Papers by Amata Jantarangsee
Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities , 2022
Class distinction lies at the core of peoples' preferences in interior design and home decoration... more Class distinction lies at the core of peoples' preferences in interior design and home decoration. This paper attempts to understand the growing popularity of minimalist interior designs as a part of the social study of architecture in Thailand. Qualitative content analysis of YouTube videos about Japanese minimalist home décor is used to gain an understanding of capital accumulation and the distinctive social status of Thai minimalist houseowners. This paper begins with an attempt to understand the growing popularity of interior designs of Japanese minimalism in relation to the minimalist style home decoration trend in Thailand. This study suggests that the aesthetics of Japanese minimalism are accepted as representing good taste and promoting the distinctiveness of Thai middle-class people. The cultural and economic capital of houseowners encourage the taste of Japanese minimalist interior design. With restricted income, time, and space, the houseowners apply do-it-yourself home decoration in combination with affordability and functionality principles.
The Journal of Research and Academics, 2023
บทความวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ทบทวนการศึกษาเกี่ยวกับพื้นที่ชุมชนวัฒนธรรมและย่านประวัติศาสต... more บทความวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ทบทวนการศึกษาเกี่ยวกับพื้นที่ชุมชนวัฒนธรรมและย่านประวัติศาสตร์ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งในเรื่องของการเคลื่อนไหวทางสังคมเพื่อปกป้องสิทธิในพื้นที่เชิงกายภาพ วัฒนธรรมและประวัติศาสตร์ของชุมชน และ 2) วิเคราะห์และนำเสนอข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายเพื่อการจัดการและบริหารพื้นที่เมืองที่เสมอภาคแก่พื้นที่ชุมชนวัฒนธรรมและย่านประวัติศาสตร์ของกรุงเทพมหานคร เป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพโดยศึกษาเอกสารและงานวิจัยที่เกี่ยวข้อง ภายใต้ขอบเขตเชิงพื้นที่ คือ ชุมชนและย่านในพื้นที่กรุงเทพมหานคร บทความนี้ทบทวนเอกสารการศึกษาและวิจัยชุมชนในกรุงเทพมหานครในช่วงเวลา 5 ทศวรรษ (2520-2560) รวมถึงเอกสารและข้อบัญญัติทางกฎหมายเกี่ยวกับการจัดการพื้นที่ชุมชนและประวัติศาสตร์เพื่อสำรวจขอบเขตและพื้นที่ความรู้ซึ่งศึกษาเกี่ยวกับชุมชนทางสังคมและวัฒนธรรมที่มีมาก่อน และวิเคราะห์การจัดการพื้นที่ชุมชนวัฒนธรรมและย่านประวัติศาสตร์ของกรุงเทพมหานคร พบว่า งานศึกษาและวิจัยชุมชนในกรุงเทพมหานครมีข้อจำกัดทางการศึกษาทั้งจากพื้นที่ศึกษา สาขาวิชาที่ให้ความสนใจ และระดับงานศึกษา ทำให้ยากต่อการผลักดันผลการศึกษาเข้าสู่ประเด็นเชิงนโยบาย การวิเคราะห์มาตรการทางกฎหมายไทยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการจัดการพื้นที่ชุมชนและย่านประวัติศาสตร์ในกรุงเทพมหานคร พบช่องว่างของกฎหมาย คือ การให้คำนิยามที่ไม่ชัดเจนและไม่หลากหลาย และการให้ความสำคัญกับการมีส่วนร่วมของชุมชนและท้องถิ่นในทางกฎหมายในระดับน้อย งานวิจัยนี้เสนอว่า ข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายเพื่อการจัดการและบริหารพื้นที่เมืองที่เสมอภาคและยั่งยืนแก่พื้นที่ชุมชนวัฒนธรรมและย่านประวัติศาสตร์ของกรุงเทพมหานครควรหลีกเลี่ยงการกำหนดนโยบายและแนวทางที่จากบนลงล่าง และคำนึงถึงการบริหารจัดการและการยอมรับจากทุกฝ่ายกระบวนการทำงานควรมีต้นแบบหรือโมเดลของกระบวนการในการทำงาน โดยมีผู้มีส่วนร่วมที่เกี่ยวข้องในรูปแบบไตรภาคี
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The objectives of this research article were 1) to review the study of cultural communities and historical districts, especially in the field of social movements to protect the right to physical space, history and communities; and 2) to analyze and present policy recommendations for management and administration of urban areas for cultural community areas and historic districts of Bangkok. It was a qualitative research by studying relevant documents and research. Under the spatial boundary, they were communities and neighborhoods in the area of Bangkok. This paper reviewed community studies and research papers in Bangkok over five decades (1977-2017), including documents and legal provisions on community and historical site management to explore the scope and area of knowledge that studied social communities and culture that existed before and analyzing the management of cultural community areas and historical districts of Bangkok. It was found that community education and research in Bangkok had study limitations from both the study area, field of interest and level of work studied. This made it difficult to push study results into policy issues. From analysis of Thai legal measures related to the management of community areas and Historic districts in Bangkok, there was a gap in the law, which was unclear definition and not diverse as well as less emphasis on community and local participation in legislation. This research proposed that policy recommendations for equitable and sustainable urban management and administration of the cultural community and historic districts of Bangkok should avoid top-down policy and approaches, and consider management and acceptance from all parties. Workflows should have prototypes or models of workflows by participants involved in a tripartite format.
