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SUMMARY:The History and Political Economy of Urban Standards in Thailand
DESCRIPTION:\n	Apiwat Ratanawaraha (Professor\, Department of Urban and Reg
 ional Planning and the Urban Design and Development Center\, Chulalongkorn
  University)\n	Discussant/chair: Michael Herzfeld (Ernest E. Monrad Profes
 sor of the Social Sciences\, Department of Anthropology\, Harvard Universi
 ty)\n\n\n	*Please note early start time*\n\n	Standards are codified knowle
 dge that serves as the foundation of human society. They exist in every pr
 oduct that we use\, in every process that we follow\, in every aspect of o
 ur life. Likewise\, urban standards are everywhere in the city. There are 
 building and housing codes\, subdivision and plot specifications\, open-sp
 ace requirements\, road dimensions\, so on and so forth. These standards s
 hape the façade\, forms\, fabrics\, and flows of cities. Urban standards 
 are a cornerstone of the efforts to plan and build our cities\, and thus t
 hey define the ideals\, identities\, and meanings of urban lives.\n\n	 \n
 \n	As part of the efforts to plan and develop “modern” cities in Thail
 and\, the rulers and governments in the past century have imported various
  approaches and methods of urban development and planning from Europe\, th
 e United States\, and Japan. With these planning ideas came standards and 
 codes that were expected to help shape the cities according the ideal pict
 ures. But the standards established by the authorities are often resisted\
 , ignored and avoided by many urban citizens\, particularly the “informa
 l” people such as slum dwellers and street vendors. An exploration into 
 urban standards will reveal not only how Thai cities evolve and how they a
 re related to the global world of urban standards\, but also how Thai soci
 ety is structured and how much or little it is changing in the context of 
 globalization and democratization of ideas.\n\n	 \n\n	In this talk\, Apiw
 at Ratanawaraha will discuss his preliminary work on the history of urban 
 planning approaches and standards in Thailand\, how much or little urban s
 tandards have shaped Thai cities\, how the standards are contested and neg
 otiated among various actors\, and the implications of the process and out
 come of standards setting for urban justice.
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