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Global Asias: Improvisations on a Theme (a.k.a. Chindon-ya Riffs)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2021

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Christine R. Yano*
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Christine R. Yano ([email protected]) is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.
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In preparing my presidential address for publication, I debated between different options. On the one hand, I could do what I assume is most typically done—that is, take the oral presentation and re-present the material as a research-based journal article. On the other hand, I considered the extraordinary year of challenges, disruptions, traumas, fears, and insights that had preceded this presidential address. Nothing from that year could be considered normal, from a personal or professional point of view; therefore, another option would be to engage in a writing structure reflecting our departure from the normal. For the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), the year of abnormality began with the canceled 2020 Annual Conference in Boston as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, continued with online teaching and meetings, and culminated in a virtual Annual Conference in 2021.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , November 2021 , pp. 845 - 864
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2021

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