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YONEZAWA, Mariko (Assistant Professor)
Managing Editor, Southeast Asian Studies

Research Interests

Since 1987 I have taken part as managing editor in editing and publishing the quarterly journal Southeast Asian Studies， CSEAS's Newsletter， CSEAS Report， Yoran (Report in Japanese)， etc. and have charge of the administrative affairs of the CSEAS research monograph series. Southeast Asian Studies has published the results of area studies of Southeast Asia based on field work since 1963 and the 175th issue recently appeared. The editorial Board has constantly sought to define area studies and how its theme and research methodology differ from those of other disciplines. I always take fresh interest in the achievement and development of Southeast Asian Studies.

I am also very interested in publishing in the information age. Over the past several years great improvements in information procedures have caused people to rethink the concept of publishing and to speculate on its future. The transition from printed matter to electronic media is not only a change in the medium through which people communicate or express their thoughts， but also entails a reconstruction of their thinking. This transition is not a process through which printed matter has been completely disposed of and replaced by electronic media， but one which results in overlapping media. Based on those points， I am considering how publishing will change with the spread of electronic media.

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