@article{Chotisut_2019, title={Myanmar Banknotes and Changing Nationhood: From the Colonial Period to Present-Day}, volume={23}, url={https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/easttu/article/view/241348}, abstractNote={<p>Banknotes were the otherness in Myanmar society in the colonial years. This was due to the fact that the country had no legal system that recognized note printing works and the status of such notes. Also, it had no banking system circulating notes in the country’s economic activities. However, as paper money was introduced in the country, banknotes were not simply a means of economic exchanges as the notes contained letters, pictures and symbols. Therefore, they were actually a form of political communication between those who printed them and people in the society. The designs of Myanmar banknotes were changing throughout the history. These changes reflected the efforts of governments at different points in time in promoting their own versions of the nationhood. Although the changes in Myanmar banknotes’ design might not instantly follow political transitions due to several factors such as the country’s limited economic capacity, it did correspond to changing laws and political ideologies as well as to the beliefs of the populous. The efforts to redesign banknotes sometimes played a role in triggering protests from the Burmese.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Thai Journal of East Asian Studies}, author={Chotisut, Kridsana}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={102–120} }