Journal of Mekong Societies , 2022
The common areas of low-income housing complexes are generally used for the everyday needs of res... more The common areas of low-income housing complexes are generally used for the everyday needs of residents, and regulating common areas according to legal standards and middle-class values often causes conflicts between housing authorities and residents. The present study explored the necessary compromises between authorities' ideals for purified common space and the realities of low-income residential practices in three flat complexes in Bangkok, Thailand. Purified space means that common areas are free of personal belongings and residents' activities. The study comprised eight in-depth interviews with housing authorities, observation of everyday use of common areas, and document analysis. The study found that the management style based on land ownership and purified space was inconsistent with the unbounded use of common areas in the context of Thai culture and practices of lower-income people, resulting in confrontations between housing authorities and some residents. Three forms of disagreement were identified: ignoring rules, forceful arguing about rules, and protesting rule enforcement. Nevertheless, housing authority employees were able to resolve some issues by developing 'negotiated outcomes'overlooking rule infractions, redefining the flat complex's rules, compromising on rule enforcement, and giving friendly warnings to disruptive residents. Consequently, negotiated outcomes should be recognized as part of the formal processes of low-income flat management.
This paper explores sexism in the songs performed in a patriarchal society and investigates opini... more This paper explores sexism in the songs performed in a patriarchal society and investigates opinion-sharing on sexist songs through online platforms as a practice of enhancing or combatting sexism. This qualitative research applies textual analysis of 12 sexist songs as well as audience analysis of opinions about racism in such songs as they were shared on Facebook, Twitter, Pantip, and YouTube portals. A postmodern feminist perspective and notion of discourse is employed to examine the lyrics of sexist songs along with the motion pictures in the related music videos. A cyberfeminism notion is used to gain insight into the opinions supporting the sexist songs as a way to promote sexual inequality and opinions against sexism as a way to combat it. The findings show that sexist discrimination in the 12 songs includes mentions of sinful women, sexual jokes, forced sex, the male gaze, and beauty standards. The sexist songs contain sexual harassment discourses as a consequence of the patriarchal culture regarding sex objects, sexual inequality, and sexual jokes. Opinions supporting sexist songs, therefore, emphasise humiliation towards women and those in the LGBT community. Those opinions are critically reacted to comments on issues of sexual inequity as well as the sexual objects and jokes represented in the songs and music videos. The strategy of raising closed-ended questions and typing hashtags are used to tackle sexism and successfully force one songwriter to rewrite the lyrics. Therefore, combatting sexism via online opinion posting is one method for achieving sexual equity in Thai society.
Prince of Songkla University Journal of International Studies, 2012
This qualitative study aims to explore the unique living style of working class people by
compari... more This qualitative study aims to explore the unique living style of working class people by
comparing with middle class living style and to illustrate how the working class lives with
family members in limited spaces via the concept of privacy. Twelve in-depth interviews,
supplemented with observation, were conducted with the working class people in the EuaArthorn
flats with each household consisting of two to seven members. Findings revealed
that, unlike middle class people, the working class in the Eua-Arthorn community had a
unique living style concerning family circle, well-being, and practicality. Therefore, domestic life dependedon other members and was based on 'practical privacy' which refers to the ability to live with some annoyances. This can be seen in the flexible boundary rule, the sharing habit in households, and the strategy for maintaining temporary privacy.
Keywords: Eua-Arthorn residents, working class, living style, privacy.
