Research In Southeast Asian Studies In Singapore

Author : Harry Jindrich Benda
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Research in Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore by Harry Jindrich Benda Pdf

This very brief overview will show how very recent the concept of Southeast Asian Studies in the region is. At the same time however, we must realize that there is perhaps a rather basic difference between the development of such regional studies in the United States and in Southeast Asia itself. To Americans and other outsiders, 'Southeast Asian Studies' are a clearly recognizable field, in terms of geography if nothing else. Indeed, when the concept was being developed in America shortly after World War II, the entire region was actually a terra incognita, all parts of it - with the only partial exception of the Philippines - almost equally unknown academically, and therefore earmarked for careful, preferably inter-disciplinary study. Even then, the various parts of the region admittedly, did not necessarily receive identical emphasis and study.

Author : Harry Jindrich Benda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Southeast Asia
ISBN : OCLC:227213744

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Research in Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore by Harry Jindrich Benda Pdf

Author : M. Huotari,J. Rüland,J. Schlehe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137397546

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Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies by M. Huotari,J. Rüland,J. Schlehe Pdf

This book addresses the question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'. It offers a fruitful debate between various approaches to Southeast Asia Studies, while taking into consideration the area-specific contexts of research practice cross-cutting methodological issues.

Author : Cynthia Chou,Vincent Houben
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812303851

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Southeast Asian Studies by Cynthia Chou,Vincent Houben Pdf

"What is the relevance of the area studies approach to Southeast Asia?" The current state and future directions of area studies, of which Southeast Asian studies are a part, is a central question not only to scientists working in the field but also those engaged in university politics. This collection of nine articles is written by specialists from different disciplinary backgrounds and working in institutions of higher learning all around the world. It provides an up-to-date insight into the current state of the study field, its strengths and weaknesses and seeks ways to reconfigure Southeast Asian studies in order to meet the challenges of a region that is caught up in profound transformation as a consequence of both globalization and localization.

Author : Goh Beng Lan
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814311571

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Decentring and Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies by Goh Beng Lan Pdf

This admirable book contains fascinating autobiographical accounts, by some of Southeast Asia's most eminent scholars, concerning their struggle to find their own voices in interpreting the region to which they belong. The book should be indispensable to anyone interested in thinking about knowledge production and its politics in a postcolonial world. In the views of these scholarly Southeast Asians, we are made to see, in very personal terms, the link between the global crisis in the social sciences and the need to find remedies for it that are neither Eurocentric nor parochially anti-Western. Professor Alexander Woodside Professor of Chinese and Southeast Asian History University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. This book marks the shift of the centre of Southeast Asian Studies from the West to Southeast Asia. The insights provided by the authors are not simply explanations of colonial and postcolonial experiences of major Southeast Asian scholars. Rather, the book provides a unique set of intellectual genealogies that show that distinctions between humanities and social sciences are less important than the development of distinctive local and regional traditions and practices of scholarship. Goh Beng-Lans introduction frames the collection through her subtle deconstruction of international discourses on Southeast Asia. This introduction then allows the reader to view the different generations of Southeast Asian scholars in their social, political, and academic contexts. The end result is a combined view of the state of the art of Southeast Asian Studies, a view that is greater than the sum of its national parts. Professor Adrian Vickers Chair of Southeast Asian Studies University of Sydney and Director, Australian Centre for Asian Art and Archaeology The collection represents a coming of age of scholars from Southeast Asia. What we hear is not bluster that comes from a wounded pride or doctrinal certainties, but a quiet confidence that acknowledges the multiple currents in which their scholarship has been formed, and a willingness to engage the perspective of the other, both within and without. The reflexivity in this volume sets the stage for scholars from the region to develop perspectives and concepts to address the challenges of the new configuration of the Asia being ushered in by ASEAN. Professor Prasenjit Duara Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director of Research Humanities and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

Author : Park Seung Woo,Victor T King
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814414586

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The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies by Park Seung Woo,Victor T King Pdf

"At a time when Southeast Asian Studies is declining in North America and Europe, this book serves to remind us of the fresh, constructive and encouraging view of the field from Asia. On behalf of Taiwan’s Southeast Asian research community, I sincerely congratulate Professors Park and King for making such a great and timely contribution to the making of Southeast Asian Studies in Asia." Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Director of Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, and former President of Taiwan Association of Southeast Asian Studies "The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond is an important and long-overdue step in the task of bringing Southeast Asian Studies to where it rightfully belongs - the Asian region. At the same time, it avoids being narrowly regionalistic and instead views Southeast Asia as an 'open system' that transcends 'national units' or 'fixed territorial categories' and welcomes the contributions of both Asian and non-Asian scholars in crafting a fresh post-colonial approach to the study of the region’s societies and peoples." - Eduardo Climaco Tadem, Professor of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines-Diliman “An insightful and systemic analysis of the intriguing trajectories, evolving themes, and multi-lingual scholarship of Southeast Asian Studies in Asia and beyond, this book serves as an important foundation in setting future research agendas as well as for closer global collaborations in knowledge production in Asian Studies.” -Liu Hong, Tan Kah Kee Professor and Chair, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Author : Mohammed Halib,Tim Huxley
Publisher : Tauris Academic Studies
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1996-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822025743709

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An Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies by Mohammed Halib,Tim Huxley Pdf

This collection of essays explores the evolution of various disciplinary approaches to Southeast Asia. Considering anthropology, sociology, geography, economics, history, politics, international relations and literature, the authors examine many of the crucial debates and controversies of the past.

