@article{MAKHILLJEAS2018131416588,
    title = {Cultural Capital: The Management to Support Cultural Tourism Through
Community Participation in Kalasin Province},
    journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},
    volume = {13},
    number = {14},
    pages = {5904-5910},
    year = {2018},
    issn = {1816-949x},
    doi = {jeasci.2018.5904.5910},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2018.5904.5910},
    author = {Nataya,Niyom and},
    keywords = {Phu Thai ethnic group,cultural capital,the management of cultural tourism through commuity,participation,considered,problems,improvements},
    abstract = {The objectives of this research are: to study the history of Phu Thai ethnic group in Lao
Yai sub-district, Kuchinarai District, Kalasin Province, study the current status of the cultural capital and the
problems in managing the cultural capitals, study the management form of the cultural capital and its transition
to cultural tourism with the participation of the Phu Thai through a collaborative action research. The target
group is chosen through purposive sampling, group discussions and forums with villagers. The result from the
research shows that 1 Phu Thai ethnic group in Lao Yai sub-district, Kuchinarai District, Kalasin Province in
all the 10 villages all have ancestors who came from Sip Song Ju Thai Region and Suvannakhet Regions Laos
PDR and settled into Thailand in the the Isaan Region by choosing a plain near a mountain or river that would
be able to sustain their lives. They built the houses according to the Phu Thai identity where the ground floor
is used for weaving, making handicrafts and store farming tools. They have their own spoken language but no
written one. The cultural costume also reflect their own identity of relying on nature and preserving the norms,
tradition and culture up until today. The current status of the cultural capital consist of ancient "sims", "Kep
Jom" weaving pattern, traditional Phu Thai hand woven shirts, handicrafts, traditional music, traditional dance
and traditional Phu Thai dish. The researcher had adapted the concept of management to analyze the problems
in the management of the cultural capital and found that the cultural capital management only existed in sub
groupings. There had not been many management that would lead to the generating of the community income
due to th fact that villagers still lacks the direction and support in the professional level of management through
the academics and other organizations in leading to the generation of income for the community as a whole.
study the form of management of the cultural capital and its transition to cultural tourism with the collaboration
from the Phu Thai ethnic group through an analysis using Participatory Action Research (PAR) and creating
the form of management of the cultural capital. The process consist of the study of the community context
which shows that Phu Thai community still preserve their cultural wisdom and strengthening them by using those wisdoms to generate income for the community while showing their capability in working with the
government, community leaders and other villagers and eventually succeeded in the creation of the learning
center and many other organized group with sustainable social capital. In addition, there are also important
natural resources and historical traces, the discovery of the problems and community’s plan to solve th
problems. The community has strategic plan to solve the problems for each village with the integration of the
process in supporting and developing the capability of the local the community by using the concept of
management to support the cultural tourism aspect. The support and the development of the local capability
consist of set up forums for the villagers to create more understanding amongst the community members in the
transitioning into cultural tourism in which the participants will be assigned roles as th core leaders whose jobs
are to pass on and implant the consciousness in wanting to preserve Phu Thai culture and spread those
consciousness out to the communities. In addition, they have to make sure to encourage and empower the
people to make sure that the activities and the community development works runs effectively under strong
participation of the community members until it becomes a common consciousness for people to help create
a concrete work. Study other villages with cultural tourism such as Phu villaqe, Baan Pao sub-district, Nong
Soon District, Mukdahan Province, to develop their knowledge and increase their experience which can lead
to new concepts through the knowledge and experiences that they received to improve the form of management
in their own Phu Thai community in Lao Yai. Initiating community activities such as "Lao Yai Phu Thai Cultural
Tourism Community" with the objectives of managing the community to achieve the efficiency. The result from
the receiving of the first group to tourists to come for the cultural tour in Phu Thai Lao Thai shows that the tourists consist of people from different ages who all enjoyed themselves and had fun through participating
in all the activities. It was a chance to open up the space for different field of local wisdom to have a common
ground in presenting themselves for other people to admire, creating unity within the community and be part
of developing their own community through a sense of responsibility which create the value for their traditional
way of life.Following ups and evaluations are the evaluations during and after the research process to bring
about the problems and the flaws to be considered in order to find improvements for the future research.}
    }