โรงแรมม่านรูด : ภาพตัวแทนของพื้นที่แห่งความเป็นอื่น ในวาทกรรมทางเพศ-เพศสภาพ ของไทย

Abstract

This research can be regarded as an architectural history and theory research. By adopting “Other Space” - social and spatial theory of Michel Foucault – as a main conceptual framework, this research aims to analysis the relationship between physicality and social dimension of “Curtained Motel”. Methodologically, historical document and related research field were collected and analyzed. The data physical survey of “Curtained Motel” in this research was limited to the area of Muang District, Chiang Mai Municipal area, including the interview with the owners. 6 case studies of “Curtained Motel” were illustrated and visualized through the drawing and graphic based on multi-layers in relations to urban, street, and architectural scale. The research finding can be pointed out that “Curtained Motels” could be conceptualized as “Other Space”– because of both their physicality - all of them were located at the area closed to the city, but not in the main street, presented in a hidden and ambiguous character, in particular could be able to access to many different streets as the most distinctive choice, and their social conditions – through their social constructed meaning and especially the use of “curtain” as a negotiation of the Laws enforcement. Reading through the light of “Other Space”, we could describe “Curtained Motels” as the representation of other sex-gender identities – excluding by the mainstream society of Heteronormality – once people get in and the curtain is down. They could become the haven for those who wish to step away from such a main discourse just of awhile. “Curtained Motels” seem to offer an "Other”moment in relation to Otherness of the architectural space, which can be anifested through the use of the curtain, the car and the drive way, in particular the privacy as vitally privilege. Once again, the aim objective of this research is to expand the body of knowledge on architectural history and theory, not encouraging to expand such a business. The research also focuses on how to document and analysis what actually happen in the contemporary society, by which “Curtain Motels” rapidly change and eventually disappear.