University of Heidelberg

Wipawee Tantaphakul

Wipawee Tantaphakul

Wipawee graduated from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 2014, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, majoring in Sociology and Anthropology. During her academic years, she  participated  in an international event called 11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, which granted her a chance to  discover  social  controversies  on  AIDS,  especially  with  LGBT and  sex  workers. Also, she volunteered in the “School  Rainbow  Campaign”  promoting  to  raise   awareness  of  bullying  LGBT students in Thailand and she joined “Power Rainbow Workshop” in International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014 addressing the issue of LGBT rights, school violence and bullying of LGBT students. Afterwards, she started to develop her interest in medical and gender-related issues. Since the completion of her studies, she worked as a research assistant in a field of medical anthropology at the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University. Her research focused on the ageing society in Bangkok and its suburban areas, concentrating on the environmental factors that contribute to the health of the Thai elderly. Her current interests are the region of Tibet, the clash between traditional and modern healing, as well as the role of the internet and social media in medical anthropology.

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