The Elusive Isan Nang Talung

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269th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr. Bonnie Brereton, PhD Bonnie Brereton Resume: brereton.b@gmail.com Professional Experience: Free-lance editor, writer, researcher, Chiang Mai, August 2005-present.Lecturer, Thai and Southeast Studies Program, Payap University, Chiang Mai, 2003-2005.Academic Director, Thai and Southeast Studies Program, Payap University, Chiang Mai, 2003-2005.Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Khon Kaen University Jan-June, 2003.Project … Read more

Is “Taization” Equivalent to Assimilation

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268th INTG Meeting – A talk by Olivier Evrard Acculturation and Perpetuation of Ethnic Boundaries in Northern Thailand and Laos About the Speaker Olivier Evrard is an anthropologist at IRD (Institut de Recherché pour le Developpement, previously called Orstom) and is currently collaborating with the Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University. He has been doing … Read more

Politics and Professionalism in Community Development – Examining Intervention in the Highlands of Northern Thailand

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267th INTG Meeting – A Talk and LCD Presentation by Dr. Katharine McKinnon About Dr. McKinnon Katharine was recently awarded her PhD in Human Geography at the Australian National University. Her dissertation was written following a year of fieldwork based in Chiang Mai. She is now a post-doctoral research fellow in Development Studies at Massey … Read more

Reconciliation in Southern Thailand – Lessons from Past Attempts and Present Directions

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266th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Mark Tamthai, Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture, Payap University, Chiang Mai About the Speaker Mark Tamthai was a professor at Chulalongkorn University for 30 years and is now the director of the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture at Payap University. For … Read more

Dr. Muller’s Asian Journey – Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Yunnan (1907-1909)

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265th INTG Meeting – Author, Carool Kersten, Talks About his New Book The Full Text of Carool’s Talk This talk introduces my latest book, published with White Lotus Press in Bangkok. It is based on a travelogue by one Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller, a kind of gentleman-traveler, relating his experiences during a two-year journey in … Read more

Daoism in the 20th Century: From Local Traditions to Global Networks

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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

Geohazards of Northern Thailand: How Dangerous Are They?

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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

Violence in Thai Society

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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