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Research Institute for Languages & Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University
Aesthetics & Sociology of Culture
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Public events & talks
28.09.24 Creative labour seminar at the Thai Labour Museum
On Saturday 28 September 2024, we will be hosting a seminar on 'Creative labour in screen, publishing, audio visual translation and the re-composition of labour post-Covid-19'. Joining us are speakers from various expertise.
The first panel focuses on workers who traverse the spaces and screen from book and subtitles translation (Tongta Suthummaransi), film producer and part-time translator (Tanwarat Sombatwattana) to freelance writer and editorial board of The101.world (Pimchanok Puksuk).
The second panel covers the topic of labour re-composition, negotiation and communications. Speakers are a representative of the Thai Labour Museum (Wassana Lumdee), one of the founders of the Creative Workers Union Thailand (Ketnakorn Potchanaworapong) and the chair of Film Editors Association of Thailand (Manuss Worasing).
Following the conversations, there will also be a tour of the museum before their closure for renovation. As it is not a state funded museum, the fundraising is also being set up to help support the renovation and the work of the museum. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/thailabourmuseum and https://www.thailabourmuseum.org/
31.05.24 Celebrating Rilca's 50th Anniversary with our publication of key talks
To celebrate RILCA's 50th Anniversary, our research cluster will be launching a book of transcription of three key talks that took place in the last couple of years on key topics related to postcolonialism in Thailand, the sociopolitics of translation and urban landscapes and human geography. We have been kindly supported by all the guest speakers who helped check and revised the transcriptions. Hopefully, this book will be able to use as an introduction reading and a reference for future dialogues. The book will not be for sale but will be distributed to interested parties and libraries. The publishing process is kindly funded by the MU Cultural Quarter grant and Resarch Cluster grant.
08.12.23 Outdoor Film screening with live dubbing and an on-site talk on Thai leisure culture amidst social changes
The research cluster in collaboration with MU Cultural Quarter project has organized an outdoor film screening with live dubbing and an on-site talk in collaboration with the Thai Film Archive on the Thai lesisure culture through outdoor screenings post-pandemic.
Detective China Town (2015) in a live dubbed version along with archival footage provided by the Thai Film Archive of old film trailers and musical scences which were filmed in the Cold War era were appreciated by students and staff. The discussion also highlighted the return of this Cold War film culture post-pandemic with a series of screenings in Bankgok led by the new Bangkok governor and his team and various partners.
For a reflection on this topic read more at: https://www.the101.world/film-culture/
06.12.23 Online seminar on (Geo)politics of Data
We wrapped the activities for 2023 with an online roundtable seminar on (Geo)politics of Data in collaboration with MA programme in Cultural Studies. The event was broadcasted live on Cultural Studies RILCA Facebook page on 6th December 2023 at 6-8 pm.
Joining us with the discussion were:
Dr. Akarapat Charoenpanich
Dr. Nanthanoot Udomlamun
Dr. Akarapat Charoenpanich holds a BSc in Development Economics from SOAS, an MPhil in Development Studies from Cambridge University, an MSc in Economics from LSE, and a PhD in Information Systems from LSE. He has 5 years of experience working as an economist at Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and 4 years of experience working at the Bank of Thailand. Currently, Akarapat is an independent writer, an independent scholar, and a business consultant. Research interests of Akarapat include data innovation, the use of ICT for development (ICT4D), and online social media.
Dr. Nanthanoot Udomlamun is currently a Lecturer in English Literature, Kasetsart University.
She completed my doctoral study at the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at University of Warwick in 2014. She holds a BA in English at Silpakorn University and an MA in English (Literature) at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Her research interests cover a wide range of areas related to postcolonial studies, geopolitics, and materialist study of memory.
Areas of our dialogues include:
The ontology and nature of data in the early and late digital era
The intersections between data and geopolitics
Contemporary research on data from the fields of humanities and social sciences
Dr. Nanthanoot Udomlamun is currently a Lecturer in English Literature, Kasetsart University.
She completed my doctoral study at the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at University of Warwick in 2014. She holds a BA in English at Silpakorn University and an MA in English (Literature) at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Her research interests cover a wide range of areas related to postcolonial studies, geopolitics, and materialist study of memory.
Areas of our dialogues include:
The ontology and nature of data in the early and late digital era
The intersections between data and geopolitics
Contemporary research on data from the fields of humanities and social sciences
Re-watch the discussion in Thai at: https://fb.watch/rViXYg2Zeh/
13.05.23 Film screening & research output discussion: Screen labour in Thailand during COVID-19
On the month of May, Wikanda Promkhuntong, the co-founder of the research cluster hosts a film screening and presentation of her recent resarch project on screen labour during the COVID-19. The film is a collaborative research output with Natthanun Tiammek which captures stories of below-the-line workers at the time in which filmmaking was suspended. The project is funded by Thai Humanities Forum grant as part of the National Research Council of Thailand. The outputs of the project also includes a book chapter (in Thai) which will be published along with other chapters on COVID-19 from the lens of humanities and social sciences research in Thailand and a journal article in English. This event was also co-organized by the MA programme in Cultural Studies.
