ISAN Murals: Research Status and Policy Consistency of ‘Creative Economy’ in Thailand

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Kittanut Yanpisit

Abstract

The National Policy on Creative Economy formulated in the year 2002 and from the year 2018, Thai government established a public organization ‘Creative Economy Agency’ to implement the policy. Under The 12th. National Social and Economic Development Plan (2017-2021 A.D) with the 20-year National Strategy as the principal policy, major concept based on Creative Economy toward achievements constructing on national arts and cultures. This review article explored all academic articles on ‘Isan Murals’ because they have been considered Isan culture and folk visual arts. All pieces of knowledge were reviewed to accumulate, classify, analyze, and synthesize in order to create the most updated and its benchmark. In addition, it is a learning to understand and conclude how much Isan mural is in consistent with Thailand’s Creative Economy policies. The final outcomes are included having practical body of knowledge and policy recommendations for the upcoming Creative Economy implementations.  

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Yanpisit, K. . (2024). ISAN Murals: Research Status and Policy Consistency of ‘Creative Economy’ in Thailand. Parichart Journal, 37(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.55164/pactj.v37i1.264838
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