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DESCRIPTION:This paper examines how international borders and state-making 
 processes disrupted the historical continuity of the Kuki people as a tran
 sborder community across the Indo–Myanmar borderland. The colonial drawi
 ng of boundaries and the subsequent consolidation of nation-states fragmen
 ted Kuki kinship ties\, producing political\, social\, and cultural discon
 nections between Kuki populations in India and Myanmar. However\, contempo
 rary migration to Singapore\, shaped by globalisation\, labour mobility\, 
 and transnational networks\, has created new spaces for reconnection. In S
 ingapore\, shared kinship and ethnic networks enable the circulation of in
 formation\, collective decision-making\, and mutual support\, allowing pre
 viously separated Kuki groups to rebuild relationships beyond the constrai
 nts of national borders. The paper further explores the central role of th
 e church within this diasporic setting\, showing how religious institution
 s provide a unifying platform for reconstituting Kuki identity. By fosteri
 ng communal belonging\, facilitating interaction between Kukis from both s
 ides of the border\, and healing divisions produced by earlier geopolitica
 l separations\, the church emerges as a key site where transborder solidar
 ity is revived in a global city.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140203Z
LOCATION:Room 304 PC Desk (Seats 36)
SUMMARY:Diaspora as Bridge: Borders\, Migration and the Reconnected Kuki Tr
 ansborder Community in Singapore - Thanggoulen Kipgen
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/8X9HPV/
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