Journal of Urban and Regional Planning, 2016
Ladprao Canal is one of the water-distribution canals in Bangkok where stench and dirty water una... more Ladprao Canal is one of the water-distribution canals in Bangkok where stench and dirty water unavoidably cause disturbance and diseases to residents living along the canal. However, when the government announced the policy of canal community eviction, several of residents protested and fought against it in order to continue living in this area. This article aims to explore why residents along Ladprao canal community insist to live in this area where is affected by pollutions instead of relocating to new areas. The concept of Enric Llorca i I Báñez is applied to study the relationship between accommodations and health. This concept focuses on health which does not mean only physical health, but also includes good mental conditions and social well-being. Housing supports good health must be hygienic and affordable with good quality. It is promoted careers and educations of residents and also cause social cohesion and social support networks. In order to gain insight residents'
Humour in ASEAN international Conference, 2010
The content and ideology of films can provide insights into cultural and social issues. In this p... more The content and ideology of films can provide insights into cultural and social issues. In this paper, the popular Thai comedy film, Yam Ya-So-Thon, is analyzed from a humour perspective to gain insights into power and control issues in Thai society. The film is produced and directed by people from I-san (the NorthEast of Thailand), an area which is traditionally viewed as inferior and backward by mainstream Thai society. The humour in the film was analyzed using critical and semiotic approaches to identify the prevalent theories of humour. Most of the humour manifested the superiority and psychic release theories, with the incongruity theory being rarely evident. The use of the superiority theory confirmed mainstream ideologies in Thailand which regard I-san as inferior to Thai people. Conversely, the psychic release theory was used both in highlighting sexuality issues and in ways which implicitly criticized certain aspects of Thai society such as monkhood. The film can be viewed as an attempt by I-san people to redress power imbalance in Thai society, showing the potential for humour to aid the achievement of social goals.
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Papers by Amata Jantarangsee
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The objectives of this research article were 1) to review the study of cultural communities and historical districts, especially in the field of social movements to protect the right to physical space, history and communities; and 2) to analyze and present policy recommendations for management and administration of urban areas for cultural community areas and historic districts of Bangkok. It was a qualitative research by studying relevant documents and research. Under the spatial boundary, they were communities and neighborhoods in the area of Bangkok. This paper reviewed community studies and research papers in Bangkok over five decades (1977-2017), including documents and legal provisions on community and historical site management to explore the scope and area of knowledge that studied social communities and culture that existed before and analyzing the management of cultural community areas and historical districts of Bangkok. It was found that community education and research in Bangkok had study limitations from both the study area, field of interest and level of work studied. This made it difficult to push study results into policy issues. From analysis of Thai legal measures related to the management of community areas and Historic districts in Bangkok, there was a gap in the law, which was unclear definition and not diverse as well as less emphasis on community and local participation in legislation. This research proposed that policy recommendations for equitable and sustainable urban management and administration of the cultural community and historic districts of Bangkok should avoid top-down policy and approaches, and consider management and acceptance from all parties. Workflows should have prototypes or models of workflows by participants involved in a tripartite format.
comparing with middle class living style and to illustrate how the working class lives with
family members in limited spaces via the concept of privacy. Twelve in-depth interviews,
supplemented with observation, were conducted with the working class people in the EuaArthorn
flats with each household consisting of two to seven members. Findings revealed
that, unlike middle class people, the working class in the Eua-Arthorn community had a
unique living style concerning family circle, well-being, and practicality. Therefore, domestic life dependedon other members and was based on 'practical privacy' which refers to the ability to live with some annoyances. This can be seen in the flexible boundary rule, the sharing habit in households, and the strategy for maintaining temporary privacy.
Keywords: Eua-Arthorn residents, working class, living style, privacy.
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The objectives of this research article were 1) to review the study of cultural communities and historical districts, especially in the field of social movements to protect the right to physical space, history and communities; and 2) to analyze and present policy recommendations for management and administration of urban areas for cultural community areas and historic districts of Bangkok. It was a qualitative research by studying relevant documents and research. Under the spatial boundary, they were communities and neighborhoods in the area of Bangkok. This paper reviewed community studies and research papers in Bangkok over five decades (1977-2017), including documents and legal provisions on community and historical site management to explore the scope and area of knowledge that studied social communities and culture that existed before and analyzing the management of cultural community areas and historical districts of Bangkok. It was found that community education and research in Bangkok had study limitations from both the study area, field of interest and level of work studied. This made it difficult to push study results into policy issues. From analysis of Thai legal measures related to the management of community areas and Historic districts in Bangkok, there was a gap in the law, which was unclear definition and not diverse as well as less emphasis on community and local participation in legislation. This research proposed that policy recommendations for equitable and sustainable urban management and administration of the cultural community and historic districts of Bangkok should avoid top-down policy and approaches, and consider management and acceptance from all parties. Workflows should have prototypes or models of workflows by participants involved in a tripartite format.
comparing with middle class living style and to illustrate how the working class lives with
family members in limited spaces via the concept of privacy. Twelve in-depth interviews,
supplemented with observation, were conducted with the working class people in the EuaArthorn
flats with each household consisting of two to seven members. Findings revealed
that, unlike middle class people, the working class in the Eua-Arthorn community had a
unique living style concerning family circle, well-being, and practicality. Therefore, domestic life dependedon other members and was based on 'practical privacy' which refers to the ability to live with some annoyances. This can be seen in the flexible boundary rule, the sharing habit in households, and the strategy for maintaining temporary privacy.
Keywords: Eua-Arthorn residents, working class, living style, privacy.