Made in Thailand

Viriya Sawangchot is a cultural researcher based in Bangkok. Recently, he has been working as a senior fellow at the Center for Geosocial and Cultural Research for Sustainable Development (GSCR) at Walailak University, Thailand.

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CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT

PART I : HISTORIES

1 The Amplification of Modern Music: How Does the Radio Broadcasting during 1930s - 1950s Influence Thai Popular Music?

FRANCIS NUNTASUKON

2 The 1950s-1970s Pleng Lukgrung: Urban Music and the Modern Gender in Thailand

JIRAWATE RUGCHAT

3 The Revolution of Pleng String and Politics of the 80s Generation

VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT

PART II : COMTEMPORARY ISSUES

4 Reconstructing Thai Musical Identity: The Adaptation of Classical Thai Music to Popular Music in Recent Decades

GREAT LEKAKUL

5 Notes on Gender and Aesthetic Expression in Thai Indie Scene

WANATAYA MONGKON and SIRIPAT NAKNAM

6 Pleng Lakorn: Thai Drama Series Theme Song and Changes of Popular Music Production

ATCHAREEYA SAISIN

7 Dancemocracy as Political Expression in the 2020 Thai Pro-democracy Movement

ANNA LAWATTANATRAKUL

PART III: POLITICS OF SOUND

8 The Representations of Music Texts and the Female Voices in Haruethai Hirunya and Fon Tanasoontorn's I Am Not Okay

KUNTHEE BANJUKEAW

9 Noise: Relistening to Non-musical Sound in Thailand

THATCHATHAM SILSUPAN

10 A Discussion on Rock Guitar Heroes in Thai Heavy Metal Music

PHAKPHOOM TIAVONGSUVAN

11 Rod-Hae: Sound System Culture and Live Music Performance in Northeastern Thailand

VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT and SIRASAR BOONMA

PART IV: REGION AND CULTURAL POLITICS

12 Popular Music and the (Global) South of Thailand in the Place-Making

SIRIPORN SOMBOONBOORANA

13 Song as a Resource for Cultural Translation: Tai Popular Music in the Borderlands of the Upper Mekong

WASAN PANYAGAEW

14 Morlam as Method: Isan Music and its Knowledge

GRIDTHIYA GAWEEWONG and ARTHIT MULSAN

CODA

15 Thai Pop and Vidding of Thai Television Dramas by Transcultural Fans in China

BRENDA CHAN

AFTERWORD

“Political Music Isn't Necessarily Boring: A Conversation with Pisitakan Kuntalang

VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT