{{Infobox magazine | logo = | logo_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_file = <!-- cover.jpg (omit the "file:" prefix) --> | image_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = <!-- up to |editor5= --> | editor_title = <!-- up to |editor_title5= --> | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = | frequency = | format = | circulation = | publisher = [[Matichon]] Group | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | circulation_year = | total_circulation = | founder = [[Sujit Wongthes]] | founded = 1979 | firstdate = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | finaldate = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | finalnumber = | company = | country = Thailand | based = | language = Thai | website = {{URL|silpa-mag.com}} | issn = 0125-3654 | oclc = }} '''Silpa Wattanatham''' ({{langx|th|ศิลปวัฒนธรรม}}, {{RTGS|Sinlapa Watthanatham}}), known in English as '''Art & Culture''', is a Thai history magazine and publishing [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of the [[Matichon]] Group. Founded by [[Sujit Wongthes]] in 1979, the magazine popularized Thai history and opened up the field—previously confined to academic circles—to a wider public audience.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lysa |first1=Hong |title=Twenty Years of ''Sinlapa Watthanatham'': Cultural Politics in Thailand in the 1980s and 1990s |journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies |date=7 April 2011 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=26–47 |doi=10.1017/S0022463400015861 |s2cid=162753594}}</ref>

Writers associated with the magazine, most prominently Sujit, {{ill|Srisakara Vallibhotama|th|ศรีศักร วัลลิโภดม}}, and Dhida Saraya, challenged the established narrative of Thai history that emphasized the migration of the Tai peoples from southern China. Instead, they highlighted the diversity of Thailand’s cultural origins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Chris |last2=Phongpaichit |first2=Pasuk |title=A History of Thailand |date=2005 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521016476 |page=226 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofthailan00bake/page/226 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{official site|https://www.silpa-mag.com}} {{in lang|th}}

[[Category:1979 establishments in Thailand]] [[Category:History magazines published in Thailand]] [[Category:Magazines established in 1979]] [[Category:Matichon Group]] [[Category:Thai-language mass media]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Art and Culture}}