Aparihāniyadhamma Application for Promoting People’s Participation in the Cultural Conservation Policy of Lamphun Municipality, Mueang District, Lamphun Province

Abstract

The research objectives are 1) to study the level of public participation in the cultural conservation policy of Lamphun Municipality. Lamphun Province 2) to compare public opinions on participation in its cultural conservation policies. classified by personal factors. and 3) to present guidelines for promoting public participation of the policy. The research  methodology is a mixed method. namely. 1) quantitative research (a) using a questionnaire for data collecting. and the sample group was 385 people from  9.680 people in the Lamphun Municipality area.  and (b) using statistics analysis software for social science research to find frequencies. percentages. means. and standard deviations for hypothesis testing of T-test and F-test values with one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA). and 2) qualitative research: using In-depth interviews with 12 key informants (face-to-face interview) and analyzing the data by descriptive content analysis.

          The findings were;

1) The levels of public participation were all at a high level in every aspect. and the highest mean was the participation in evaluation

2) The comparison level results of public participation classified by personal factors according to hypothesis 1 – 5 showed the personal factors of age and occupation accepted the research hypotheses. while the personal factors of gender education level and monthly income rejected the research hypothesis

3))The guidelines for promoting public participation in the cultural conservation policy of Lamphun Municipality with   Aparihāniyadhamma are: (1) holding a meetings schadule (2) creating meeting schedule with a clear agenda. (3)  enacting rules and agreements (4) promoting and organizing activities promoting respect to  the elders and leaders.  (5) promoting the people participation with the community (6) promoting traditional activities on important occasional event as well as communication and exchange of  experiences.  (7) emphasis on integrative cooperation in working