Dogmeat Diaries 3: On the Ye River
By Ashley SouthThis post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South. (Read the first entry here for an explanation about the title choice.) Dr Ashley South is an…
Dogmeat Diaries 2: First Trip to Monland
By Ashley SouthThis post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South. (Read the first entry here for an explanation about the title choice.) Dr Ashley South is an…
Photograph by The People, https://thepeople.co/interview-martin-seeger-german-expert-on-thai-women-role-in-buddhist-society/
‘Gender and the Path to Awakening’
By Emma Kiedyk Martin Seeger is ‘a rare case among western scholars of Thai Buddhism and culture’, says Thai thinker and activisit Sulak Sivaraksa in Seeds of Peace (Vol 35,…
Dogmeat Diaries 1: Drip
By Ashley SouthThis post is part of the series ‘Dogmeat Diaries’ by Ashley South. (Read the first entry here for an explanation about the title choice.) Dr Ashley South is an…
Shopping along narrow Sampeng Lane in Chinatown. By McKay Savage
Is Consumption in Bangkok Becoming More Sustainable?
By Sophorntavy Vorng -Ever since my first trip to Bangkok as a PhD student to do my initial field research for A Meeting of Masks, I’ve been back many times.…
Migrant labour and care in times of COVID-19, an interview with Dr Megha Amrith
Dr Megha Amrith is the lead researcher of the ‘Ageing in a Time of Mobility’ Research Group at Max Planck Institute, in Germany. She and her team focus on ageing,…
‘Dehijabbing’ in Malaysia
'The moral responsibilities placed on young women draw the limits around the multicultural and multireligious society that Malaysia is claiming to be', claims Sylva Frisk in this thought-provoking entry. In…
Performing the Arts of Indonesia
''This book is a forum for information and discourse on the previously little known history, politics and identity of the performing arts of the small island region of Kepri'' Read…
Afghanistan rubble, from Wikimedia Commons.
The Fog of War Again Descends on Afghanistan
Michael Fredholm brings us un update on Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban and the recent peace agreement. Read his book 'Afghanistan Beyond the Fog of War' for a fascinating account on…
Maria Bo Niok at her home in Wonosobo, Java, 2019.
Alien Romance
As our inaugural post, we bring you a fascinating piece on the agency of Indonesian domestic workers when engaging in relationships abroad. By Jafar Suryomenggolo, editor and translator of 'At…