This Master’s thesis aims to analyze the narratives presented in Melayu Patani local museums in deep South Thailand and their role in being a space for Melayu Patani people, an ethno-national group of people who have been struggling to maintain their nation and identity during the process of nation-building in Thailand and have been subjected to the process of cultural assimilation and violent armed conflicts for over half a century..

This study excavates the antiquity of Melayuness in the historical trajectory in which the the consciousness of Melayu Patani nation has been expressed through local Melayu museums. The role of museums and their exhibitions have been appraised in being the platform to recall their imagined nation and to bargain with the Thai hegemony.

By the method of archival research, observation, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews, two local museums have been studied and analyzed; the Haji Sulong house and museum and Khun Laharn local museum. The elements of narrative and textual characteristics have also been examined. The study found that the museums are able to construct the imagination of the collective nationalism through the stories of legendary heroes, local traditions, and the anecdotes of the struggles of Melayu people. However, there are outside factors than hinder the mechanism of the museum to reach their purpose which include the lack of sufficient resource and the interference by the authority due to the being minority of Melayu Patani.

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