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วารสารราชบััณฑิิตยสภา
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ศาสตราจารย์์พรรัตน์์ ดำำารุง 235

different forms of creative and artistic knowledge. Each was designed and
produced for audiences in specific local communities and tied to universities
around the country, whether for local community events or for international
festivals.

These projects led the author to see that innovation in Thai
performing arts often stems from projects which develop creative new
performances by young artists who work together with masters. Innovation
in Thai contemporary performance done in these projects was distinctive

since each embodied the traditional wisdom and knowledge of local Thai
society in unique contemporary forms. The projects trusted local Thai artists
to take the lead in developing new artistic practices and knowledge.
The umbrella research project developed a new platform for doing

experimental work tied to local artistic traditions and nurtured young
researchers and artists in the performing arts. It showed that there were new
research problems which seek similar goals across the country. The projects’
outputs retain the spirit of Thai traditional art and knowledge, but also took

on contemporary modes of involving communities and people of different
generations, ideas, and ethnicities in today’s society. It helped renew the vitality
of Thai creative work that differed from its original.

Keywords: contemporary Thai performance, research, cross-disciplinary
research