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 co-production, situated knowledge, epistemic justice. And yet, so many of our scholarly life cycles begin and end in the Global North. We study “the field,” 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—and never return to listen?”
