289th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by John Moore This is the script of John’s talk. Each slide in John’s presentation showed either a singer, a musician with their instrument or an instrument. After talking about the subject of the slide, John then played an extract of the music of the subject of … Read more
287th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Dr. Duongchan Apaavaatjrut Charoenmuang The Minutes of Dr. Duongchan’s talk are comprised of her newspaper article and your Convenor’s recollections of an extremely informative and well delivered presentation The smoggy, grayish haze that has spread over Chiang Mai and many other provinces of northern Thailand and … Read more
282nd INTG Meeting – A Talk by Andrew Turton The story starts in Moulmein in 1836, chief town of the rapidly growing little colony of Tenasserim. The large British garrison needs beef. The merchants and the East India Company want trade with China. The Chinese Muslim traders come to Ava annually. Can they be encouraged … Read more
279th INTG Meeting – A Presentation by Alan Hall and Andrew Williams SOS is a non-profit organization whose aim is to help foreigners living in Chiangmai with assistance in the event of an emergency. We are based in Chiangmai and have an office situated near to Payap University. Our 24 hour emergency help lines receive … Read more
273rd INTG Meeting – A Panel Discussion on the Mega-Projects Proposed for the Northern Capital Do Citizens Have a Voice? What are they Saying, and What are they Planning to Do? The panel consisted of experts in various fields: political, economic, environmental, communications, etc. from the 48 Chiang Mai organizations that Pakee Kon Hak Chiang … Read more
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
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
