Ecology and Traditional Wisdom in Thai Society : a Feature Nipatporn Pengkaew's "Tai Ban University"

Abstract

  This article aims to study ecology and traditional wisdom in Thai society from Nipatporn Pengkaew's "Tai Ban University". Three documentaries are used in this study, including 14 stories from “We can stay together”, 20 stories from “Backward offense”, and 17 stories from “The breath of the land”. The results shown that there are two characteristics of ecology and traditional wisdom in Thai society in a Feature Nipatporn Pengkaew's "Tai Ban University". The first characteristic is ecology and career. The second characteristic
is ecology and the way of life. The Nipatporn Pengkaew's "Tai Ban University" reflects the relationship between people and nature which comes from the accumulation of traditional knowledge. The knowledge has been transmitted from one generation to another generation. Therefore, conventional ecological knowledge regulates and balances the use of natural resources for the stability of the ecosystem.