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SUMMARY:Being Present. Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos
LOCATION:Sala de Juntas
DESCRIPTION:“Doing” or writing ethnography has long  implied that researche
 rs immerse themselves in the worlds they study.  But what does this mean an
 d imply for the study of Laos today, decades  after social science’s critic
 al turn and in the context of global  interconnectedness and geopolitical s
 hifts?\nThis book forum addresses this question by showcasing the volume Be
 ing Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos (Nati
 onal University of Singapore Press, publication in early 2026, co-edited by
  Paul-David Lutz and Rosalie Stolz).  Being Present features ten ethnograph
 ically-grounded studies from a new generation of Laos’ scholars hailing fro
 m anthropology, linguistics, sociology, geography and development studies/p
 ractice. It highlights dynamics of “being present” in both senses of the ph
 rase: in “the field” and “in step with the times”—as the Lao term for moder
 n, thansamai, so wonderfully evokes.\nThe volume’s ten chapters cover topic
 s ranging from infrastructure, health, trade, affect, agriculture and spiri
 tuality to China’s growing presence. They provide a window on the role and 
 value of ethnography in capturing lived realities in Laos, and pose new que
 stions about immersion, reflexivity and the contribution of Laos to both re
 gional and interdisciplinary scholarship.\nThis forum will both present the
  book and provide a platform for discussing questions of ethnography, refle
 xivity, power and access in contemporary Laos and Southeast Asia more broad
 ly. In short: we envision the forum as a creative mixture of book launch an
 d audience-engaging roundtable that enables exactly the open discussion the
  volume itself seeks to stimulate.
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/being-present-emerging-ethnographic-perspectives-and-the-study-of-laos
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