103rd INTG Meeting – A talk by M.R. Smansnid Svasti M.R. Smansnid, or Nunie, was brought up in England before returning to Thailand and was already aware of forest destruction before meeting Ajaan [Phra] Pongsak – until recently the abbot of Wat Pa-lad on Doi Suthep. Dense forests in the mountains allow rains to soak into the soil, and … Read more
44th INTG Meeting – A panel discussion with W.R. Geddes, Wanat Bhruksasri, and Peter Hinton Bill Geddes reviewed the national significance of the foreign contribution to development [US$ 60 per capita] and the impact on highlanders, expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of knowledge [especially the widely held and erroneous notion that highlanders are solely … Read more
6th INTG Meeting – A talk by Katherine Bowie Reference #1: Unraveling the Myth of the Subsistence Economy: Textile Production in Nineteenth-Century Northern Thailand Author: Katherine A. Bowie; Source: The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1992), pp. 797-823; Published by: Association for Asian Studies Reference #2: Assessing the Early Observers: Cloth and … Read more
