Sophorntavy Vorng
Biographic Data
| ID | 109960 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophorntavy Vorng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophorntavy |
| FAMILY NAME | Vorng |
| SIGNATURE | VORNG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Society |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Meeting of Masks: Status, Power and Hierarchy in Bangkok
Beneath the protest marches, rallies and sieges dividing Thailand in recent times are more subtle pressures that emerge from everyday encounters involving cultural notions of rank and hierarchy. Th
Michael Herzfeld. Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok
Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok Michael Herzfeld Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016, xii+267pp.Heritage is not the first thing that springs to mind when people think of Bangkok. Rather, modern skyscrapers, traffic snarls, glitzy shopping malls, chaotic markets, red light districts, and ornate temples dominate its popular image. Yet, the city's pulse beats strongly in vibrant pockets of life that are often hidden …
Wandering Dhamma and transnational fellowship: Addiction, aspiration and belonging among ethnic minorities on the northern Thai border
This article compares Buddhist and Christian approaches to the drug problem among ethnic minorities in northern Thailand. Government programmes implemented through Buddhist monasteries aim to construct Buddhist subjects and realise agendas of national security in border areas. Yet, they also offer development support and access to resources. Meanwhile, gospel rehabilitation centres provide much-needed drug treatment services while drawing highlan…
Beyond the Urban-Rural Divide: Complexities of Class, Status and Hierarchy in Bankok
Bangkok's Two Centers: Status, Space, and Consumption in a Millennial Southeast Asian City
Despite Bangkok's current incarnation as a globalized city of shopping malls and skyscrapers, indigenous concepts of power and space emphasizing center and hierarchy continue to pervade status differentiation in everyday social life. This is evident in tensions in the spatial-symbolic relations between Bangkok's politico-religious "old city" in Rattanakosin and the newer downtown consumption hub which emerged around the locales of Siam and Ratcha…
Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand: The religiosity of urban space - By James Taylor
Khmer Women on the Move: Exploring Work and Life in Urban Cambodia
Bangkok's Two Centers: Status, Space, and Consumption in a Millennial Southeast Asian City
Despite Bangkok's current incarnation as a globalized city of shopping malls and skyscrapers, indigenous concepts of power and space emphasizing center and hierarchy continue to pervade status differentiation in everyday social life. This is evident in tensions in the spatial-symbolic relations between Bangkok's politico-religious "old city" in Rattanakosin and the newer downtown consumption hub which emerged around the locales of Siam and Ratcha…
A Meeting of Masks: Status, Power and Hierarchy in Bangkok
Beneath the protest marches, rallies and sieges dividing Thailand in recent times are more subtle pressures that emerge from everyday encounters involving cultural notions of rank and hierarchy. Th
Beyond the Urban-Rural Divide: Complexities of Class, Status and Hierarchy in Bankok
Khmer Women on the Move: Exploring Work and Life in Urban Cambodia
Beyond the Urban-Rural Divide: Complexities of Class, Status and Hierarchy in Bankok
Bangkok's Two Centers: Status, Space, and Consumption in a Millennial Southeast Asian City
Despite Bangkok's current incarnation as a globalized city of shopping malls and skyscrapers, indigenous concepts of power and space emphasizing center and hierarchy continue to pervade status differentiation in everyday social life. This is evident in tensions in the spatial-symbolic relations between Bangkok's politico-religious "old city" in Rattanakosin and the newer downtown consumption hub which emerged around the locales of Siam and Ratcha…
Buddhism and postmodern imaginings in Thailand: The religiosity of urban space - By James Taylor
Michael Herzfeld. Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok
Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok Michael Herzfeld Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016, xii+267pp.Heritage is not the first thing that springs to mind when people think of Bangkok. Rather, modern skyscrapers, traffic snarls, glitzy shopping malls, chaotic markets, red light districts, and ornate temples dominate its popular image. Yet, the city's pulse beats strongly in vibrant pockets of life that are often hidden …
Wandering Dhamma and transnational fellowship: Addiction, aspiration and belonging among ethnic minorities on the northern Thai border
This article compares Buddhist and Christian approaches to the drug problem among ethnic minorities in northern Thailand. Government programmes implemented through Buddhist monasteries aim to construct Buddhist subjects and realise agendas of national security in border areas. Yet, they also offer development support and access to resources. Meanwhile, gospel rehabilitation centres provide much-needed drug treatment services while drawing highlan…
A Meeting of Masks: Status, Power and Hierarchy in Bangkok
Beneath the protest marches, rallies and sieges dividing Thailand in recent times are more subtle pressures that emerge from everyday encounters involving cultural notions of rank and hierarchy. Th
Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Asian Studies and History (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Citation (2 works)