This article considers the implications of the popularisation of Facebook groups that share historical photographs for the writing of Thai national and photographic histories. Rather than dismissing these groups as lacking in historical rigour, I propose that the nostalgic impetus behind their formation indicates an important way through which we may rethink the continued relevance of Thailand's history to its current sociopolitical situation. Drawing from Craig J. Reynolds’ (1992) argument regarding the interrelationship between the ‘plot of Thai history’ and the narrative historical form, I consider how this plot might be challenged or displaced through a movement from text to image, and from the material to the digital.

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怀旧和民族主义：Facebook“档案”和泰国摄影史的构成

本文探讨了分享历史照片的 Facebook 群组的普及对泰国民族和摄影史写作的影响。我不认为这些群体缺乏历史严谨性，而是认为它们形成背后的怀旧动力表明了一种重要的方式，我们可以通过这种方式重新思考泰国历史与其当前社会政治局势的持续相关性。借鉴 Craig J. Reynolds (1992) 关于“泰国历史情节”与叙事历史形式之间相互关系的论点，我考虑如何通过从文本到图像以及从材料的运动来挑战或取代这个情节到数字。