290th INTG Meeting – A Talk and DVD Presentation by Dr. Vanida Khumnirdpetch and David Steane The word ‘tribes’ refers to ‘breeds’ in animal terms. Many breeds are at serious risk of being extinct while, as yet, we do not know sufficient about their genetics and their qualities. Many breeds have been replaced, or are … Read more
283rd INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Dr. Janet C. Sturgeon The Full Text of Janet’s Talk and Presentation Border Landscapes looks at Akha access to resources and land use as influenced both by their location on international borders, and by their incorporation into modernizing nation-states. Today I’m covering the second part, the … Read more
282nd INTG Meeting – A Talk by Andrew Turton The story starts in Moulmein in 1836, chief town of the rapidly growing little colony of Tenasserim. The large British garrison needs beef. The merchants and the East India Company want trade with China. The Chinese Muslim traders come to Ava annually. Can they be encouraged … Read more
240th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Heike Löschmann Brief resume for Heike Löschmann Dr. Heike Löschmann is director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), Thailand and South East Asia Regional Office. Date of Birth: 22 November 1962 Education – PhD in Southeast Asian Studies, including Pali and Buddhist studies, politics and international relations, … 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
235th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Peter Kunstadter This summary of Peter’s talk was compiled by your convenor from the handout that Peter had prepared for the talk. Introduction Since the 1970s, Hmong farmers have changed from ‘organic’ subsistence shifting cultivation to fixed-field cash crop farming using chemical pesticides. This paper considers some … Read more
223rd INTG Meeting – A Talk by Carool Kersten The Full Text of Carool’s Talk Introduction The intention of this talk is to provide an impression of the ventures of the Dutch East India Company in Phnom Penh during the years 1635 until 1644, and the first recorded European expedition sent by the Dutch trading … Read more
183rd INTG Meeting – A Presentation of the PhD field research in Mae Hong Son by Oliver Puginier Contact: oliver.puginier@t-online.de Abstract In the last decades, in the highlands of northern Thailand, natural resource conflicts and inconsistent policies have increasingly affected sustainable development. One of the major conflicts is exemplified by the promotion of forest protection vis-à-vis the … Read more
