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E-book Power, Protection and Magic in Thailand : The Cosmos of a Southern Policeman

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Early in the project, Sue Rider suggested I could embed audio-video clips in the book as an auxiliary medium to tell the southern policeman’s story, and Nicholas Farrelly, who was enthusiastic about this idea from the outset, was instrumental in bringing it to fruition. In late 2017, I spent two days in Nakhon Si Thammarat with Khun Tanavit and his HD Team Production crew filming monasteries, monuments, statues, parks, the Songkhla lakes, the Khrua Thale restaurant and the surrounding countryside. Kasem Jandam and Piyachat Suongtee, who accompanied us, were able to open doors with their native proficiency in the southern Thai dialect and, in one place where we were filming, were able to get us out of a sticky situation. I thank Alex Nichols in the College of Asia and the Pacific marketing unit for her cooperation and Peter Mahon for studio filming. Oliver Friedmann devoted many hours to crafting the audio-video clips that accompany each chapter. He worked through a busy schedule in difficult circumstances, and I appreciate his energetic and expert contribution to the publication.Financial support for field research came initially from an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant with Andrew Walker (2008–10), and later from the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, at The Australian National University. Karina Pelling in CartoGIS Services at the college designed the maps, and Jan Borrie copyedited the typescript. Three reviewers of the final draft made comments that helped me improve it, and Jim Fox and Emily Hazlewood with her team at ANU Press guided the book to publication.‘He doesn’t argue, he tells’—a statement once made by an art critic about painting—was a dictum I took to heart while formulating my ideas and expressing them in words. The statement is quite contrary to the instructions supervisors in the humanities and social sciences give to their thesis students, who are urged to present an argument. As Sue Rider, my spouse, knows all too well, this project has taken a long time to complete. A lover of live radio, podcasts and interviews with academics who can speak to a wider audience, she has urged me to write in a way that is accessible to non-specialists and to put myself into the policeman’s story wherever it seemed appropriate. I have tried to heed her advice and abjure scholasticism. Our sons, Simon and Oliver, will finally be able to find out why the southern Thai policeman was so important to their father.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

920.593 REY p

Penerbit

Australia : ANU Press., 2019

Deskripsi Fisik

214 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781760463168

Klasifikasi

920.593

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

Biography, Obituaryof Thailand

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

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