252nd INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Jack Kelly Summary of Jack’s Talk Compiled by your Convenor, Brian Hubbard Using Thomas’s brand spanking new LCD projector and other associated bits of technological paraphernalia to illustrate his talk, Jack started by outlining the background and the current situation of the tourism market of Chiang … Read more
251st INTG Meeting – A talk by Niels Mulder Summary of Niels Mulder’s Talk In the last days of the year 2000, when I finished writing ‘Southeast Asian Images – Towards civil society?’ (Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2003), I knew it would be my last work based on field research. That being the sign of … Read more
250th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr. Duangchan Charoenmuang Dr. Duangchan writes “Chiang Mai air quality has been worse than you may have thought. The critical period is in dry season. At this time the air contains an increased amount of fine particulate matter (PM10), much more than the allowable amount. Statistics … Read more
249th INTG Meeting – A talk by Gary Sue Merritt Suwannarat Gary Suwannarat writes – Here’s a little bit of my background regarding American politics. I have been a member of Democrats Abroad-Thailand for something like 15 years, served as the Vice-Chair in 1996, and then found myself Chair as the elected Chair moved to Great Britain. Between the … Read more
248th INTG Meeting – A talk by Jan Mrázek The arts scene in contemporary Java evades easy characterization: it is a diverse and unpredictable landscape, and focusing on a single force, agent, or movement risks concealing the multiple forces, contradictions, transformations, and the variety of creatures in that landscape. Traveling in the confusing landscape is … Read more
245th INTG Meeting – A talk by Reinhard Hohler Introduction “Expedition Mekong 2002” was co-organized by the Brooker Group and Diethelm Travel. The expedition was from November 2-17, 2002, and covered nearly 3,000 km of the Mekong river from Simao Port in Yunnan to its delta in the southern part of Vietnam. Profile of Expedition Mekong’s Tour Director, Mr. Reinhard Hohler Reinhard Hohler is an … Read more
An Encountering with Burmese Spirit Possession 244th INTG Meeting – A talk by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière, CNRS-LASEM We were at Padeima, that is to say somewhere in between Shweguni and Monywa, sitting on the Irrawady River’s sandy bank, in the light of the moon, and listening to the stories of KSM, a spirit-medium, … Read more
243rd INTG Meeting – A talk by Aaron Stern Aaron Stern is a doctoral student at the Department of Political Science, University of Michigan. His dissertation concerns the Thai House of Representatives and its influence on government policy-making. He has spent about 6 years in Thailand, working or doing research in various capacities. Brief Abstract Thailand’s current constitution mandated some major … Read more
