Open AccessExcerpts from The King of Bangkok
Author(s) -
Claudio Sopranzetti,
S. Fabbri,
Chiara Natalucci
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
commoning ethnography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2537-9879
DOI - 10.26686/ce.v3i1.6649
Subject(s) - boom , section (typography) , precarity , sociology , history , genealogy , geography , gender studies , engineering , advertising , business , environmental engineering
This is an excerpt from The King of Bangkok. Originally appearing in Chapter 3, the section we present is a flashback that follows the book’s protagonist, Nok, on his journey to the island of Koh Pha-Ngan in the Gulf of Thailand. Nok has secured work on a construction site there during the height of the country’s economic boom. The section demonstrates how opportunity and precarity, excitement and devastation are fundamental forces animating and shaping the experiences of migrant workers like Nok.