THE RELATIONSHIP OF POLITICS, TERRITORY AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF COMMUNITY SETTLEMENTS IN THE ESTUARINE LANDSCAPE: A CASE STUDY OF SAKLA VILLAGE, NA KLUEA SUB-DISTRICT, AMPHUR PHRA SAMUT CHEDI, SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE

Abstract

This study has aimed to describe the transformation process of space to home territory in the estuarine landscape. The research sample consisted of 50 people who have lived in Sakla village since 1957 until now, and owned land title that had been approved by the state. The employed research instruments were a questionnaire and aerial photographs. Research data were collected by
in-depth interviews and field survey. The data were analyzed with content analysis and chronicle development analysis through the mapping technique of aerial photographs.
The research findings showed that (1) home territory proceeded from the identity marking on the chosen location, the process of identity selection for inclusion, and the making of alternatives of assemblage identity for the new form of inclusion on space; and (2) transformation of settlement patterns were divided into 2 types: the agglomeration pattern on non-territorial demarcation which was marked by the natural environment and assembling of personal identity from kinship concept; and the distribution pattern on territorial demarcation that was formed by built environment and assembling of personal identity from the concept of home.