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VY Choi

@vivvychoi.bsky.social

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 · 11mo ago

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!

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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."
VY Choi@vivvychoi.bsky.social · last yr.

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

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · last yr.

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.