293rd INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Richard Fuller Rich Fuller, now 60, worked as an agricultural volunteer with International Voluntary Services in Viet Nam from 1969 – 1971, and from 1973 to 1975. He returned to Viet Nam in 1993 and met and sang with the late Trinh Cong Son, several of … Read more
238th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt and Mrs. Patcharin Nawichai Contact Information for the presenters:Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt (bechstedt@gmx.net) Mrs. Patcharin Nawichai (nawichai@yahoo.com) Research Group Social Networks and Development, Hohenheim Office, Faculty of Agriculture Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200Thailand Phone: +66-53-944647, Fax: +66-53-274030 Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt’s background More than 20 years … Read more
236th INTG Meeting – A talk and slide presentation by Dr. Ron Renard Summary of the Talk This summary was compiled by Ron from, he tells me, 25 pages of text. Since 1996, the Wa Authority, in Special Region No. 2 of Shan State in Myanmar, has been vowing to bring opium cultivation to an … Read more
227th INTG Meeting – A Talk by Mark Tamthai Dr. Mark Tamthai is a member of the Department of Philosophy, Chulalongkorn University, where he has taught for 28 years in the fields of Logic, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and Social Philosophy. He is the current President of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand. The … Read more
218th INTG Meeting – A talk by Leo A. von Geusau A Summary of Leo’s Talk I came to Thailand in 1977 to conduct fieldwork studies on Akha language and culture. Two obstacles that I initially encountered were that I was discouraged by the Thai authorities who, for whatever reasons, did not want me to … 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
168th INTG Meeting – A talk by Pierre Pichard Your Convenor writes: There was no summary of this talk made at the time and Pierre informs me that the notes he had made have long since disappeared. What follows are three chapters taken from the book ‘The Buddhist Monastery: A Cross Cultural Survey’ edited by Pierre Pichard … Read more
141st INTG Meeting – A talk by Niels Mulder Paraphrasing Bourdieu, schools are brainwashing machines that condition the imagination of the innocent to think in ways the nation-state desires. Because of this, textbooks provide all the answers to what it officially means to be a Thai; they explain the polity, its history and current state … Read more
