INTG Convenor 264th INTG Meeting – A Talk by David Palmer and Elijah Siegler Introduction: Tao Garden (by Elijah Siegler) 30 minutes outside Chiang Mai, near the village of Doi Saket, is a health spa called Tao Garden. It offers massage, herbal treatments. Also classes for Daoist practices: six healing sounds, microcosmic orbit, “Taoist yoga,” etc. Many … Read more
262nd INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan About the Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan is from the Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University. Northern Thailand has a number of active faults that are capable of generating some big earthquakes that may cause major damage to … Read more
261st INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr. Sombat Thapanya, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University Summary of the Talk This summary of Dr. Sombat’s talk is based on his PowerPoint presentation. Notes in parentheses have been added by your convenor, who was at the meeting … Read more
A Detective Story: Is This Image the Original? Two Others Claim the Title. 260th INTG Meeting – A talk and slide presentation by Carol Stratton About the Speaker Carol Stratton has been working on the art history of Thailand for over thirty years. She and her family lived in Bangkok for six years during the … Read more
Thailand as a Case Study 259th INTG Meeting – A talk by Annabelle Boissier The Full Text of Annabelle’s Talk In my Ph.D. thesis I try to explore the notion of “legitimacy” in the context of contemporary art practice in Thailand. My aim will be: trying to bring out the process by which the contemporary … Read more
258th INTG Meeting – A talk by Henri Locard About Henri Locard Born in Lyon in 1939, I first came to Cambodia as a student in the summer 1964. After the Agrégation d’Anglais in 1965, I had the luck to be appointed at the Lycée Descartes for two years. Teaching a foreign language in a … Read more
257th INTG Meeting – A talk by Shane K. Beary Shane K Beary Resume: Shane’s Introduction “I personally don’t believe that Chiang Mai should have been developed as a tourist destination. It should have been left as a charming, slow paced place to live, for both the Thai and the handful of foreigners, who for … Read more
256th INTG Meeting – A Panel Discussion with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan, Dave Percy and Dr. Sombat Tapanya The panel of three speakers talked about the geological aspects of the tsunami and its medical, social and psychological aftermath. These minutes are complied by your convenor, Brian Hubbard. Your convenor writes: This is a summary … Read more
