Social Capital and Inheritance of Local Wisdom Phetchaburi’s Art and Craft of Look Wa Group at Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

ABSTRACT

        The purposes of this study are 1) to study the Look Wa Youth Group as Phetchaburi craftsmen’s local wisdom inheritors 2) to study the Look Wa Youth Group’s social capital which influences on the inheritance of local wisdoms and 3) to study the problems and obstacles of the Look Wa Youth Group in inheriting local wisdoms. As a result, Phetchaburi craftsmen’s local wisdoms were realized as the importance by Look Wa Youth Group. Many youths united voluntarily to form the group to study Phetchaburi craftsmen work from the specialists or the inheritors. Later on, this Youth Group performed inheritance activities to pass on or disseminate these invaluable wisdoms to the public by using the Khao Wang Cable Car area, Phetchaburi, as its center. The next aspects were study about social capital which affect local wisdom inheritance of the Look Wa Youth Group in Phetchaburi. The results illustrated that 1) social capital in knowledge dimension was the important factor to find, to learn, and to bring to inheriting activities and broadcasting to public. 2) social capital in people relation dimension has strongly confederated and the member had the same way to work and to do the activities. 3) social capital in love each other dimension, they trusted each other which affected the activities. As problems and obstacles were the differently and discontinuously free time that made some members couldn’t join the group activities fully and some of parents don’t understand the group activities that made some of member stopped.