Lao

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