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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jakkrit Sangkhamanee

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  • Role in Center:

    Advanced Researcher

  • Discipline:

    Anthropology

  • University:

    Chulalongkorn University

  • Country:

    Thailand

Biography: Jakkrit Sangkhamanee is an Associate Professor in Anthropology at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He earned his PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University. His recent research topics deal with issues in science, technology, and society (STS), focusing on water infrastructure, state floods, and cities. His latest publications include “Infrastructure in the Making: The Chao Phraya Dam and the Dance of Agency” in TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 6(1) and “Bangkok Precipitated: Cloudbursts, Sentient Urbanity, and Emergent Atmospheres,” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (EASTS).

Selected Publications:

  • Sangkhamanee, J. (2021: forthcoming): Bangkok Precipitated: Cloudbursts, Sentient Urbanity, and Emergent Atmospheres. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (EASTS).

  • Sangkhamanee, J. (2018): Infrastructure in the Making: The Chao Phraya Dam and the Dance of Agency. TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/trn.2017.19

  • Sangkhamanee, J. (2017): An Assemblage of Thai Water Engineering: The Royal Irrigation Department’s Museum for Heavy Engineering as a Parliament of Things. Engaging Science, Technology and Society, Vol.3, 276-291.

  • Sangkhamanee, J. (2020: forthcoming): State, NGOs, and Villagers: How the Thai Environmental Movement Fell Silent. In Environmental Movements of the Anthropocene in East and Southeast Asia, edited by Paul Jobin, Ming-sho Ho, and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao. Singapore: ISEAS—Yusof Ishak Institute.

  • Sangkhamanee, J. (2014): From Pak Mun to Xayaburi: The Backwater and Spillover of Thailand’s Hydropower Politics. In Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region: Political, Socio-economic and Environmental Perspectives, edited by Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb. New York: Routledge.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Science, Technology, and Society
  • Anthropology of Infrastructure
  • Spatial Mobility

Current Position(s):

  • Deputy Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
  • Director, Politics and Global Studies (PGS) Program, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Past Position(s)

  • Director, Master of Arts Program in International Development Studies (MAIDS), Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Memberships & Networks:

  • Environmental Infrastructures: Comparative Ethnographic Study on Nature, Technology and Environmental Change