Prasert Chaipikusit was born on 15th December 1944. He received Bachelor of Social Science from Thammasat University in 1966, Ethnology Certificate from University of Vienna , Austria in 1972, and Bachelor of Law from Sukhothai Thammathirat University in 1989.
Prasert had served in the Department of Public Welfare since 3rd June 1968 and left before the retirement on 30th September 1999. All the position he took are Social science researcher (which is about hilltribes) at the Hilltribes Research Institute, Staff at the center of Developments and aids for hilltribes, Staff analyzing policies and plans, and Director of the Hilltribes Research Institute in Chiang Mai Province.
Academic works
-Research report “Restrictions and Practices of Leesaw 1986” (Thai version)
-Research report “Primary Traditions of Leesaw ”1987 in (Thai version)>
-Research report “The impact of tourism to hilltribe society: Case study in Pang Ma Pha District, Mae Hong Son Province” 1991 (Thai version)
-“12 hilltribes in Thailand” 2004 (Thai version)
The collection consists of 126 photographs which were taken by Prasert Chaipikusit during his social science research about hill-tribes people in Thailand. They were taken in different period of time; 1968-1970, 1974-1977, 1984-1985, and 1998 . The material is photograph of Lisu Karen Aka Lahu and Mlabri in Chiangmai, Chiangrai, Mae Hong Son, and Uthai Thani. The picture portrayed the way of life of each ethnic group; house, food, traditional costume, ceremony, agriculture, as well as belief and ritual like spirit worship and ancestral worship.
