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Thongchai Winichakul is a Thai historian and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research examines the intellectual foundations of modern Siam, including geography, sovereignty, historical memory, national identity, and the effects of colonial-era knowledge. His book Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation, published in 1994, argues that modern ideas of territory and mapping changed how Siam was understood as a nation.
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What is Siam Mapped by Thongchai Winichakul about?
Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation, published in 1994, examines how modern maps and geographic ideas shaped Siamese national identity. It connects cartography with sovereignty, colonial pressure, and the creation of a territorial nation.
What does Thongchai Winichakul mean by the geo-body?
The geo-body is his term for the imagined national body represented by a bounded territory on a map. In Siam Mapped, he shows how this idea changed modern Siam's understanding of borders and sovereignty.
Where did Thongchai Winichakul teach?
Thongchai Winichakul is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on modern Siam, especially the period from the 1880s to the 1930s.
What is Moments of Silence by Thongchai Winichakul about?
Moments of Silence: The Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok examines memory and silence surrounding the massacre in Thailand. The University of Hawaii Press published it in 2020.
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