25.09.22 Launching 2022 Research Cluster activities (events can be viewed online, see links in the post)
กลุ่มวิจัยสุนทรียศาสตร์และสังคมวัฒนธรรม และศูนย์การแปลและบริการด้านภาษา
สถาบันวิจัยภาษาและวัฒนธรรมเอเชีย มหิดล
ได้จัดกิจกรรมประจำปี 2565 จำนวน 3 ครั้ง ภายในประเด็นร่วมกันคือภูมิศาสตร์การเมืองที่เกี่ยวข้องกับสาขาย่อยต่างๆ ทั้งด้านภูมิศาสตร์มนุษย์ การท่องเที่ยวและการศึกษาแรงงาน การแปลและภาวะชาตินิยม
ทั้งนี้กิจกรรมดังกล่าวสามารถรับชมย้อนหลังได้ตามลิงค์ด้านล่าง
Guest lecture & research exchange
"เมือง มนุษย์ และโลก: การศึกษาเมืองจากภูมิศาสตร์ในศตวรรษที่ 21"
ชมย้อนหลังได้ที่
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmssqaIPZFI&ab_channel=RILCA%2CMahidolUniversity
Work-in-progress seminar
“หัวหิน เมือง ท่องเที่ยว แรงงาน และการเปลี่ยนแปลงหลังโควิด19"
ชมย้อนหลังได้ที่
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgs76fOrXp8&ab_channel=RILCA%2CMahidolUniversity
Book discussion: ชาตินิยมในลาตินอเมริกา กระแสลมแห่งความซับซ้อน
ชมย้อนหลังได้ที่
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtV37Zm6i6E&ab_channel=RILCA%2CMahidolUniversity
7.5.2022 Re/enacting History & Decolonizing Genteel Romance in Thailand & Asia: A Livestream Conversation with Chulayarnnon Siriphol
In this live-streamed conversation, at the Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand, filmmaker and artist, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, discusses his work in relation to memory, history and decolonization in Thailand and Asia. The talk features Chulayarnnon Siriphol’s latest work, ANG48, commissioned by The Jim Thompson Art Center, Thailand and Hong Gah Museum, Taiwan and Bangkok CityCity Gallery, Thailand.
Conversation in Thai with live English translation.
Co-organized by Prof. Natthanai Prasannam (Research & Creation Unit; Department of Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University) and Dr. Wikanda Promkhuntong (Research Institute for Languages & Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University) in partnership with The Jim Thompson Art Center and Bangkok CityCity Gallery.
05.07.21 การเสวนาวิชาการหัวข้อ การแปล อาณาบริเวณและการเมืองระหว่างบรรทัด
การเสวนาวิชาการหัวข้อ การแปล อาณาบริเวณและการเมืองระหว่างบรรทัด จัดขึ้นเมื่อวันพุธที่ 2 มิถุนายน 2564 เวลา 13.30 – 15.00 น. ผ่านทาง Facebook Live: RILCA, Mahidol University
การเสวนาวิชาการหัวข้อ การแปล อาณาบริเวณและการเมืองระหว่างบรรทัด จัดขึ้นเมื่อวันพุธที่ 2 มิถุนายน 2564 เวลา 13.30 – 15.00 น. ผ่านทาง Facebook Live: RILCA, Mahidol University โดยมีผู้ร่วมเสวนาเป็นนักวิชาการด้านการแปลศึกษา 2 ท่าน คือ รองศาสตราจารย์ ดร. แพร จิตติพลังศรี อาจารย์ประจำศูนย์การแปลและการล่ามเฉลิมพระเกียรติ คณะอักษรศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย และอาจารย์ ดร. ณรงเดช พันธะพุมมี อาจารย์ประจำหลักสูตรภาษาและการสื่อสารระหว่างวัฒนธรรม วิชาเอกการแปล ดำเนินรายการโดยอาจารย์ ดร. กรญาณ์ เตชะวงค์เสถียร อาจารย์ประจำหลักสูตรภาษาและการสื่อสารระหว่างวัฒนธรรม วิชาเอกการแปล
2.6.2021 เสวนาออนไลน์ "การแปล อาณาบริเวณ และการเมืองระหว่างบรรทัด"
ศูนย์การแปลและบริการด้านภาษา x กลุ่มวิจัยสุนทรียศาสตร์และสังคมวิทยาวัฒนธรรม
สถาบันวิจัยภาษาและวัฒนธรรมเอเชีย มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล
การแปล อาณาบริเวณ และการเมืองระหว่างบรรทัด
ขอเชิญร่วมกิจกรรมเสวนาออนไลน์
"การแปล อาณาบริเวณ และการเมืองระหว่างบรรทัด"
วันพุธที่ 2 มิถุนายน 2564 เวลา 13.30 - 15.00 น.
