การเปลี่ยนแปลงทางสังคมวัฒนธรรมและเศรษฐกิจในภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือตอนล่าง : ศึกษากรณีตำบลบ้านกลาง อำเภอปากช่อง จังหวัดนครราชสีมา / จีรนัย สินทอง = Sociocultural and economic change in lower northeastern region : a case study of Ban Klang District, Amphur Pakchong, Nakornratchasrima Province / Jeeranai Sintong
This thesis aims to study factors which affect social, cultural, and economic change in Ban Klang District, Amphur Pakchong, Nakornratchasrima Province. It also attempts to examine the impacts of those changes upon the community. Research methodology in this study was documentary and anthropological techniques. Participant and nonparticipant observation and in-dept interview were performed in order to write up life histories of 15 cases of male and female residents who have lived in Ban Klang in the past 20 years and were over 50 years of age, in addition to another 8 district officials and natural leaders of the district. The study found that the Government’s development implementation, especially in infrastructure, tremendously affected Ban Klang’s social, cultural, and economic changes in various ways, as explained below. 1.Effect on social change: The number of nuclear family increased. People tended to be more individualistic and more commercial oriented. Paid labor replaced labor exchange. Finally, people received better education than they used to. 2. Effect on cultural change: The close relationship between people and temples declined. People were more time-conscious. They attended the temples less in order to save time for working. Some even stayed home and listened to Buddhist sermon from radio or television instead of visited the temples. In the area of recreation too, people were more individualistic. They enjoyed their pastime by themselves or with their own family members. 3. Effect on economic change: There were more choices in occupation. People did not have to follow their parent’s occupation. They had higher education and skill to be qualified for various jobs. There were changes in the field of agriculture-the old and stable occupation of the community. People accepted the use of fertilizer, pesticide and machine in order to increase their productivity. This kind of change costed the farmers more expenses.
