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On May 19, 2010, the Royal Thai Army deployed tanks, snipers, and war weapons to disperse the thousands of Red Shirts protesters who had taken over the commercial center of Bangkok to demand democratic elections and an end to inequality. Key to this mobilization were motorcycle taxi drivers, who slowed down, filtered, and severed mobility in the area, claiming a prominent role in national politics and ownership over the city and challenging state hegemony. Four years later, on May 20, 2014, the same army general who directed the dispersal staged a military coup, unopposed by protesters. How...

On May 19, 2010, the Royal Thai Army deployed tanks, snipers, and war weapons to disperse the thousands of Red Shirts protesters who had taken over the commercial center of Bangkok to demand democratic elections and an end to inequality. Key to this mobilization were motorcycle taxi drivers, who slowed down, filtered, and severed mobility in the area, claiming a prominent role in national politics and ownership over the city and challenging state hegemony. Four years later, on May 20, 2014, the same army general who directed the dispersal staged a military coup, unopposed by protesters. How...

Der König von Bangkok erzählt die Geschichte des heutigen Thailands anhand des Lebens von Nok, einem alten Lotterielosverkäufer, der die Stadt verlassen will. Diese Graphic Novel folgt ihm durch die Straßen der thailändischen Metropole und die Gassen seiner Erinnerung und rekonstruiert eine Reise durch die Slums der Wanderarbeiter, die Reisfelder des Isaan, die Touristendörfer von Koh Pha-ngan und die Proteste der Rothemden 2010 inmitten der Wolkenkratzer der Hauptstadt.Basierend auf einem Jahrzehnt anthropologischer Forschung erzählt der König von Bangkok von Migration in die Stadt...