ติดตามกิจกรรมได้ที่ https://www.facebook.com/Rilca.Mahidol
ศูนย์การแปลและบริการด้านภาษา สถาบันวิจัยภาษาและวัฒนธรรมเอเชีย มหิดล: https://www.facebook.com/MUCTLS
กลุ่มวิจัยสุนทรียศาสตร์และสังคมวิทยาวัฒนธรรม: https://www.rilcaaestheticsandculture.org/
28.2.21 - แนวคิดหลังอาณานิคม งานวิจัยที่ผ่านมาและทิศทางการศึกษาในประเทศไทย
RILCA’s AESTHETICS AND CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH CLUSTER, MAHIDOL ร่วมกับ
THE INTEGRATIVE CENTER FOR HUMANITIES INNOVATION, CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY
จัดงานเสวนาออนไลน์
"แนวคิดหลังอาณานิคม งานวิจัยที่ผ่านมา
และทิศทางการศึกษาในประเทศไทย"
23.3.21 - RILCA’S AESTHETICS AND CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH CLUSTER 2021 PUBLIC EVENT SERIES
RILCA’S AESTHETICS AND CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH CLUSTER 2021 PUBLIC EVENT SERIES
กลุ่มวิจัยสุทรียศาสตร์และสังคมวัฒนธรรม สถาบันวิจัยภาษาและวัฒนธรรมเอเชีย มหิดล X เครือข่ายวิจัยในความร่วมมือ
ขอเชิญร่วมกิจกรรม
18.01.2020 Film Screening and discussion - Railway Sleepers: Stories and Spatial Trajectories
Together with colleagues at RILCA who are interested in the subject of colonial/postcolonial in Thailand and Southeast Asia, we have formed a research cluster with the support of our institute called 'Aesthetics and Cultural Sociology Research Cluster'. Our first event in 2020 is a film screening and talk focusing on aesthetics of everyday life and landscape through the train. We draw on Michel De Certeau's reading as a theread to discuss a wonderful Thai documentary called Railway Sleeprs (2016). Described as 'A contemplative study of Thailand's rail system', the movie takes us through the history of Thai railway from the colonail period on to today's life on the train and how we remember histories. The total of 20 guests attended the talk including filmmakers, students and academics from various universites in Bangkok.
03.08.19 Bangkok workshop/training sessions on reading and representing landscapes
On Aug 2nd and 3rd 2019, the Newton Fund project in collaboration with Rilca's research cluster on aesthetics and sociology of culture and Thailand Research Fund organized two training sessions, which were also opened to students, staff and the public audience who are interested in the subject of reading and representing landscapes. The talks connect film fan tourism with discussions on the different ways landscapes have been represented, ranging from cinema and the idea of modernity and romantic city to volatile townscapes connected to colonial and nationalism...
15.05.19 Project Presentation and Industry Talk: Film Locations through Multiple Lenses
Bringing academics and industry people together, Rilca hosted a vibrant talk and roundtable session to discuss the subject of film location in Southeast Asia and fan tourism. The event begins with the introduction to the British Academy and OHEC funded project and two talks by the project's PI and CI. These are:
- Southeast Asian film trail(s), colonial history and nostalgia by Professor Kate Taylor-Jones, School of East Asian Studies, Sheffield University
- Fan tourism: Digital platforms, affective space and cinephile pilgrimage stories by Dr. Wikanda Promkhuntong, Rilca Mahidol University
The two talks are followed by the sharing session on film locations in Thailand and Southeast Asia by Thai film crew. We were joined by Samavee Pummoung and Kittipat Boonvanno (with experience working with Indochina Productions, Ta Productions and Netflix)
15.01.19 - Art exhibition
Prof. Kate Taylor-Jones, Dr. Wikanda Promkhuntong and Georgia Thomas-Parr (PhD student from Sheffield University) joined the opening of the exhibition ‘Beyond the Final Frontier’ at S.A.C. Subhashok The Arts Centre, Bangkok. The event was well-attended by film and art academics, critics and artists amongst other audiences. The multimedia exhibition explores histories and memories related to Thailand socio-political landscapes using the idea of outer space.
“Through sound, scent and vision, this exhibition creates a
14.01.19 - Dr. Kate Taylor-Jones's Visit
The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University welcomes Professor Kate Taylor-Jones and fan tourism project partners for research exchange activities. During Prof. Taylor-Jones’s visit, she will join a language training course in Thai and Burmese along with engaging in various networking session, a public seminar and research exchanges and fieldworks with Dr. Wikanda Promkhuntong.
17.09.18 - Project extension with Newton Fund!
We are thrilled to share you the news that the Thailand’s Research Fund project on Fan Tourism in Thailand will be expanded to explore the Southeast Asian film trails through a partnership with the University of Sheffield with the funding support of the British Academy’s Newton Mobility Grants.
“Newton Mobility Grants provide support for international researchers based in a country covered by the Newton Fund to establish and develop collaboration with UK researchers around a specific research project. The aim of these one-year awards is to strengthen the research capacity of, and contribute, to promoting economic development and social welfare in the partner country, while supporting excellent research. The awards will also initiate the development of longer-term links between the overseas and UK researchers.”
The Newton fund part of the project will also be incorporated on to this website. Thank you Newton Fund!