THANAPAT THIANKRACHANGPolitics · Policy · Civic Technology
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Ideas & Research

Ideas & Research

Thanapat’s own positions and academic work, with year, status and source records.

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Ideas and positions

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A published budget is not automatically a scrutinizable budget

Public data should support further inquiry—not merely be available for download.

  1. Evidence: Bangkok’s draft budget was scattered across files and difficult to compare across agencies.
  2. Position: structure, method, limitations and source routes must be visible.
  3. Consequence: people can ask budget questions without mastering the full administrative system first.
Open source
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Protecting a historic district means protecting the people who keep it alive

A historic district should not be preserved as scenery while existing communities are displaced.

  1. Evidence: Samphanthawong is simultaneously residential, commercial, touristic and historic.
  2. Position: conservation must assess displacement and economic continuity alongside the physical fabric.
  3. Consequence: heritage remains a living social system rather than a detached tourism product.
Open source
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Receiving a case is not enough. The system must show where it is stuck

Responsibility should be traceable from intake to decision authority and verified closure.

  1. Evidence: many public problems cross agencies while citizens see only the intake point.
  2. Position: ownership, status, documents and update dates should be traceable without exposing personal case data.
  3. Consequence: people should not have to restart whenever a case is transferred.
Open source
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Civic technology should lead people back to evidence

A clearer interface should not conceal the data’s limitations.

  1. Evidence: a strong interface can make a conclusion look more certain than its source data.
  2. Position: provenance, certainty, verification dates and non-claims belong close to the result.
  3. Consequence: convenience need not come at the cost of scrutiny.
Open source

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Research

Conference paper · scheduled online session

Precarious Strategy: Challenging State Action and Migrant’s Mobility during Pandemic in Bangkok

Research on mobility and livelihood strategies among Shan migrants in Bangkok during pandemic restrictions.

Listed co-author · scheduled in an ICTS14 session · not claimed as a published journal article
ICTS14 programme · Kyoto UniversityOnline-conference notice
Documentary related to the research process

Somewhere Home

The paper acknowledges collaboration with a documentary by the wider team. This site does not yet have a verified public film link.

Recorded as related work · no director or producer credit claimed