YONEZAWA, Mariko
- Assistant Professor
- Editorial Office
- Division of Area Informatics
- B. A. in Religion, Kyoto University, 1972
M. A. in Religion, Kyoto University, 1974
Current Research Interests
- The characteristics and transition of the quarterly journal Southeast Asian Studies
- Publishing in the information age
The quarterly journal Southeast Asian Studies, of which I am managing editor, has a history of 44 years. In the early
years of the journal, the staff of CSEAS were eager for Japanese scholars
to understand Southeast Asia and to introduce their knowledge to the rest
of Asia and the world. Currently, the increasing number of papers by Southeast
Asian authors is the most striking characteristic. In order to understand
the journal’s characteristics and its transition over time, I will study
the submissions and published papers by Southeast Asian scholars and the
trends in their research topics.
Over the past several years great improvement in information procedures
has caused people to rethink the concept of publishing and to speculate
on its future. Development from oral tradition to handwritten letters,
then from handwritten letters to printed matter has made it possible to
isolate words from their context, which has ushered in the combination
of database and computer with outstanding capacities of modification and
search. By using the computer, we can search any document quickly, but
we still face the question of how to carefully select and polish words
without becoming stupefied in the diversification of media. Based on these
considerations, I would like to consider publishing in Japan and SoutheastAsian
countries.
