Imagine my surprise today when the signs (Thai and English) in the local supermarket declared a mid-afternoon ban on the sale of alcohol. “Between 2 pm and 5 pm”, according to the sales assistant, “beer, wine and other alcohol cannot be sold, it’s the law”. I could, however, have my bottle of celebratory, imported booze [...]
Wrapping up Social Policy
August 4th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
Tags: Thailand
Imitation is the best form of McFlattery
August 4th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
Throughout Southeast Asia, fakes, of all sorts, are ubiquitous. Fake watches, polo-shirts, perfume and handbags are a staple of almost all markets and shopping centres. Multinational consumer goods companies continue to endeavour, with varying levels of success, to discourage the illegal use of their trademarks and intellectual property.
Tags: Burma
Rumblings from a place that (still) has no place
August 4th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
Warren Mayes is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology here at the ANU. In this short piece he reflects on a place that has no place:
“The past decade has seen a flurry of (European) academic literature on a place located on the East bank of the Mekong (northeast of Thailand, south of China, [...]
Tags: Laos