 others suggest that additional training on the use of narrative is required in order to address the "potential for abuse" associated with the use of narrative. 187 As transactional lawyering itself lacks comprehensive regulation under the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 188 it would follow that the risks associated with the use of a narrative approach might increase. However, based on Fisher's theory of narrative fidelity, which supports both parties' buy-in to a transactional story that "rings true," the use of narrative in transactional drafting may, in fact, enhance commonality between parties and allay fears concerning misleading narrative.…”