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VY Choi
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Ethnographer | Co-Conspirator Writing with Light | Assoc. Professor St Olaf College Disasters, Environmental Justice, Indian Ocean Worlds, Sri Lanka… Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka out May 2025 (DUP) Discount code: E25VCHOI
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Mar 19
It’s happening! Officially the book is out May 13th but you can read the Introduction for free and pre-order using this here discount: EV25VCHOI
#DisasterSTS #Anthropology #SriLanka #SouthAsia #IndianOcean
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Mar 17
In "Disaster Nationalism," Vivian Y. Choi examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami fostered new forms of governance and militarization during Sri Lanka’s civil war that led to enduring forms of precarity and insecurity. Check out the intro for free! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
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Cover of Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka by Vivian Y. Choi. The cover is an abstract image of swirling black lines that resemble an oncoming storm, with a background that has a gradient of a brown yellow at the top and burnt orange at the bottom.
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Sep 7
Um teaching, teaching this in my class!
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Sep 6
Get it! So looking forward to reaching this in my class this semester!
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Carceral Ecologies @carceralecologies.bsky.social · Sep 4
Nick’s book “Homesick” comes out in a month! The book asks the question of how shelter became exposure in the US and what we can do about it. www.dukeupress.edu/homesick (discount code: E25SHPRO)
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Sep 4
Hey! It’s me & my new book at the @4sweb.bsky.social conference in Seattle! Visit the @dukepress.bsky.social table to see it in all its beautiful colors. Then come to the Pine Box tonight for a joint celebration with @carceralecologies.bsky.social @eyatesd.bsky.social & the More Worlds Collective!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Sep 4
We're enjoying selling books and meeting authors at #4S2025. Here's @vivvychoi.bsky.social with her new book "Disaster Nationalism." Come by and see us!
A woman with shoulder length dark hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and black pants, holds up a brown book. She is standing in front of a table covered with books featuring a sign that says "Duke University Press."
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Sep 4
We're enjoying selling books and meeting authors at #4S2025. Here's @vivvychoi.bsky.social with her new book "Disaster Nationalism." Come by and see us!
A woman with shoulder length dark hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and black pants, holds up a brown book. She is standing in front of a table covered with books featuring a sign that says "Duke University Press."
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Aug 30
Please come celebrate with us!!
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Emily Yates-Doerr @eyatesd.bsky.social · Aug 29
In Seattle for @4sweb.bsky.social? Come celebrate our books with us at The Pine Box (1600 Melrose Ave).

Thursday, September 4th, 7 to 11 PM.

Find us in the Bruce Lee Beer Garden! 📖 🎉 🍰

#4S2025 #AnthroSky #STSSky @carceralecologies.bsky.social @vivvychoi.bsky.social
Handmade flier with pink, yellow, green and yellow-green figures (all with clearly non-AI fingers) reading the book covers (but the figures are also drawn as if their bodies are the book covers) of the 4 books featured at the party. The flier includes the text that is repeated in the post.
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · May 20
@ideasonfirephd.bsky.social dis fire indexing work for the book!
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Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · May 19
Kudos to Ideas on Fire author Vivian Y. Choi on Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka, out now from @dukepress.bsky.social! 👏

www.dukeupress.edu/disaster-nat...

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Disaster Nationalism
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Timothy Neale @tdneale.bsky.social · May 20
More on the Discovery Project here: adi.deakin.edu.au/project/embe... Get in touch if you're potentially interested!
Embedding net zero carbon emissions in Northern Australia
This project aims to explore how people in Northern Australia view the value of large net zero carbon emissions projects.
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · May 14
Out this week! #DisasterSTS #SriLanka #SouthAsia #DisasterNationalism
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 14
Save 30% on #NewBook "Disaster Nationalism," by @vivvychoi.bsky.social , which examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami fostered new forms of governance & militarization during Sri Lanka’s civil war, both of which led to enduring forms of precarity & insecurity. #Anthropology
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Cover of Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka by Vivian Y. Choi. The cover is an abstract image of swirling black lines that resemble an oncoming storm, with a background that has a gradient of a brown yellow at the top and burnt orange at the bottom.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 14
Save 30% on #NewBook "Disaster Nationalism," by @vivvychoi.bsky.social , which examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami fostered new forms of governance & militarization during Sri Lanka’s civil war, both of which led to enduring forms of precarity & insecurity. #Anthropology
buff.ly/oo11oHy
Cover of Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka by Vivian Y. Choi. The cover is an abstract image of swirling black lines that resemble an oncoming storm, with a background that has a gradient of a brown yellow at the top and burnt orange at the bottom.
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · May 2
And you can pre-order with this discount code: E25VCHOI!
#DisasterNationalism #DisasterSTS #SouthAsia #SriLanka
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 1
We have many exciting new titles coming out this May, including "Disaster Nationalism" by Vivian Y. Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social . #AsianStudies #Anthropology
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Cover of Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka by Vivian Y. Choi. The cover is an abstract image of swirling black lines that resemble an oncoming storm, with a background that has a gradient of a brown yellow at the top and burnt orange at the bottom.
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Mar 19
Ahem, the correct discount code: E25VCHOI
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Mar 19
Grateful for the generous endorsements from Sharika Thiranagama (@thiran1.bsky.social), Kim Fortun, and Joe Masco. And thanks to @kwissoker.bsky.social for staying with the project for so many years!
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VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social · Mar 19
It’s happening! Officially the book is out May 13th but you can read the Introduction for free and pre-order using this here discount: EV25VCHOI
#DisasterSTS #Anthropology #SriLanka #SouthAsia #IndianOcean
dukepress.bsky.social
Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Mar 17
In "Disaster Nationalism," Vivian Y. Choi examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami fostered new forms of governance and militarization during Sri Lanka’s civil war that led to enduring forms of precarity and insecurity. Check out the intro for free! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
buff.ly/o0hgHIR
Cover of Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka by Vivian Y. Choi. The cover is an abstract image of swirling black lines that resemble an oncoming storm, with a background that has a gradient of a brown yellow at the top and burnt orange at the bottom.
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