| dc.description.abstract | There are three objectives of this research “Sustainable Management Model for
Self-Reliant Community: A Case Study of the Ethnic Chong Klongplu, Khao
Khitchakut District, Chanthaburi Province.” These objectives are: 1) to study the
situation in the community, way of life, and the adaptation of the ethnic Chong,
Klongplu, Khao Khitchakut district, Chanthaburi, 2) to examine the community
management and the state of problems following community-based approaches of the
self-reliant ethnic Chong, Klongplu, Khao Khitchakut district, Chanthaburi, and 3) to
offer recommendations for sustainable self-reliant community management of the
ethnic Chong, Klongplu, Khao Khitchakut district, Chanthaburi.
Qualitative research is employed aiming at investigating a sustainable selfreliant
community management model. The unit of analysis is the ethnic Chong,
Klongplu sub-district, Khao Khitchakut district, Chanthaburi province. Data is
collected from documented sources, participation observation, non-participation
observation, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews.
Research findings indicate that the sustainable management for self-reliant
community of the ethnic Chong, Klongplu, Khao Khitchakut district, Chanthaburi
province on economic, social, and cultural issues comprise: 1) community leader, 2)
collaboration in the community, 3) knowledge transfer, 4) restoration of the local
language and culture, 5) preservation of identity, 6) promotion of community strength,
7) knowledge management and community learning, and 8) community fund. In
addition, the researcher has synthesized various community’s problems and obstacles
in order to adopt an approach to sustainability for the ethnic Chong. The first
component, existence of the community, includes: 1) adaptation, 2) relationship, 3)
raising awareness, and 4) community capital. The second component, supported
organizations, includes: 1) community organizations, 2) government agencies, and 3)
the private sector. Community development policies from both the public and private
sectors have been integrated with the sufficiency economy philosophy as a guideline
for the attainment of a sustainable self-reliant community, coupled with the creation
of a pleasant society that is keen on changes from the modern world.
The key recommendation proposed from this research is that the government
should establish sustainable development policies for the community with the
participation of the public and private sectors. Furthermore, both sectors and the
community organizations should regularly organize together a knowledge transfer
campaign about the Chong’s history, culture, traditions, and self-reliant way of life
from the past. Emphasis should be put on the self-sufficiency lifestyle that contributes
to sustainable and happy living in order to awake the inspiration of the younger
generations regarding the value of the ethnic Chong. So, they follow suit by taking
the self-sufficiency lifestyle and developing into a living model. This also triggers the
consciousness that younger generations will feel affection for, and have pride in,
being Chong and help pass on the Chong’s assets. | th |
