Methodology and research practice in Southeast Asian studies /
edited by Mikko Huotari, Jurgen Ruland and Judith Schlehe.
- xvii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Fostering Methodological Dialogue in Southeast Asian Studies / Moving Theory and Methods in Southeast Asian Studies / Southeast Asian Studies: the Conundrum of Area and Method / Doing Anthropological Fieldwork with Southeast Asian Characteristics? Identity and Adaptation in the Field / Performative Ethnography: Observant Participation in Southeast Asia / What Does a Gender Relations Approach Bring to Southeast Asian Studies? / Learning from Locals: Doing Interviews in Southeast Asia / Political Analysis and the Southeast Asian Press: Decoding Meaning and Tracing Events / Bridging Historical Analysis and Strategic Choice in Area Studies: An Analytic Narrative of Volatile Politics in Thailand, 1938-1963 / Context Specificity of Economic Research: The Example of Corruption Research in Southeast Asia / Grounding Governance Research in Southeast Asia: A Framework for Controlled Multi-Method Policy Analysis / Qualitative Comparative Analysis for Southeast Asian Studies: Prospects for Policy Analysis of Southeast Asian Regionalism / Transcultural Ethnography: Reciprocity in Indonesian-German Tandem Research / Inter-Referencing Southeast Asia: Absence, Resonance and Provocation / Mikko Huotari -- Goh Beng-Lan -- Victor T. King -- Deasy Simandjuntak and Michaela Haug -- Eric Haanstad -- Kathryn Robinson -- Paruedee Nguitragool -- Jürgen Rüland, Jarno S. Jian Hui Lang, and York A. Wiese -- Emma Masterson -- Krisztina Kis-Katos and Günther G. Schulze -- Christian von Lübke -- Raul L. Cordenillo -- Judith Schlehe and Sita Hidayah -- Chua Beng Huat. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
"This volume confronts the idea of universal science from the perspective of area studies, offering fruitful debate between Southeast Asian Studies and variegated disciplinary vantage points. It provides a platform for dialogue and constructive friction between divergent approaches to knowledge generation, while taking into consideration the area-specific contexts of research practice and bringing to attention cross-cutting methodological issues. The contributors investigate issues such as the tension between disciplinary mainstreaming and suggestions for decentering, diversifying and decolonizing methodology; the relevance and practice of different forms of context sensitivity in research; contrasts and comparisons suitable to the ambitions of area studies. The research approaches covered in this volume range from quantitative, to qualitative and mixed-methods research, from econometrics to participation and collaboration, and from text analysis to field research. Working in a variety of disciplines both within and outside of Southeast Asian Studies, the contributors addresses the burning question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'."--Publisher's website.