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The paper brings together several strands of debate and deliberation in which I have been involved since the early 2000s on the definition of Southeast Asia and the rationale of Southeast Asian Studies. I refer to the relationship between area studies and methodologies as a conundrum (or puzzle), though I should state from the outset that I think it is much more of a conundrum for others than for me. I have not felt the need to pose the question of whether or not area studies generates a distinctive method or set of methods and research practices, because I operate from a disciplinary perspective; though that it is not to say that the question should not be posed. Indeed, as I have earned a reputation for “revisionism” and championing disciplinary approaches rather than regional ones, it might be anticipated already the position that I take in an examination of the relationships between methodologies and the practice of “area studies” (and in this case Southeast Asian [or Asian] Studies). Nevertheless, given the recent resurgence of interest in the possibilities provided by the adoption of regional perspectives and the grounding of data gathering and analysis within specified locations in the context of globalization, the issues raised for researchers working in Southeast Asia and within the field of Southeast Asian Studies require revisiting.

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Abstract
 Ⅰ. Setting the scene: area studies, anthropology and other disciplines
 Ⅱ. A view of the 2012 Freiburg conference
 Ⅲ. Areas, disciplines and my involvement in the debates
  3.1 Southeast Asian Studies: shifting grounds and areas
  3.2 Disciplines: beware essentialization
  3.3 A personal engagement
 Ⅳ. A resurgence of interest in ‘area’
  4.1 Handling the perceived crisis: attack is the best form of defence
  4.2 Rejuvenation
  4.3 Decentering and diversification: local voices
  4.4 A sceptical note
 Ⅴ. A methodology for area studies?
 Ⅵ. Concluding remarks
 References

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저자

• Victor T. King [ Adjunct Professor, Center for Ethnic Studies and Development, Chiang Mai University, Thailand ]

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• 간행물명

  수완나부미 [Suvannabhumi]

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  반년간

• pISSN

  2092-738X

• 수록기간

  ~2020

• 십진분류

  KDC 309 DDC 306