"Research in Cambodia, Half a Century Ago: An Address to the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Group"
Address to the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Association at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Toronto, March 16, 2012 This event has given me the opportunity to return to almost the beginning of my academic career: my doctoral fieldwork in Cambodia fifty years ago. (It was pr...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt5wd9194j 2023-05-15T16:55:11+02:00 "Research in Cambodia, Half a Century Ago: An Address to the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Group" Willmott, William E. 2012-09-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5wd9194j unknown eScholarship, University of California qt5wd9194j https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5wd9194j public Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, vol 1, iss 4 article 2012 ftcdlib 2020-07-01T06:41:51Z Address to the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Association at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Toronto, March 16, 2012 This event has given me the opportunity to return to almost the beginning of my academic career: my doctoral fieldwork in Cambodia fifty years ago. (It was preceded by fieldwork in an Inuit community in the Ungava, Northern Canada; not relevant here.) Rereading my publications from that research has allowed me to relive the excitement of my Cambodian year, living with my wife and child in Phnom Penh apart from a month in Siem Reap, where I could hire a cyclo for ten riels and visit the various ruins of Angkor every afternoon. Research on overseas Chinese was informed by different paradigms in those days. Bill Skinner was a leading thinker in the field, and Maurice Freedman, my mentor and supervisor, was another. Our issues focused on community social structure and nationalism—many of us were supporters of the national liberation movements in Southeast Asian countries. For most of us, Chinese identity was simply a methodological issue. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit University of California: eScholarship Canada Maurice ENVELOPE(-55.817,-55.817,-63.133,-63.133) Siem ENVELOPE(7.559,7.559,62.581,62.581) |
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Address to the Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Association at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Toronto, March 16, 2012 This event has given me the opportunity to return to almost the beginning of my academic career: my doctoral fieldwork in Cambodia fifty years ago. (It was preceded by fieldwork in an Inuit community in the Ungava, Northern Canada; not relevant here.) Rereading my publications from that research has allowed me to relive the excitement of my Cambodian year, living with my wife and child in Phnom Penh apart from a month in Siem Reap, where I could hire a cyclo for ten riels and visit the various ruins of Angkor every afternoon. Research on overseas Chinese was informed by different paradigms in those days. Bill Skinner was a leading thinker in the field, and Maurice Freedman, my mentor and supervisor, was another. Our issues focused on community social structure and nationalism—many of us were supporters of the national liberation movements in Southeast Asian countries. For most of us, Chinese identity was simply a methodological issue. |
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