How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

296th INTG Meeting – A Talk by Carol Grodzins, Vice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and Nikom Putta, Ashoka Fellow. Translator Ken Kampe Profile: Carol Grodzins, Vice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Carol leads Ashoka’s Global Fellowship program, realizing the collective potential of 1,800 Ashoka Fellows in over 60 countries. Her past experience … Read more

“Will the Snakes Swallow the Singers?” Traditional Music of the Hill Tribes

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

It’s Not Just Haze: The Effects of Air Pollution in Chiang Mai

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

SOS: A Non-Profit Organization Helping Foreigners Living in Chiangmai

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

Chiang Mai – Disneyfication or Rational Development?

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

Is “Taization” Equivalent to Assimilation

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

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

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

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