 |
Arts Home
|
|
Future Students
|
|
Current Students
|
|
Postgraduates
|
|
Subjects & Courses
|
|
Departments
|
|
Research
|
|
|
GJAPS Forum
GJAPS Forum is designed as an interactive site where Asia-Pacific graduate students can come together and share their insights and perspectives with each other. Forum speakers are invited to:
- comment on the GJAPS website;
- comment on featured articles, reviews or artwork;
- discuss issues and topics of relevance in the Asia-Pacific;
- announce links, resources and information of relevance to other Forum readers;
- discuss postgraduate study options and programmes;
- discuss theoretical and methodological issues; and
- discuss research queries.
Forum messages should be no longer than 500 words and must include the name and institution of the contributor.
Posted 30 June 2005
Thank you for informing me about the new edition of GJAPS. I have enjoyed what I have read so far, and I especially like the idea of including reviews. You have done a very nice job putting together an interdisciplinary journal that maintains a cohesive theme, and I look forward to looking at the other articles in more detail shortly (right now I'm in London at a conference, but I will have more time when I return home later this week).
I hope you might consider joining our graduate journal discussion group at:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/gradjournal/subscribe/
We are just getting started, and I am hoping that people involved in many different types of journals will be able to share some of their experiences so that we can learn from each other.
Congratulations again on what a successful issue!
Best wishes,
Jonathan
Jonathan PeeleFormer editor, Brandeis Graduate Journal
Posted 28 May 2004
Greetings,
The online journal that you have produced is very impressive, both in content and style. The articles presented in both issues provide an interesting range of topics.
Here at the University of Hawaii, I am one of several graduate students in the process of reviving our graduate student journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Explorations (http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/pubs/explorations.html) which has been out of commission since 2000. We also envision an online journal serving as a forum for showcasing graduate student work; and creating further discussion among colleagues. Our Spring 04 issue is being uploaded now, and we anticipate producing a second issue this Fall. Getting the project in action is quite a task, which makes it even easier for me to appreciate what you have been able to accomplish with the GJAPS. So, KUDOS to you!
My second reason for writing is to say that I enjoyed Geoffrey Moore's article "The Hazy Moon.." very much in the recent issue. Having had some experience of my own in trying to research Vietnamese Buddhist temples, in Seattle, USA; I found that Moore's discussion of the challenges of doing research in such a setting ring very true. What's interesting to me is, how some of these methodological and theoretical challenges (that Moore discusses) 'morph' when the research setting is within Vietnam; which is where my work has led. Given Moore's lack of language capability, this is also a big factor, but one that, when addressed clearly, does not necessarily detract from the study (as some anthropologists would surely argue); but can in fact, add another interesting layer to the research...I especially liked the interesting tidbit about how, after a while, informants found ways in which Moore could perhaps be Vietnamese (a past life, or in 'body type'). Great stuff!
Cheers,
Margaret Barnhill Bodemer
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology,
University of Hawai'i, Manoa
