Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Fostering Methodological Dialogue in Southeast Asian Studies....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Moving Theory and Methods in Southeast Asian Studies....Pages 27-43
Southeast Asian Studies: The Conundrum of Area and Method....Pages 44-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Doing Anthropological Fieldwork with Southeast Asian Characteristics? Identity and Adaptation in the Field....Pages 67-90
Performative Ethnography: Observant Participation in Southeast Asia....Pages 91-106
What Does a Gender Relations Approach Bring to Southeast Asian Studies?....Pages 107-127
Learning from Locals: Doing Interviews in Southeast Asia....Pages 128-143
Political Analysis and the Southeast Asian Press: Decoding Meaning and Tracing Events....Pages 144-166
Bridging Historical Analysis and Strategic Choice in Area Studies: An Analytic Narrative of Volatile Politics in Thailand, 1938–1963....Pages 167-186
Context Specificity of Economic Research: The Example of Corruption Research in Southeast Asia....Pages 187-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Grounding Governance Research in Southeast Asia: A Framework for Controlled Multimethod Policy Analysis....Pages 213-232
Qualitative Comparative Analysis for Southeast Asian Studies: Prospects for Policy Analysis of Southeast Asian Regionalism....Pages 233-252
Transcultural Ethnography: Reciprocity in Indonesian-German Tandem Research....Pages 253-272
Inter-Referencing Southeast Asia: Absence, Resonance and Provocation....Pages 273-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-334