Area studies at the crossroads : knowledge production after the mobility turn /: knowledge production after the mobility turn. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Katja Mielke, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, editors.
• Editors: Mielke, Katja
• Other Names: Hornidge, Anna-Katharina
• Contents: Foreword: A Third Wave of Area Studies ; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures ; Part I: Area Studies at the Crossroads; Introduction: Knowledge Production, Area Studies and€the€Mobility Turn; Looking Back at the€Debate on€Area Studies; Recent Reinterpretations and€Thematic Innovations; Comparative Insights; Looking Ahead: The€Future of€Area Studies; Organization of€the€Book; Bibliography; The Neoliberal University and€Global Immobilities of€Theory; A Multiplication of€World Powers: Area Studies in€the€Context of€Proliferating Hegemonies. The Disciplines as€Disguised Forms of€Western Area StudiesDilemmas in€Challenging Euro-Amerocentrism; Area Studies under€Global Capitalism: The€Role of€the€Neoliberal University in€Entrenching the€Global Immobility of€Theory Production; Bordered Geographies of€Global Academic "Quality" under€Neoliberalism; Neoliberal Externalities as€Barriers to€Theoretical Innovation: Why Critique of€Eurocentrism Is Not Enough; Strategic Responses: Researching, Collaborating and€Publishing beyond€Euro-America; Notes; Bibliography. Part II: To Be or Not to Be Is Not the Question. Rethinking Area Studies in Its Own RightDoing Area Studies in the Americas and Beyond: Towards Reciprocal Methodologies and the Decolonization of Knowledge; Geopolitics of Knowledge and Area Studies; Reciprocal Methodologies; The Research Topic; Co-Presence and Dialogue; "Sources" and Their Lecture; Authority and Representation; Public and Publication; An Example: Area Studies in the Academic Field; Notes; Bibliography; Area Studies @ Southeast Asia: Alternative Areas versus Alternatives to Areas; Area Studies without Areas? Current Alternatives to€AreasSoutheast Asia as€Constructed, Euro-Centric and€Strategic: Critiques Criticized; Recent Concepts and€Their Implicit Spatiality; A Proposal: Area as€Family Resemblances Plus€Network; Bibliography; Between Ignoring and€Romanticizing: The€Position of€Area Studies in€Policy Advice; Institutional Settings of€PCS Think Tanks; The Example of€Local Politics in€Afghanistan; Ignoring Area Expertise; Romanticizing Area Expertise; From "Colonializing Area Studies" to€the€"Subjectivity of€the€Local"; Notes; Bibliography; Part III: Knowledge Production after the Mobility Turn. Positionality and€the€Relational Production of€Place in€the€Context of€Student Migration to€Gilgit, PakistanPositionality and€the€Relational Production of€Place; The Places of€Student Migration to€Gilgit; Home: The€Village Context in€Gojal; Gilgit: The€Migration Context; Providing Safe Havens: The€Girls' Hostel Place; Encounters on€New Ground: The€Campus Place of€Karakorum International University; Conclusion: Gendered Lifeworlds, Shifting Positionalities and€the€Relational Production of€Place; Notes; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Springer Science and Business Media Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 907; Political science; Area studies -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; HISTORY -- Study & Teaching; Area studies; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Political Science -- Globalization; Politics & government; International relations; Globalization; Comparative politics; Regionalism; Globalization; Political Science -- General; Comparative politics; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137598349; 1137598344
• Related ISBNs: 9781349950119; 1349950114
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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