Can There Be Southeast Asians in Southeast Asian Studies?

Heryanto, Ariel

doi:10.4000/moussons.2658

“…Harking back to Heryanto's (2002) plea, Goh's (2011a) recent book reinforces and strengthens the significance of Southeast Asia, with convincing arguments presented for the importance and vitality of scholarship within the region and of the contribution of local scholars to understanding their habitus. Therefore, for Goh, it is vital to consider the experiences, practices and views of local scholars.…”

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“…My story continues with Ariel Heryanto's (2002Heryanto's ( , 2007 robust response to Bowen's and my papers. Bowen and I had been preoccupied with the Euro-American contributions to the study of Southeast Asia and Heryanto made the case for a locally inspired and directed area studies.…”

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Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies

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2014

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“…His recent paper on the theme of "doing sociology in Southeast Asia" extends his argument that in the era of a "new Orientalism" there has been "a neglect and silencing of non-Western voices" (2015, p. 192;and see 2009;and Alatas and Sinha 2001). His arguments in the interest of encouraging "indigenous voices" and "local priorities" have been considerably reinforced more recently in the work of several prominent Southeast Asian academics (see, for example, Goh 2011a, p.1;2011b, 2014Heryanto 2002Heryanto . 2007).…”

Section: Orientalism and Occidentalismmentioning

confidence: 94%

Introduction to the Special Issue: Emerging Tourisms and Tourism Studies in Southeast Asia

King¹

2017

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Abstract:The field of tourism studies is now addressing a range of issues which in part stem from the problems engendered by multi-disciplinary approaches and from the post-modernist, post-colonialist, post-structuralist criticisms that its priorities and concepts have been determined by a Western-centric (Euro-American) view of tourism. This introduction provides an overview of papers on a range of tourisms: disaster, halal/Islamic, culinary/gastronomic, luxury, and Royal-sponsored community-based tourism. From this comparative perspective, it is suggested that we engage critically with binary modes of thinking which have sought to distinguish between the West (Euro-American/Occidental), and the East or Orient, and between Western-centred and Eastern-centred perspectives, and between insiders and outsiders. The issue of "emerging tourisms" on which most of the papers in this special issue focus only serves to complicate these matters. How do studies of tourism accommodate novel tourisms? Do we view them as simply variations on a theme to be addressed within existing conceptual frameworks? Is a "mobilities" or an "encounters" approach sufficiently robust and viable to handle apparent touristic innovations and differences? In an Asian and Southeast Asian context does the issue of emerging tourisms require us to re-engage with debates about Orientalism and Western academic hegemony? Keywords: emerging tourisms, multi-disciplinarity, binaries, Orientalism, Occidentalism IntroductionThe papers in this special issue emerged from two research-focused gatherings organized by the Center for Asian Tourism Research and the Research Administration Center at Chiang Mai University. Five of the papers were delivered at the International Conference on "Emerging Tourism in the Changing World" on 12-13 November 2016, and the remaining two contributions were presented and discussed at the International Seminar on "Tourism in Asia: Change and Diversity" on 16-17 February 2017. It has been difficult to determine unified and coherent themes for discussion in the wide range of papers offered but it seems that an introductory deliberation on the

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“…His recent paper on the theme of "doing sociology in Southeast Asia" extends his argument that in the era of a "new Orientalism" there has been "a neglect and silencing of non-Western voices" (2015, p. 192;and see 2009;and Alatas and Sinha 2001). His arguments in the interest of encouraging "indigenous voices" and "local priorities" have been considerably reinforced more recently in the work of several prominent Southeast Asian academics (see, for example, Goh 2011a, p.1;20011b;2014;Heryanto 2002;. Eric Thompson too, based in Singapore, has been critical of Western authors, who have not given due recognition to "emergent national traditions" in locally generated anthropological research in Southeast Asia (2012, p. 664-689; 2008).…”

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Introduction to the Special Issue: Emerging Tourisms and Tourism Studies in Southeast Asia

King¹

2017

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Abstract:The field of tourism studies is now addressing a range of issues which in part stem from the problems engendered by multi-disciplinary approaches and from the post-modernist, post-colonialist, post-structuralist criticisms that its priorities and concepts have been determined by a Western-centric (Euro-American) view of tourism. This introduction provides an overview of papers on a range of tourisms: disaster, halal/Islamic, culinary/gastronomic, luxury, and Royal-sponsored community-based tourism. From this comparative perspective, it is suggested that we engage critically with binary modes of thinking which have sought to distinguish between the West (Euro-American/Occidental), and the East or Orient, and between Western-centred and Eastern-centred perspectives, and between insiders and outsiders. The issue of "emerging tourisms" on which most of the papers in this special issue focus only serves to complicate these matters. How do studies of tourism accommodate novel tourisms? Do we view them as simply variations on a theme to be addressed within existing conceptual frameworks? Is a "mobilities" or an "encounters" approach sufficiently robust and viable to handle apparent touristic innovations and differences? In an Asian and Southeast Asian context does the issue of emerging tourisms require us to re-engage with debates about Orientalism and Western academic hegemony? Keywords: emerging tourisms, multi-disciplinarity, binaries, Orientalism, Occidentalism IntroductionThe papers in this special issue emerged from two research-focused gatherings organized by the Center for Asian Tourism Research and the Research Administration Center at Chiang Mai University. Five of the papers were delivered at the International Conference on "Emerging Tourism in the Changing World" on 12-13 November 2016, and the remaining two contributions were presented and discussed at the International Seminar on "Tourism in Asia: Change and Diversity" on 16-17 February 2017. It has been difficult to determine unified and coherent themes for discussion in the wide range of papers offered but it seems that an introductory deliberation on the

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Can There Be Southeast Asians in Southeast Asian Studies?

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