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HERITAGE Asia – Pacific (heritAP)

A Network of Heritage Practitioners supported by WHITRAP Shanghai

Ms Hatthaya SIRIPHATTHANAKUN
Country: Thailand
Major(s):

Disaster Risk Management, Heritage Impact Assessment, Heritage Management, Urban conservation

Institution/Organization:

SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA)

Position/Title:

Specialist in Cultural Heritage Conservation

Professional/Research Area(s):

Conservation landscape architect, Water Heritage, Cultural Landscape

Short Resume:

From 2001 to 2015, Hatthaya Siriphatthanakun worked as a landscape architect for the Fine Arts Department (FAD), the main governmental agency responsible for cultural heritage conservation in Thailand, carrying out landscape architectural design and cultural heritage conservation. After obtaining her MA in conservation studies from the University of York (UK), and completing the ICCROM Conservation of Built Heritage course in 2007, Hatthaya began to undertake conservation work on World Cultural Heritage properties in Thailand, preparing nomination dossiers, and providing recommendation for FAD regional offices and local authorities on a wide range of World Heritage issues. In 2015, Hatthaya moved to the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO SPAFA), as a specialist in Cultural Heritage Conservation, to develop and coordinate initiatives for disaster risk management in relation to cultural heritage. She has also been elected a Board Member of ICOMOS from 2018-2020 and is serving ICOMOS Thailand as its Secretary- General. In addition Hatthaya has developed her expertise in water management in the ancient towns, heritage impact assessment and urban conservation using landscape approach methodology from her PhD dissertation.