Instrumentalizing a Local Religious Festival for Environmental Movement Against Potash Mining in Thailand

This study examines how Thailand’s Bun Phawet Festival, a traditional Theravāda Buddhist celebration in Sakon Nakhon Province, has been repurposed as a vehicle for environmental protest against potash mining expansion. Following the 2014 military coup, which restricted public assembly, and the 2015...

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies

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