Burma/Myanmar Studies
Websites/Multiple Documents
| Title: | | Reading Room |
| Description/subject: | | Contains sections with relevance to Burma/Myanmar studies such as bibliographies and book reviews |
| Language: | | Various |
| Source/publisher: | | Online Burma/Myanmar Library |
| Format/size: | | html, pdf etc. |
| Date of entry/update: | | 31 March 2008 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Modern Burma Studies: A View from the Edge |
| Date of publication: | | November 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | ABSTRACT:
"Burma has never been a popular subject for academic research but, since a
massive pro-democracy uprising drew worldwide attention to the country in 1988,
the number of scholars and students engaged in the field has grown considerably.
However, they still face a number of major challenges. Along with other kinds of
area studies, Burma studies have been accused by academics from the more
scientific’ disciplines of being too narrowly focused and lacking theoretical rigour.
Also, it has been very difficult to conduct research in Burma’s closed society. While
the latest military government has relaxed some controls, field work is still
constrained and reliable sources are hard to find. Often, the knowledge gap has
been filled by myths and misconceptions. Adding to these problems, since 1988 the
Burma studies community has become highly polarised, with political and moral
factors often featuring more prominently in the public debate than considered
arguments based on objective analysis. All these factors have adversely affected
modern Burma studies and restricted understanding of this deeply troubled country
by both scholars and the wider community." |
| Author/creator: | | Andrew Selth |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | City University of Hong Kong (WP 96) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (226K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 July 2010 |
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