Author : Saw Swee-Hock,John Wong
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812304049

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Southeast Asian Studies in China by Saw Swee-Hock,John Wong Pdf

Traces the development of Southeast Asian Studies in China, discusses the current status of these studies, examines the problems encountered in the pursuit of these studies, and attempts to evaluate their prospects in the years ahead.

Author : Heng Chee Chan
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1971-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Nation-Building in Southeast Asia by Heng Chee Chan Pdf

Relatively little is known about the processes of nation-building in Southeast Asia, especially in the case of Singapore. Having moved rapidly form colonial status to statehood in the federal system of Malaysia and finally independence, all in a matter of a very few years, Singapore has had to develop on several fronts in order to survive and find its place in the state system of this region. Nation-building is thus a subject of considerable interest, but few thus far have paid much attention to the situation in Singapore.

Author : Laurie J. Sears
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295804255

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Knowing Southeast Asian Subjects by Laurie J. Sears Pdf

The essays in Knowing Southeast Asian Subjects ask how the rising preponderance of scholarship from Southeast Asia is de-centering Southeast Asian area studies in the United States. The contributions address recent transformations within the field and new directions for research, pedagogy, and institutional cooperation. Contributions from the perspectives of history, anthropology, cultural studies, political theory, and libraries pose questions ranging from how a concern with postcolonial and feminist questions of identity might reorient the field to how anthropological work on civil society and Islam in Southeast Asia provides an opportunity for comparative political theorists to develop more sophisticated analytic approaches. A vision common to all the contributors is the potential of area studies to produce knowledge outside a global academic framework that presumes the privilege and even hegemony of Euro-American academic trends and scholars.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Bibliography of bibliographies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007959997

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Southeast Asian Research Tools: Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kernial Singh Sandhu,Paul Wheatley,Kernial Singh Sandhu (A)
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1110 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000303216

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The Management Of Success by Kernial Singh Sandhu,Paul Wheatley,Kernial Singh Sandhu (A) Pdf

A collection of analytical reflections on how the island of Singapore has been transformed from a colony in a crumbling empire into a thriving, modern, secular, independent republic. These are the results of a five-year project by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Author : Patricia Pui Huen Lim,Chong Guan Kwa,James H. Morrison
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9812300279

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Oral History in Southeast Asia by Patricia Pui Huen Lim,Chong Guan Kwa,James H. Morrison Pdf

Oral History is a means of recording the past, through interviews. There has been much oral history activity in Southeast Asia since the 1960s at both the institutional and individual levels. This volume contains a range of papers dealing with the theoretical, methodological and practical issues in oral history and the unique problems of their application in the Southeast Asian context. The authors include both academics and practitioners who bring with them a wealth of expertise and experience in anthropology, history, sociology, publishing and archives administration.

Author : Adeline Koh,Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317662914

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Women and the Politics of Representation in Southeast Asia by Adeline Koh,Yu-Mei Balasingamchow Pdf

Singapore and Malaysia are rapidly modernising, globalising Asian states which, although being distinct nations since 1965, share common elements in the on-going struggle over the meaning of gender and sexuality in their societies. This is the first book to discuss a range of discourses around gender in these two countries. Women and the Politics of Representation in Southeast Asia: Engendering Discourse in Singapore and Malaysia seeks to give an overview of how gender and representation come together in various configurations in the history and contemporary culture of both nations. It examines the discursive construction of gender, sexuality and representation in a variety of areas, including the politics of everyday life, education, popular culture, literature, film, theatre and photography. Chapters examine a range of tropes such as the Orientalist "Sarong Party Girl," the iconic "Singapore Girl" of Singapore Airlines, and the figure of pious Muslim femininity celebrated by Malaysian NGO IMAN, all of which play important roles in delineating limitations for gender roles. The collection also draws attention to resistance to these gender boundaries in theatre, film, blogs and social media, and pedagogy. Bringing together research from a variety of humanistic and social science fields, such as film, material culture, semiotics, literature and pedagogy, the book is a comprehensive feminist survey that will be of use for students and scholars of Women’s Studies and Asian Studies, as well as on courses on gender, media and popular culture in Asia.

Author : Ngeow Chow-Bing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429762765

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Researching China in Southeast Asia by Ngeow Chow-Bing Pdf

This book maps out the state of China Studies in seven Southeast Asian countries from different perspectives. It looks at the history, current status, and characteristics of the study of China in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Myanmar, and what factors shaped the development and prospects of Sinology and Chinese Studies in these countries. For the first time, China experts from within and outside of this region, using a wide range of biographical, historical, bibliographical and comparative methodologies, tell the stories of how intellectuals and scholars in selected Southeast Asian countries understand, study, and research China. Their studies are providing different perspectives and discourses on China. Chapters discover and explore common factors such as the presence of sizeable ethnic Chinese communities, historical and current interactions between China and Southeast Asia, and the diverse intellectual influences in the region. A novel insight into the study of China in Southeast Asia, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of China–Southeast Asia relations, the intellectual history of Southeast Asia, the intellectual history of Chinese Studies in the world and the politics of Knowledge production.