Siriporn Peters

RMIT University | RMIT · School of Media and Communication

Media education and training in Thailand is in a progressive stage. Thai education system and education policy are included in order to enable readers to have a better understanding of the current situation of Thai media education and training. Issues and challenges are also discussed. This main goal is to articulate knowledge from my working exper...

Communication design for empowering people with disabilities in Thailand to access employment opportunities is the focus of this paper. In this paper, I aim to articulate how communication design empowers disabled people to transform their current situation to a desired one. This paper draws from my collaborative project that I completed with the r...

Cultural heritage includes the entire of set of goods, real property, tangible and intangible assets, or privately own property, property pertaining to public and semi-public institutions, temple property and national assets that have great historic, artistic, scientific and cultural value. Cultural heritage is our legacy from the past, what we liv...

http://connectingdots.aiga.org/materials/ConnectingDots_final_papers.pdf

This paper focuses on designers’ roles in enabling a sustainable livelihood in disadvantaged communities. The paper draws from collaborative investigations with physical disabilities people in Amphoe Phrapradaeng in Samutprakran province in Thailand between 2007-2011.As the qualitative research, participatory action research was employed as a resea...

Internationalising university curricula has become a major priority for many universities in Thailand. There are different motives for developing English-medium programs among Thai universities. The emphasis on English language competence of students supersedes concerns about cultural challenges in a classroom. This paper aims to share and discuss...

Sustainable community development is a community-directed process of development. It is a process that intends to facilitate communities to investigate their own situation and enable them to transform their existing situation to a desired one with the assistance of design researchers. This paper aims to articulate how design research enables people...

This research study was an investigation into the contribution of communication designers as design researchers for enabling sustainability of livelihoods in a community. The objectives were to generate knowledge for the communication design field and also for communities which are seeking sustainable livelihoods. This investigation was guided by t...

This paper concentrates on the roles of designers as agents of sustainable change in communities. This paper was drawn from my research, which I completed with a community of people with physical disabilities in a semi-urban area of Thailand. The main goals were to generate sustainable change in the community and enable them to attain sustainable l...

This paper focuses on how designers can contribute to enabling sustainable livelihoods in communities, especially communities of people with physical disabilities. This is a new area of design research and practice. The paper draws on a case study of the role and contribution of designers in one of the most disadvantaged communities in a semi-urban...