Publication | Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies edited by Mikko Huotari, Jürgen Rüland and Judith Schlehe
We are proud to announce the publication of the Compendium "Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies" edited by three of our project members and leaders: Mikko Huotari, Prof. Jürgen Rüland and Prof. Judith Schlehe.
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. Contributing to both disciplinary research and Southeast Asian Studies, the volume addresseses the burning question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'.
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Reviews:
Hamayotsu, Kikue (2015): Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies. Edited by Mikko Houtari, Jürgen Rüland and Judith Schlehe (review), in: Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol 37, No. 1, pp. 150-153.
The review is accessible here.