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Southeast Asia is one of the most dynamic regions in the world. This volume offers a timely approach to Southeast Asian Studies, covering recent transitions in the realms of urbanism, rural development, politics, and media. While most of the contributions deal with the era of post-independence, some tackle the colonial period and the resulting developments. The volume also includes insights from Southern India.
As a tribute to the interdisciplinary project of Southeast Asian Studies, this book brings together authors from disciplines as diverse as area studies, sociology, history, geography, and journalism.
Sandra Kurfürst is Professor of Cross-cultural and Urban Communication at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne.
Stefanie Wehner (PhD) is a member of administrative staff at the University of Passau, responsible for quality assurance and sustainability.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Preface 7
Navigating the urban rural frontier in Yogyakarta 9
Sociology of development: sociology, development studies or already dead? 25
Grow at home, buy local: (De)commodifying 'rural' vegetables and herbs 41
Divisoria Night Café: Showcase of Public Space Renewal in Southeast Asian Urban Context 57
Shifting Landscapes - Shifting Cultures in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China 77
The moral space and the logic of collective self-organisation of domestic workers in Chennai, India 91
Mobility, porosity and the peri-urban city in Vietnam 109
Fertility Decline and the Role of Culture - Thailand's Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century 125
Rural Access Denied or Difficult: Foreign News Journalists from Germany Face Obstacles in Reporting about the "Rohingya" Conflict in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine State 153
Thailand's Flawed 2019 Election Confirms the Country's Deep Political Divide 171
Building integration platforms in multiethnic Malaysia: A tribute to ideas and contributions of Professor Ruediger Korff 189
Engaged Anthropology and an Ethnographic Approach to Community Development: A Case Study from Tamil Nadu 201
Continuity and change: Transformations in the urban history of Phnom Penh, Cambodia 219
From Rangoon College to University of Yangon - 1876 to 1920 239
The Changing Social and Religious Role of Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar: A case study of two nunneries (1948-2010) 259
From trading post to town: some notes on the history of urbanisation in Far Eastern Indonesia c. 1800-1940 273
List of Authors 289