| Publisher | Matichon Group |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sujit Wongthes |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Country | Thailand |
| Language | Thai |
| Website | silpa-mag |
| ISSN | 0125-3654 |
Silpa Wattanatham (Thai: ศิลปวัฒนธรรม, RTGS: Sinlapa Watthanatham), known in English as Art & Culture, is a Thai history magazine and a publishing imprint of Matichon Group. Founded by Sujit Wongthes in 1979, the magazine popularized Thai history and opened up the field, which had previously been restricted to academic circles, to mass consumption.
Writers associated with the magazine, the most prominent of which include Sujit, Srisakara Vallibhotama and Dhida Saraya, mainly argued against the established narrative of Thai history which focused on Tai immigration from southern China and instead stressed the diversity of Thailand's cultural origins.
References
- Lysa, Hong (7 April 2011). "Twenty Years of Sinlapa watthanatham: Cultural Politics in Thailand in the 1980s and 1990s". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 31 (1): 26–47. doi:10.1017/S0022463400015861. S2CID 162753594.
- Baker, Chris; Phongpaichi, Pasuk (2005). A History of Thailand. Cambridge University Press. p. 226]. ISBN 9780521016476.
External links
- Official website (in Thai)