Abstract:
The objectives of thesis are to study the evolution of roadside stand market, explain the relationships of people in the roadside stand market including producer, seller and consumer until the relationship between people and products and find the meaning of roadside stand market and product by understanding of people in the market based on the fundamental of economy, social and culture. The thesis emphasized on field work, studying the interaction of people in a market, explaining contexts by using economic anthropology, approaching the relationship by using the qualitative research, sticking in the target area, perceiving community and people as they are which are the most important factor to be a methodologist with combining an Idea, theories and related researches to analyze the collective data. The methodology used here including site surveys, observing market evolution, and taking note with deep individual and group interviews. According to the result of the study, the origin of a roadside stand market has been discovered in the factor of a mass transportation. Obviously, the victory monument is a center of transportation in Bangkok and perimeter that has a huge traffic of different kind of people such as working people, immigrants etc. The results of a roadside stand found that the trading has an informal action; the close relationship between buyer and seller and also enough quantity of members are needed to make a market keep strong and existing. Moreover, the market also takes place at night time bringing a colorful atmosphere with amazing and unique products which are truly really hard to find in any other place in the world