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作者

Napong Tao Rugkhapan

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.41,Issue4,P.573-606

语言

英文

关键字

Critical cartography,community mapping,Chinatown,Bangkok,cultural heritage

作者单位

School of Global Studies, Thammasat University , Bangkok, Thailand

摘要

Bangkok’s Chinatown is undergoing rapid change instigated by the city’s expanding metro lines that see old buildings are demolished and old tenants evicted. This paper investigates two Chinatown neighborhoods in their struggles to negotiate such drastic transformation. At its core, the paper focuses on the role of mapmaking exploited by the two neighborhoods to mobilize their respective agendas. Charoen Chai residents are on the verge of eviction as their landlord seeks to redevelop the properties. Agitated by development pressures, Talat Noi is forced to revitalize itself. To resist eviction, Charoen Chai seeks to reinvent itself a heritage site. To break away from economic stagnation, Talat Noi aspires to become a tourist destination. The paper details the two mapmaking endeavors, highlighting in particular the actors, their cartographic tactics, and motivating rationales. It shows community mapmaking is neither bottom-up nor problem-free, critically assessessing the limits, contradictions, and dilemmas of local cartographic response. KEYWORDS: Critical cartographycommunity mappingChinatownBangkokcultural heritage Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author. Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Rackham International Research Award, the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan