INTG Convenor 202nd INTG Meeting – A talk and Presentation by David Engel Thailand’s native plant species comprise many with pharmacological properties both beneficial and detrimental. I have assembled typical examples often seen along the roadside, in wastelands, in the wild, and more commonly seen even in many gardens. Plants in Thai folk medicine are versatile, treating … Read more
192nd INTG Meeting – A talk by Louis Gabaude The origin of contemporary cartoons criticizing Buddhism is traceable to Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993). Influenced by what some call ‘Protestant Buddhism’, he criticized Thai Buddhism as unfaithful to its origins. Some of his disciples drew cartoons, transmitting his teaching in a humorous manner, and displayed them in schools … Read more
184th INTG Meeting – A talk by Bruce Kekule Your convenor writes: There were no minutes taken at the meeting so I have used information from Bruce’s website which, apart from a sprinkling of anecdotes, covers all of what he talked about. I can’t reproduce the slides, unfortunately, you had to be there. To see some … Read more
183rd INTG Meeting – A Presentation of the PhD field research in Mae Hong Son by Oliver Puginier Contact: oliver.puginier@t-online.de Abstract In the last decades, in the highlands of northern Thailand, natural resource conflicts and inconsistent policies have increasingly affected sustainable development. One of the major conflicts is exemplified by the promotion of forest protection vis-à-vis the … Read more
181st INTG Meeting – A talk by Luke Davies Your Convenor writes: Luke talked a bit about himself and read passages from ‘Candy’ and some of his other works but no summary was written for his presentation. I have done some research and found some background information on Luke Davies and a review of ‘Candy’ … Read more
180th INTG Meeting – A talk by LeeRay Costa Your convenor writes: As no summary was written at the time, and LeeRay’s notes for her talk have long since disappeared, this summary for the talk is based on an essay LeeRay wrote in 2008 which covers all of the same material from her 1999 talk … Read more
177th INTG Meeting – A talk by Andrew Matzner Your Convenor write: There were no minutes taken on the evening but Andrew has advised me that this article that he wrote for LGBTQ – an encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer culture, includes all the information that he used for his talk. Thailand … Read more
173rd INTG Meeting – A talk by Karan Aquino Your Convenor writes: There was no summary written for this talk at the time, however, this case study which was co-written by Karan and appeared in the publication ‘Communities and Forest Management in Southeast Asia’ covers everything that Karan talked about during the course of the … Read more
