Dr. Marlane Guelden, PhD, is an American anthropologist living in Thailand for over 25 years. She is the author of four books about culture and beliefs in Thailand.
Guelden holds degrees in Sociology and Public Policy Development from San Francisco State University and a MA and PhD in cultural Anthropology from the University of Hawaii.
Guelden’s professional career in journalism began as a newspaper reporter in Davis, California. Her deep curiosity about cultures and passion for travel brought her to Southeast Asia where she worked as a freelance photo-journalist in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand from 1984–1991.
In Thailand, she studied popular supernatural beliefs and authored Thailand: Into the Spirit World (1995), which was revised and published as Thailand: Spirits Among Us (2007).
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After obtaining her PhD, she continued an in-depth longitudinal study of an annual Nora ceremony held at a Buddhist temple in Phatthalung Province, considered the birthplace of Nora. She has published two books on the Nora tradition, Dancing for the Gods, Volume 1 and 2.
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The archival collection of Dr. Marlane Guelden is divided into two periods, reflecting two distinct phases of her life.Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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The first collection comprises her work as a photojournalist in Southeast Asia between 1984–1991, capturing her deep interest in the supernatural. Most of these photographs were taken in Thailand and Malaysia, with some from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia.
The second collection began when she returned to Thailand in 2000 to conduct anthropological research on spirit mediums, focusing on the Nora tradition, which she continued to study for 18 years. For practical reasons, she shifted from using 35mm slides to color negatives as her primary medium for field research.
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