Many Asian Studies scholars are familiar with what we might call “traditional” fieldwork, such as on-site interviews, archival research, and participant-observation studies. In doctoral programs, it’s common for advanced students to disappear from campus for a year or more as they journey to research sites and collect materials and data to write up into a […]
Download as PDF AAS Board of DirectorsJuly 23, 2020 Executive Summary Videoconferencing tools such as Zoom present universities with stark technological, pedagogical, and moral considerations, especially with regard to the security of student and faculty data. These issues arise from the censorship and data-monitoring and informing requirements imposed by various foreign jurisdictions, in particular China, […]
By Tristan R. Grunow, Yale University As one of the most trying and uncertain academic years in memory finally comes to a close, we as academics, educators, and researchers face a still more daunting task: surveying the current situation with an eye towards the long process of rebuilding. Things look bleak, without question. Many institutions […]
In recent decades, increasing numbers of scholars have explored ways to utilize new technological tools as they carry out and present academic research. In recognition of the growing prominence of such work in the field of Asian Studies, the AAS has introduced a new event at the 2019 annual conference in Denver: the Digital Technologies […]
By David R. Ambaras and Kate McDonald What Bodies and Structures Is Bodies and Structures is a platform for researching and teaching spatial histories of East Asia and the larger worlds of which they were a part. The site combines individually-authored, media-rich content modules with conceptual maps and visualizations. The modules analyze primary sources with significant […]
By James Edmonds I was first alerted to the existence of Dr. Juliane Schober and Dr. Pauline Hope Cheong’s project, “Asia Mediated: Interdisciplinary Curriculum Innovation at Arizona State University,” by the sudden increase in undergraduate students roaming the halls near my office. I ran into one of the undergraduate interns in the elevator and asked […]
