A Southern Cultural Study of Dynamic Conceptualization through Prof. Sutiwong Pongpaiboon's Works

Abstract

This research focused on a dynamic study about southern cultural studies through the works of Professor Sutiwong Pongpaiboon. This is a qualitative research study, conducted mainly through documents and interviews. Research procedures were conducted in 3 steps: collecting, analyzing, and presenting the descriptive research analysis results. The research findings  found that between 1957 – 2007,  the information in this study was taken from 52 folklore works, including Thai and cultural studies in the southern region,  which were 16 books, 26 articles, and 10 research reports. 1st Period: A starting point was dynamic studies of the folklore study and knowledge creation (1957-1976) collecting and compiling all knowledge in textbooks, from knowledgeable people. 2nd Period: A dynamic study of organization and knowledge creation (1977-1987) started by changing old documents into the present language ; then setting up a workshop and applying the primary and secondary data for collecting, contemplating, interviewing, analyzing, interpreting, explaining, and synthesizing the data into knowledge. 3rd Period: From knowledge to publicity (1988-1998), the dynamic study in this stage started using a database for analyzing and synthesizing the new knowledge. The presentation of content used simple and beautiful words, integrated southern wisdom, knowledge, and used narrative, descriptive, and illustrative writing. The last stage (4th Period): Important works and researcher creation (1999-2007), the dynamic study of this stage showed the use of the “Buddhism Way,” the highest philosophy in Buddhism about ‘ways to achieve the enlightenment’ (Mak for Enlightenment), which was adjusted as a method in the theory of Social Sciences studies by using Buddhism factors as procedures in finding the reasons. The methods were called a smart consideration and Sao Yarn-Nab Yote method.