Three Decades of Siam mapped: From deconstruction to discourse establishment, 1994-2023

Abstract

This Article aims to criticize and analyze “Siam mapped” by Thongchai Winichakul in various aspects: the position of Siam mapped in Thai study, the understanding of Siam mapped thesis, and the problem of Siam mapped methodology.

According to the study, Siam mapped was one of the critical works of cognitive decline that was created by American academics. Siam mapped questioned the knowledge of the loss of territories and the monarch's claim of maintaining independence that dominated Thai study during that time. Siam mapped tried to problematize Geo-body or the shape of Siam on the map that became one of the most significant parts of the "Thai nationhood", even if, Siam mapped only criticizes the previous knowledge, instead of Siam mapped turned out to be a new base of knowledge proposing that Siam “gained territory” through numerous cite to Siam mapped proposal as evidence. This problem arises from the fact that Siam mapped did not explicitly specify the methodology (genealogy) that focuses on criticizing the current body of knowledge or the truth (truth) rather than criticizing the past. The continuous miscitation of Siam mapped became the way that Siam mapped has created a discourse of "lost territory discourse" rise instead.