Ethnic Groups

The Elusive Isan Nang Talung

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269th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr. Bonnie Brereton, PhD Bonnie Brereton Resume: brereton.b@gmail.com Professional Experience: Free-lance editor, writer, researcher, Chiang Mai, August 2005-present.Lecturer, Thai and Southeast Studies Program, Payap University, Chiang Mai, 2003-2005.Academic Director, Thai and Southeast Studies Program, Payap University, Chiang Mai, 2003-2005.Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Khon Kaen University Jan-June, 2003.Project … Read more

Is “Taization” Equivalent to Assimilation

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268th INTG Meeting – A talk by Olivier Evrard Acculturation and Perpetuation of Ethnic Boundaries in Northern Thailand and Laos About the Speaker Olivier Evrard is an anthropologist at IRD (Institut de Recherché pour le Developpement, previously called Orstom) and is currently collaborating with the Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University. He has been doing … Read more

Politics and Professionalism in Community Development – Examining Intervention in the Highlands of Northern Thailand

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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

Textiles as a Material Lexicon of Tributary Relations in the Lao-Tai world

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255th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Patricia Cheesman Background Patricia Cheesman has done in-depth field research in the Laos PDR and Thailand over the past 30 years. She published numerous books and articles on Lao and Tai textiles and has been lecturing at Chiang Mai University in the Thai Art Department since … Read more

Development Interventions, State Administration and Local Responses of Ethnic Minorities in Upland Northern Thailand: Role and Dynamics of Local, Rural Organizations and Networks

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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

Annual Variations in the Use of and Exposure to Pesticides among Hmong Farmers in Northern Thailand

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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