Development of Wisdom from Wood Products to Community Innovation: A Case Study of Sirindhorn and PhibunMangsahan Districts

Abstract

The research aimed to study the local wisdom on the products made from
materials locally available to the creative community innovations, and to develop the
prototype of the community innovations. The research instruments were an in-depth
interview, a questionnaire, and a participatory observatory record. The samples used in the
research were local scholars, community leaders and leaders of the occupational group
totaling 20.
The research findings were as follows. 1) A variety of the wooden products could
be categorized into two types: (1) The wooden products made locally available were a big
sitting table, a dining table, and a giant swing. (2) Equipment and tools used to produce the
locally available wooden products were hammers, nails, electric cutting tools, an electric
saw, sandpapers, colors and a paint brush. 2) Concerning the innovative development, it was
found that the communities had involved in developing the innovation in the following: the
local innovation in the shape of a squid, a stingray, a turtle, an elephant, and a human being.
A development of innovations in the borderland communities in Ubon Ratchathani province
could be divided into the following stages: getting woods, designing, cutting, assembling the
wooden pieces, polishing, painting and packaging.