The recent discussion here on New Mandala about elephant tusks reminded me of the work of Sarinda Singh, a former PhD student at the ANU (and now at the University of Queensland). Her PhD thesis dealt with the complex relationship forests and state power in Laos. One chapter focussed specifically on the symbolism of elephants. [...]
Elephants, forests and power
March 20th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment
Tags: Environment · Focus on Laos · Laos · Manau · Tai Studies
Melbourne Thai events
March 20th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
New Mandala readers in Australia may be interested in these two upcoming events in Melbourne.
Event 1
La Trobe University and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image present a free screening of the new Thai documentary “Citizen Juling”. Friday 28th March, 7.15 ACMI (Federation Square). [citizen-juling-eflyer.pdf]
“Citizen Juling” follows the life of Juling, a Buddhist who went [...]
Tags: Southern Thailand · Thailand