Stephen Cleary, the cofounder of Thai Blogs, has written a very pithy outline of a strategy for 10 new provinces for Thailand. He introduces some classic and refreshing provincial titles.
“Kluaypun Buri” (The Province of the Banana Shake) and “Rot Kheng Nakhon” (The Province of Mad Racing) are, in my view, worth further exploration. In Cleary’s proposal, [...]
10 New Provinces for Thailand!
September 18th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
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Nestling Asian values in management talk
September 18th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
Many New Mandala readers probably remember the years of widespread scholarly and popular interest in the idea of “Asian values“. Countless undergraduate Asian Studies tutorials have been dominated by the idea. Much has been written on the topic, including this piece by former Dean of the ANU’s Faculty of Asian Studies, Professor Tony Milner.
Since the 1997 financial crisis dented confidence [...]
Tags: Snapshots · Trans-Border Issues
The fragmented collective
September 18th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 6 Comments
Last Friday, in return for a very tasty Vietnamese lunch, I made a presentation to one of Canberra’s international consulting firms. This is one of the firms that is contracted by AusAID (and others) to implement international development projects. My presentation was about local perspectives on “projects” based on work I have been doing in [...]
Tags: Northern Thailand · Research Notes