Components of Thai Cultural Landscape’s Uniqueness in a Contemporary Context: A Case Study of Pak Phayun Community, Phatthalung Province.
Keywords:
Cultural Landscape, Uniqueness, Component of Cultural Landscape, Pak PhayunAbstract
This paper investigates Thai cultural landscape components of Pak Phayun Community, Amphoe Pak Phayun, Pattalung Province, in terms of its contemporary context and uniqueness. The study should suggest landscape conservation and should promote local awareness of Pak Phayun Community cultural landscape’s value and significance. Five mixed methods were applied in this paper; including review of literature and related research, survey, interview, photographic representation, and questionnaire. The results of the study were as follows: there are five components of Pak Phayun Community cultural landscape: physical component, socio-cultural component, economic component, historic component and political component, all of which interacted with and affected one another, and had been integrated until the cultural landscape of Pak Phayun Community formed. The results from the questionnaire and the selection of photographic representations showed that the principle uniqueness of Pak Phayun community cultural landscape includes: seafood, fishery, topography, cohabitation of Buddhism and Islam, Phatthalung Central Mosque, Pak Phayun Market and Pak Phayun community scenery while the secondary uniqueness includes: vernacular architecture, Wat Rattanaram, settlement pattern, tourist attractions, Pak Phayun pier, Thayai Market and Muslim graveyard. The uniqueness emerged from the integration of the marked socio-cultural scenery and physical components more than from historical, economic, and political bases.
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