“I Am not Here for Fun”: The Satirical Facebook Group Royalists Marketplace, Queer TikToking, and the New Democracy Movement in Thailand : An Interview With Pavin Chachavalpongpun

Q1 Social Sciences

Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-23 DOI:10.14764/10.ASEAS-0039

W. Schaffar

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Abstract

Pavin Chachavalpongpun is an associate professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University. He has published extensively on Thailand and Southeast Asian politics. He is also politically active and does not shy away from discussing and criticizing the monarchy, which for a long time was taboo – in academia as well as in political campaigns. In April 2020, Prof. Pavin Chachavalpongpun founded the Facebook group Royalists Marketplace (รอยลลสตมารเกตเพลส). The name alludes to other Facebook groups, like the Chulalongkorn Marketplace or Thammasat Marketplace, which were set up by former students of those universities as platforms for selling and purchasing items, and socializing in times of the COVID-19 lockdown. Pavin’s group, however, is a persiflage of these initiatives. He developed a unique style of political communication, with a distinct mixture of memes, TikTok and Youtube videos, together with serious academic debates, which made his Facebook group the leading platform for criticism of the monarchy. This interview took place via Zoom between Kyoto and Cologne at the end of August 2020. Information on the dynamic developments that have unfolded since then has been added.

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“我不是来这里玩的”:讽刺Facebook小组保皇党市场，酷儿tiktok和泰国的新民主主义运动:对Pavin Chachavalpongpun的采访

Pavin Chachavalpongpun是京都大学东南亚研究中心的副教授。他发表了大量关于泰国和东南亚政治的文章。他在政治上也很活跃，从不回避讨论和批评君主制，这在很长一段时间里在学术界和政治竞选中都是禁忌。2020年4月，Pavin Chachavalpongpun教授创建了Facebook群Royalists Marketplace()。这个名字暗指Facebook上的其他群组，比如朱拉隆功市场(Chulalongkorn Marketplace)或法政市场(Thammasat Marketplace)，它们是由这些大学的前学生创建的，作为销售和购买物品的平台，以及在疫情封锁期间的社交平台。然而，Pavin的小组是这些倡议的一个变种。他形成了一种独特的政治沟通风格，将表情包、抖音和Youtube视频与严肃的学术辩论结合起来，使他的Facebook群成为批评君主制的主要平台。本次采访于2020年8月底通过Zoom在京都和科隆之间进行。还增加了关于自那时以来所发生的动态发展的资料。

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Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

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2.20

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审稿时长

45 weeks

期刊介绍： The Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies (ASEAS) is an international, interdisciplinary and open access social sciences journal covering a variety of topics (culture, economics, geography, politics, society) from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Topics should be related to Southeast Asia, but are not restricted to the geographical region, when spatial and political borders of Southeast Asia are crossed or transcended, e.g., in the case of linguistics, diaspora groups or forms of socio-cultural transfer. ASEAS publishes two focus issues per year and we welcome out-of-focus submissions at any time. The journal invites both established as well as young scholars to present research results and theoretical and methodical discussions, to report about on-going research projects or field studies, to publish conference reports, to conduct interviews with experts in the field, and to review relevant books. Articles can be submitted in German or English.