The field talks back
Merlyna Lim wrote 4S BackChannel about “post-publication listening” reflecting on the book tour in Southeast Asia, on her latest book Social Media and Politics in Southeast Asia.
She wrote:
“In science and technology studies (STS), we speak often about , , . And yet, so many of our scholarly life cycles begin and end in the Global North. We study 鈥渢he field,鈥 publish in Western journals, chase citations, present at European conferences, and then move on to the next project. But what does it mean to write about a place鈥攁nd never return to listen?”