143rd INTG Meeting – A talk by Ron Renard Summary of the Talk Ron Renard, formerly of Payap University and now working with UNDP, spoke about his experience working on a Highland people’s development program with UNDP. He talked about the difficulties and challenges encountered in setting up the project and also provided background information about highland peoples in the … 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
70th INTG Meeting – A talk and slide presentation by Vithi Phanichphant Ajaan Vithi’s talk was illustrated throughout by a fine collection of slides of murals, interspersed with spontaneous and humorously penetrating remarks. These murals, previously decorating the walls of a one hundred year old Shan-style temple/pavilion in Wiang Ta Village, midway between Lampang and … Read more
6th INTG Meeting – A talk by Katherine Bowie Reference #1: Unraveling the Myth of the Subsistence Economy: Textile Production in Nineteenth-Century Northern Thailand Author: Katherine A. Bowie; Source: The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1992), pp. 797-823; Published by: Association for Asian Studies Reference #2: Assessing the Early Observers: Cloth and … Read more
1st INTG Meeting – A talk by John Shaw The Tak Hilltop Burial Sites In September 1984, thousands of ceramic wares appeared in the antique shops of Bangkok, Sukhothai and Chiang Mai. There were beautiful large C14th Chinese celadons, Ming blue and white wares, spectacular underglaze black decorated dishes and bowls from Sukhothai-town and Sawankaloke, celadons … Read more
