Area Studies and the importance of 'somewheres'

Hutt, Michael

Abstract

This piece reflects on the decline of Area Studies in the Euro- American academy. Although it is sometimes presented and discussed as if it were a discipline, the paper argues that it may be easier to chart an afterlife for Area Studies if we conceive of it as a multidisciplinary field that is predicated upon the significance of place and context, and on the importance of ‘somewheres’.

Citation

Hutt, M. (2019). Area Studies and the importance of 'somewheres'. South East Asia Research, 27(1), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2019.1587925

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Apr 8, 2019
• Publication Date: Apr 8, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 17, 2019
• Journal: South East Asia Research
• Print ISSN: 0967-828X
• Electronic ISSN: 2043-6874
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-25
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2019.1587925