Sacred Space on Trial: Urban Justice, Design, and the Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine Case in Thailand
Film Screening and Discussion
Screening: The Last Breath of Sam Yan (75 minutes)
Discussion: Sacred Space on Trial: Urban Justice, Design, and the Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine Case in Thailand
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal – Producer of the film; Harvard Divinity School Fellow; former President of the Chulalongkorn University Student Union; and founder of Sam Yan Press, a student-run press in Thailand. He is currently working on the sequel to this documentary. In addition, he is finishing his second documentary on his life as Thailand’s first conscientious objector against mandatory military service; the case is now before the Constitutional Court.
Phumiyot Lapnarongchai – Third-year Political Science student and activist at Chulalongkorn University. He is a leading student advocate for the Sam Yan communities. He has an upcoming Thai-language book on his advocacy for New Urbanism in his hometown, Hat Yai, as well as on public transportation advocacy.
Moderator: Lin Xiaoying, Harvard Divinity School
Welcome by James Robson, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations & Harvard-Yenching Institute