Comments on: Seminar: tool of oppression or reunification? http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:39:39 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: New Mandala » Classify, define, require http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/comment-page-1/#comment-13907 New Mandala » Classify, define, require Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:18:44 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/#comment-13907 [...] In my previous posts, I mentioned Mentur, and his part in the resettlement of the Hmong in and around Vieng Say. His story raises many questions: what made a man’s search for subsistence into an illegal trespass? Why it was possible for the resettlement program to be enforced? What logics of legality and illegality led to his incarceration? To answer these questions, it is important to understand first how land is owned and regulated in today’s Laos. Fortunately, the staff of the Vieng Say lands office were extremely helpful in explaining this to me. [...] [...] In my previous posts, I mentioned Mentur, and his part in the resettlement of the Hmong in and around Vieng Say. His story raises many questions: what made a man’s search for subsistence into an illegal trespass? Why it was possible for the resettlement program to be enforced? What logics of legality and illegality led to his incarceration? To answer these questions, it is important to understand first how land is owned and regulated in today’s Laos. Fortunately, the staff of the Vieng Say lands office were extremely helpful in explaining this to me. [...]

]]> By: Laos » Blog Archive » Seminar: tool of oppression or reunification? http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/comment-page-1/#comment-13628 Laos » Blog Archive » Seminar: tool of oppression or reunification? Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:09:23 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/#comment-13628 [...] : there is nothing to be afraid of. He was happy to tell me these stories of reunification and reconciliation: the enemy had through this process become friend . … – more – [...] [...] : there is nothing to be afraid of. He was happy to tell me these stories of reunification and reconciliation: the enemy had through this process become friend . … – more – [...]

]]> By: Laos » Blog Archive » Ranking of International Corruption: Laos at the bottom list ! http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/comment-page-1/#comment-13348 Laos » Blog Archive » Ranking of International Corruption: Laos at the bottom list ! Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:08:17 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/#comment-13348 [...] Don t be afraid to ask me anything, or to ask anything in Laos: there is nothing to be afraid of. He was happy to tell me these stories of reunification and reconciliation: the enemy had through this process become friend . … – more – [...] [...] Don t be afraid to ask me anything, or to ask anything in Laos: there is nothing to be afraid of. He was happy to tell me these stories of reunification and reconciliation: the enemy had through this process become friend . … – more – [...]

]]> By: Jon Fernquest http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/comment-page-1/#comment-12924 Jon Fernquest Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:37:51 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/#comment-12924 To read an actual transcript from such a "seminar" would truly be interesting. I wonder whether it is rather a "lecture" or whether allowed student interaction is more along the lines of a "group confessional." I also wonder how students are assessed, what happens when you fail, and whether you can drop the class. To read an actual transcript from such a “seminar” would truly be interesting. I wonder whether it is rather a “lecture” or whether allowed student interaction is more along the lines of a “group confessional.” I also wonder how students are assessed, what happens when you fail, and whether you can drop the class.

]]> By: patiwat http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/comment-page-1/#comment-12361 patiwat Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:29:36 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/13/seminar-tool-of-oppression-or-reunification/#comment-12361 Has the Lao meaning of "seminar" been completely tainted by the re-education/reconciliation concept, or is the term also used the way Thais use it, in an academic context? In Thai it commonly means either an academic conference (similar to the way it is used in mainstream english) or a type of advanced university class where you spend the semester researching a topic in detail, while every week speakers (usually external) come and speak about related topics. It's one of the grueling courses, required in my old faculty, of the undergrad academic life. Has the Lao meaning of “seminar” been completely tainted by the re-education/reconciliation concept, or is the term also used the way Thais use it, in an academic context?

In Thai it commonly means either an academic conference (similar to the way it is used in mainstream english) or a type of advanced university class where you spend the semester researching a topic in detail, while every week speakers (usually external) come and speak about related topics. It’s one of the grueling courses, required in my old faculty, of the undergrad academic life.

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