Intellectual functionaries

I would like to speak on the future of Vietnamese studies in North America from a perspective that I think we all can share—that is, the fact that these studies must exist in a university environment of some kind. Every one of us here, as part of the university community, has some real dilemmas to face, particularly those of us who specialize on Vietnam. I think most of us, to a degree, feel that there is something systematically wrong with our society at this point in time. We know that the university is an important cog in the social wheel. The question we must now face is whether we as participants in this process are abetting the wrongdoing and the injustice by our very participation in the university system. And if you think you have problems answering that question as majors in anthropology and philosophy, just imagine how much more acute the problem is for foreign area specialists in general and those dealing with Indochina in particular. One benefit that I think is bound to emerge from this conference is some serious questioning of educational goals in foreign study programs in general

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