210th INTG Meeting – A talk by Brian Hubbard The Speaker’s Summary of His Talk From pocket money to pension, money is an important issue in life. Most of us spend most of our life working to make enough to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. As the pressures upon us to make more money have increased … Read more
192nd INTG Meeting – A talk by Louis Gabaude The origin of contemporary cartoons criticizing Buddhism is traceable to Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993). Influenced by what some call ‘Protestant Buddhism’, he criticized Thai Buddhism as unfaithful to its origins. Some of his disciples drew cartoons, transmitting his teaching in a humorous manner, and displayed them in schools … 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
177th INTG Meeting – A talk by Andrew Matzner Your Convenor write: There were no minutes taken on the evening but Andrew has advised me that this article that he wrote for LGBTQ – an encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer culture, includes all the information that he used for his talk. Thailand … Read more
169th INTG Meeting – A talk by Brian Hubbard Brian used the following article as the basis for his talk: Crossing Cultures: The Cultural Psychology of Relating It’s Wednesday and Steve and Ian have met for lunch in a restaurant in Chiang Mai. Steve is in a rather perplexed, pensive mood. “You know, I think … 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
