Community Participation in Knowledge Management of Art and Cultural: A Case Study of Sommanus Community

Abstract

           This research focusing on a community’s participation in managing arts and cultural knowledge; a case study of the Wat Sommanat community, Krungkasem Rd., Bangkok. The result shows that Wat Sommanat community has a various kind of art and valuable cultural heritage. However, the community participation on the following aspects is still a problem: knowledge management, cultural resources management, performance of concerned organizations, and community participation. The suggested solutions is that the community must study and explore its cultural knowledge assets, preserve and diffuse cultural heritage, and use this knowledge to develop the community’s arts and culture in different forms. The community should conduct cultural activities with temples, schools and youth centers, as well as improve the quality and amount of the cultural human resources. In addition, the community must discussions, planning, and a serious cooperative framework on cultural activities.