scholarly journals Editorial Foreword For IKAT, Number 2

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Reid
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Scholarly Publication ◽  
Southeast Asians ◽  
Southeast Asian Studies ◽  
Editorial Foreword

It is a pleasure to introduce this second issue of the enterprising new journal, IKAT.  It is breaking new ground in opening Indonesia to its region, and establishing a high standard of scholarly publication in English. It is good to see Southeast Asians taking up the challenge of understanding their own region.  As the Orientalist tradition of Europe weakens, institutions and individuals in the region must take up the challenge of understanding, preserving and analysing Southeast Asian cultures, many of them endangered.  Southeast Asian Studies must return to Southeast Asia, and IKAT is certainly helping this process.

scholarly journals Editorial Foreword

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Reid
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Scholarly Publication ◽  
Southeast Asians ◽  
Southeast Asian Studies ◽  
Editorial Foreword

It is a pleasure to introduce this second issue of the enterprising new journal, IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.  It is breaking new ground in opening Indonesia to its region, and establishing a high standard of scholarly publication in English. It is good to see Southeast Asians taking up the challenge of understanding their own region. As the Orientalist tradition of Europe weakens, institutions and individuals in the region must take up the challenge of understanding, preserving and analyzing Southeast Asian cultures, many of them endangered. Southeast Asian Studies must return to Southeast Asia, and IKAT is certainly helping this process.

scholarly journals Editorial Foreword

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Editorial Team
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Woven Fabric ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Southeast Asian Studies ◽  
Shared Practice ◽  
Editorial Foreword

Undeniably a region in change, interest in Southeast Asia is growing. With this growth comes an increase in academic works written about the region, adding to an already impressive canon. With this background in mind, the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) at the Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia is proud to publish IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. This journal welcomes and facilitates exchange in academics and disseminates knowledge produced through this growing interest in Southeast Asia.The name IKAT was adopted to reflect a shared practice found in Southeast Asia. It is derived from the word Tenun Ikat, meaning woven fabric, which is a common textile in the region. In addition, IKAT is an Indonesian word, which means to bind, bundle, tie, or bunch. It is our hope that the publication of the IKAT Journal will serve as a platform for those interested in Southeast Asia, binding together those with a common geographical interest. As a means to unite the region, IKAT is open to contributions from all disciplines. This interdisciplinarity enables us to examine and reflect upon Southeast Asia from a plethora of perspectives, each focusing on diverse issues. 

Humane Literacy and Southeast Asian Art

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Stanley J. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Southeast Asian Studies ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Integration Of Learning

Humane literacy? An essay on undergraduate education? Isn't it a solecism to broach such concerns in this special issue ofThe Journal of Southeast Asian Studieswhere contributors are invited to take stock of the current state of scholarship in various fields of study? My response is simply if not now, then when? I am writing from North America where Southeast Asian studies has gained only a precarious beach-head in the academy and nowhere is this more evident than in the very limited undergraduate investment in our field. Despite the fact that any expansion of academic appointments for specialists on the region will be spurred by evidence of general student interest, a concern with that issue, on our occasions of collective self scrutiny, has been subordinated to questions of research direction, funding strategies, and the prevailing degree of accord between the various disciplines and area studies. But, however ancillary the general education mission of the undergraduate college may seem to professional scholars eager to get on both with their research and the training of graduate students, it is nevertheless a principal responsibility of those deans who control academic appointments. We differ from our colleagues within Southeast Asia where an interest in the region can be either assumed, or expected eventually to develop. While American universities place globalization high on their agendas today, it is not at all evident that their students will wish to study about Southeast Asia rather than, say, Africa or Latin America. So we do need to focus on how we may demonstrate the centrality of what we do to the process of self-discovery and the integration of learning that is at the heart of general education.

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