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Cultural Policy in Thailand (3734 words) |
 | Support the preservation of the Thai culture in all aspects through education, research, animation and development in order that culture may serve as an important tool for solving problems encountered in the conduct of individual life, for the development of social, economic and political progress, and for the strengthening of the national sovereignty. |
| The provincial and regional cultural centers, mostly located in the Teachers' Training Colleges, and the universities are directly under the supervision of the directors of the colleges, or the chairmen of the parent institutes. |
| Thailand Cultural Centre -- a modern and well-equipped multimedia centre conceived as a grant aid project from the government of Japan -- is established in 1987 to enable wide range of people to participate effectively in cultural life which includes performing arts, social education and recreation. |
| The Power of Culture - Cultural Policy of non-western countries: Thailand (349 words) |
| With this organization the Ministry of Culture is striving to achieve one of the pillars of the policy determined in 1981: increasing appreciation among the population of Thailand for the country's own culture. |
| This sub-division of the Ministry of Culture also runs the Thai Cultural Centre, a cultural and recreational mega-complex that was erected in Bangkok in 1987 with Japanese support. |
| Thailand is also home to the Regional Centre for Archaeology and the Arts (SPAFA), a South-Asian organization with ten member states that is concerned with cultural heritage. |
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