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
295th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Documentary Film Presentation by Hseng Noung of the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) Second Showing of the Documentary to an Audience of More than 80 “Sacrifice” (1998) is a 50-minute documentary produced and directed by Ellen Bruno. Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese … Read more
294th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Film Presentation by Matt Blauer and Saw Doh Say, a Free Burma Rangers Relief Team Member “Prayer of Peace: Relief & Resistance in Burma’s War Zones” is a 28-minute documentary film about relief workers caring for their people amid a human rights crisis in Karen State, Eastern Burma. … Read more
291st INTG Meeting – A Talk and Documentary Film Presentation by Laurie Maund, and Hseng Noung of the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) “Sacrifice” (1998) is a 50-Minute Documentary Produced and Directed by Ellen Bruno Each year thousands of young girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in the sex industry in neighboring … Read more
Why has it Taken so Long to Establish Asia’s first Genocide Tribunal? Will it Achieve Justice both for the Living and the Dead? 274th INTG Meeting – A Talk by Tom Fawthrop About Tom Fawthrop Tom Fawrhrop is a British journalist covering SE Asia and has been reporting on Cambodia since 1981 for international newspapers … 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
272nd INTG Meeting – A Talk by Bertil Lintner Summary of the Talk This summary has been compiled by your convenor from the (scant) notes that Bertil used for his talk. Bertil started by saying that after studying and writing about Burma for 20 years, he decided it was time for a change. Casting around … Read more
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
