Tsugaru Gaku as Area Studies
Research plasticity and researcher hybridity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23028938 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Rausch (0000-0001-5252-9430, Hirosaki University), Anthony S Rausch (0000-0001-6173-3257, Hirosaki University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 349-359 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Area Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-1123 • E-ISSN: 2233-8659 |
| Publisher | Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Nurimedia Co., Ltd.) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2233865917719565 |
| OpenAlex | W2769092878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This review essay speaks to the crisis of Area Studies, offering a view from the field in the form of a review of Tsugaru Gaku (Tsugaru Studies) as a specific Area Studies research case. After presenting an overview of the work of social science researchers working in Japan, both foreign and Japanese, the essay turns to major questions articulated in the literature of Area Studies regarding the purpose, character and future of Area Studies. By reviewing the multi-dimensional and combinative implications in the process and dissemination of his own social science research work together with consideration of the work of Japanese social scientists conducting research in rural Japan and publishing in Japanese, the author positions such ‘domestic,’ place-based sociological and anthropological research as a vital contribution to the future of Area Studies. Capitalizing on social scientific research that can contribute to Area Studies research requires a view of the ‘plasticity of research.’ Further, recognition of the ‘hybridity of the Area Studies researcher,’ both as the trained Area Studies specialist as well as a ‘domestic social science researcher’ capable of theory, methodology and analysis, as well as dissemination of Area Studies research originating in a specific place and in a specific language, is vital to the future of Area Studies research.
Field (mathematics) · Hybridity · Political science · Publishing · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Anthropology · Japanese History and Culture · Rural development and sustainability · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |