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
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
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
225th INTG Meeting – A video presentation and talk by Dr. Otome Klein Hutheesing Dr. Otome Klein Hutheesing is a sociologist from Leiden University in the Netherlands, who has been doing research in a Lisu village for more than 20 years. The following is the full text of her talk: Introduction “Tiger mountain will never … Read more
218th INTG Meeting – A talk by Leo A. von Geusau A Summary of Leo’s Talk I came to Thailand in 1977 to conduct fieldwork studies on Akha language and culture. Two obstacles that I initially encountered were that I was discouraged by the Thai authorities who, for whatever reasons, did not want me to … Read more
216th INTG Meeting – A talk by Khun Pongkaset Suwannakoon A Summary of the Talk Khun Pongkaset commenced his talk with a chronology of significant events in contemporary Laos history. He began with the Dien Bien Phu incident on May 8th 1954. After this incident Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia became independent under a treaty with … Read more
213th INTG Meeting – A talk by Ron Renard Summary of the Talk The Karen people live mostly in the hills bordering the eastern region and Irrawaddy delta of Burma, primarily in Karen State, with some in Kayah State (Karenni State), southern Shan State (MoBye Region), Ayeyarwady Division (Irrawaddy Division), Southern Kawthoolei (Tenasserim Coastal Region) … Read more
