4M 1: An empirical determination of the sustainable cultural inheritance of local Thai wisdom

Abstract

Social and economic changes resulting from globalisation has led to the unlimited creation of data. This caused a flow of new information and technology threatening to replace original knowledge. This undoubtedly affects the inheritance of local wisdom, which is a process of transferring knowledge and experiences as well as exchanging ways of life from one generation to another. This causes the gradual loss of much local wisdom. This topic is studied through a literature review of thirty-six related articles on the cultural inheritance of local Thai wisdom and the sample group of 22 skilled craftsmanship, who are entrepreneurs on intellectual products. This is done in order to identify the important factors in the local wisdom inheritance process. Statistics and data comparisons were conducted with one sample T-test. The results demonstrate that four factors related to the sample group with a statistical significance of 0.01 were ritual-belief, integrated participation of every sector, written record of knowledge, and learning centres. In addition, seven factors related to the sample group had statistical significance of 0.05, namely family knowledge transmission, knowledge demonstration, local curriculum, teachers of wisdom, association/working group, information publication, and practice. All of the factors were categorised under 4Ms and 1I (Motive, Morale, Man, Method, and Institution) and a model of the local wisdom inheritance process was established. The main principles driving the model consisted of three sectors, which were senders, the inheritance process, and receivers. © 2020, Primrose Hall Publishing Group.