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The Role Of Mediators In Creating Strategic Knowledge Communites (Skc) And Promoting Cooperation Between Scientifc And Local Communities: A Case Study From Thailand

In: People, Knowledge And Technology What Have We Learnt So Far?

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  • NUTA SUPAKATA

    (LABCIS (LABoratoire de recherché en Communication & Information Scientifique et technique), ICOMTEC, University of Poitiers, France)

  • PIERRE FAYARD

    (LABCIS (LABoratoire de recherché en Communication & Information Scientifique et technique), ICOMTEC, University of Poitiers, France)

Abstract

In Thailand, it has now been gradually discovered that local knowledge has been neglected. Subsequently, the project called “One Tambon1, One Product” (OTOP) has been developed by the government to make the communities in each sub-district, especially in the rural areas, self-reliant by using their own resources and wisdom, then standardizing, and finally merchandizing their products to the market. This research was conducted in Mahanam Village, Ang Thong Province, in the central part of Thailand. This village is currently participating in the OTOP project by producing fabricated handicrafts from weaving dried water hyacinth stems. To make Mahanam Village handicrafts acceptable to the international market, a mediator organizes the creation of SKCs for the villagers, allowing them to develop their OTOP production in cooperation with scientific scholars.

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  • Nuta Supakata & Pierre Fayard, 2004. "The Role Of Mediators In Creating Strategic Knowledge Communites (Skc) And Promoting Cooperation Between Scientifc And Local Communities: A Case Study From Thailand," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Bruno Trezzini & Patrick Lambe & Suliman Hawamdeh (ed.), People, Knowledge And Technology What Have We Learnt So Far?, chapter 11, pages 108-114, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812702081_0011
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