VISITSILP-JOURNAL OF ARTS AND CULTURE

CULTIVATING SHARED VALUE IN LOCALIZED CREATIVE SPACES: A CASE STUDY OF COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED ART INITIATIVES

Nantapan Chinprapinporn — 2026-06-30

This study explores how inclusive, community-driven art projects can heal and reinforce fragile social networks within rapidly changing peri-urban neighbourhoods. Centred on a case study of the "Many Hands One Community" initiative, the paper evaluates how participatory art practices succeed when they are explicitly designed for everyday citizens without prior creative expertise. By assessing the distinct social and practical advantages generated for a diverse web of stakeholders—including professional artists, sponsoring organisations, neighbourhood community centres, and local residents—the research identifies the core variables that drive project success. Key factors include low-barrier, accessible activity designs, robust cross-sector partnerships, and the production of tangible, collaborative outcomes. Ultimately, the findings demonstrate that generating mutual value across all participant groups is a vital mechanism, ensuring both practical operational efficiency and the long-term structural sustainability of grassroots cultural programs.

DIGITAL STAGES FOR LIVING TRADITIONS: REIMAGINING THAI FOLK MUSIC ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

teekapat Sontinuch — 2026-06-30

This study explores how traditional Thai folk music is being radically reshaped and revitalised across modern digital landscapes, with a particular emphasis on short-form platforms like TikTok. We examine how platform-specific algorithmic structures and interactive user spaces converge to form what we term "cultural capital spaces." Rather than viewing digital access as a simple matter of media availability, this paper argues that the survival and visibility of traditional music are deeply mediated by technical platform designs, evolving patterns of community participation, and user motivations. The research highlights how bite-sized content formats—such as viral hooks, repeated melodic phrases, and user-driven remixes—allow deeply historical art forms to adapt and thrive inside modern communication networks. While online folk music communities frequently rely on loose, shifting digital networks, their continuity is sustained by a shared appreciation for cultural heritage. Ultimately, this paper demonstrates that digital social networks do not dilute cultural identity; instead, they serve as vital, dynamic ecosystems where Thai folk music is continuously reinterpreted, generating fresh social, economic, and educational value for a new generation.

TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED DANCE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THAI AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Tanadol Nisaiman — 2026-06-30

This scoping review maps the shifting landscape of contemporary dance education by examining how digital, immersive, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are transforming instructional practices. By contrasting empirical findings from local Thai environments against international benchmarks, this paper highlights a clear technological divide. In Thailand, technology remains heavily centred on basic digital media, such as video recordings and online streaming platforms, utilised for self-paced rehearsal and content delivery. Conversely, international frameworks have rapidly advanced toward sophisticated, data-driven systems powered by computer vision, AI tutoring platforms, and Extended Reality (XR), enabling immersive learning alongside highly precise, automated feedback and quantitative performance metrics. To address the lack of a unified approach to integrating these advanced tools into traditional settings, this study introduces a holistic digital-cultural learning ecosystem. Formulated as a "Metaverse–Heritage Studio," this conceptual model blends cutting-edge movement analytics with culturally anchored virtual environments. Ultimately, the paper demonstrates how modern technology can serve as a core pedagogical asset, delivering precise digital feedback while safeguarding the delicate socio-cultural values of dance heritage.

BRIDGING ARTS AND AGING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF GROUP DANCE INTERVENTIONS FOR BALANCE AND LOWER-LIMB STRENGTH IN OLDER ADULTS

Kotchakorn Choowiwatrattanakul — 2026-06-30

This systematic review evaluates the therapeutic intersection between the performing arts and geriatric health, examining how collective dance regimens enhance postural stability and lower-extremity muscular strength in ageing populations. Following systematic identification protocols across national and international databases, the synthesised evidence reveals that structured, group-based dance programs supervised by qualified instructors provide a comprehensive workout that blends physical mechanics, cognitive engagement, and social connectivity. The reviewed modalities span a diverse cultural spectrum, including aerobic dance routines, localised folk traditions, Thai classical choreography, and formalised dance/movement therapies. The primary consensus indicates that these rhythmic interventions significantly enhance both static and dynamic equilibrium, strengthen lower-limb muscle groups, and markedly minimise fall vulnerability. Furthermore, participants experienced tangible secondary benefits, including refined gait mechanics, elevated mobility confidence, and enhanced subjective quality of life. Crucially, this dual-purpose approach succeeds where traditional exercise often falls short: it mitigates physical decline while also serving as a vital means of preserving and transmitting ancestral cultural heritage. Ultimately, culturally relevant dance emerges as a safe, economically viable, and deeply engaging clinical intervention for promoting active, resilient ageing within community frameworks.

WEARING, MIGRATION, AND THE BODY: CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH VIDEO ART

Ina Phuyuthanon — 2026-06-30

This paper explores how creative practice serves as a direct pipeline for creating new knowledge, specifically examining the layered intersections of bodily movement, migration, and memory amid changing socio-economic realities. By grounding the methodology in Artistic Research, this study demonstrates how raw personal encounters can be transformed into rigorous scholarly insight. This is achieved through a multi-layered creative framework that integrates archival analysis, direct field observations, sensory documentation, and physical experimentation, culminating in a video art installation. The core findings reveal that the making of art is never just about the final exhibition object; rather, the entire creative process operates as an active venue for theoretical and practical discovery. Through this lens, the artist's physical frame becomes a living canvas where historical inheritance, lived trauma, and shifting social pressures converge. This unique approach allows us to reconsider migration as more than a simple change in geographic coordinates, reframing it as a profound, continuous evolution of identity and culture. Ultimately, this article positions video art as both a critical investigative tool and an evidentiary research outcome. It highlights the medium's capacity to communicate nuanced, tactile forms of understanding that traditional text-based academic methodologies often fail to fully convey