DOCUMENTARY FILM RECORDING HISTORY AND CULTURAL MEMORY OF SALAYA.

  • Teerapong Serisamran Suan Sunandha International School of Art , Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand,
Keywords: History and Cultural Memory, Individual and Collective Cultural Memory, Historical and Cultural Narratives

Abstract

This research aims to learn, study and record the history, way of life and cultural memories in both personal and collective (Individual and Collective Cultural Memory) of villagers in Salaya Subdistrict by using documentary as a medium for recording and broadcasting historical and cultural narratives and stories for villagers in Salaya and the public to study and learn the wisdom and cultural knowledge of Salaya.
The research found that Salaya is a city with a long history and a rich cultural heritage, which is full of wisdom that the villagers continue to carry on and apply today. The culture and local wisdom of the Salaya people are covered in many areas such as canal life, canal poetry, stories and local stories, dialects, medicine, food, folk songs and religious traditions. And the documentary film is the effective way to turn the personal and collective history and memory into historical narrative that take them to a new level in which collective and individual memory can blend and give a more intense and reflexive form of historical experience and can combine the factual and the emotional, the individual and the collective, the messages and the ideologies of Salaya people with experienced and lived life.

Published
2020-03-11