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| Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Abbreviation | APJA |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 2000–present |
| Issn | 1444-2213 |
Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology The Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology is a peer-reviewed academic periodical focusing on anthropological research in the Asia-Pacific region, engaging scholars associated with institutions such as Australian National University, University of Tokyo, Peking University, National University of Singapore and University of Hong Kong. It publishes ethnographic studies, theoretical interventions, and interdisciplinary work linking researchers from University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Seoul National University, Fudan University and University of Auckland to debates involving practitioners at British Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Australian National Maritime Museum. The journal interfaces with regional issues reflected in conferences like the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, meetings at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and thematic collections related to fields represented at SOAS University of London, Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley.
The journal was founded in 2000 amid a surge of publications following initiatives linked to East Asian Studies centers at University of Oxford, Harvard University, Yale University, Cornell University and Princeton University. Early editorial boards included scholars with affiliations to Australian National University, University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, National Taiwan University and Seoul National University, and published work responding to events such as the Asian financial crisis, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and the expansion of regional architectures like ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Special issues traced intellectual lineages connecting figures associated with Claude Lévi-Strauss-inspired schools at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, debates influenced by scholarship around Margaret Mead-adjacent fieldwork, and postcolonial critiques resonant with activism in locations like West Papua, Hong Kong, East Timor, Aceh and Xinjiang.
The journal aims to publish research that addresses cultural, historical and social processes in regions including Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands, and diasporic communities in North America, Europe and Oceania. It solicits contributions that engage heritage institutions such as the National Museum of Australia, National Palace Museum (Taiwan), National Museum of China, and policy arenas involving actors like United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, and regional think tanks including Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada. The scope includes thematic intersections with studies tied to the aftermaths of events like the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and the Philippine–American War, as well as analyses of social movements linked to figures and organizations such as Aung San Suu Kyi, Solidarity (Poland), Greenpeace and Amnesty International when they intersect with local ethnographies.
The editorial structure features an international editorial board with editors drawn from Australian National University, University of Tokyo, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong and University of British Columbia, supported by regional associate editors in centers like University of the Philippines, Chulalongkorn University, Gadjah Mada University, University of Malaya and University of Indonesia. Peer review is double-blind, with reviewers recruited from networks including faculty at SOAS University of London, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, University of Toronto and research groups at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Academia Sinica. Editorial policies align with standards promoted by bodies such as the Committee on Publication Ethics and reflect ethical frameworks cited in fieldwork traditions associated with Bronisław Malinowski and contemporary reflexive practices developed at institutions like Goldsmiths, University of London.
Published quarterly by Routledge on behalf of scholarly societies and university departments, the journal is available in print and online, with content indexed in databases and services such as Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR, ProQuest, and subject repositories used by Australian Research Council and European Research Council grantees. The journal appears in library catalogues at institutions like Library of Congress, National Library of Australia, National Diet Library (Japan), and is listed in bibliographies curated by centers including Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Notable articles have addressed topics resonant with major regional transformations: analyses of post-disaster recovery in Aceh and Tohoku; ethnographies of labor migrations involving workers from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Philippines; and theoretical pieces on urbanization in Shanghai, Beijing, Manila, Jakarta, Seoul and Taipei. Influential contributions engaged with debates around heritage disputes at sites like Angkor Wat, Borobudur, Boracay, Mekong Delta and Galapagos Islands conservation analogues, and policy-relevant research cited by agencies including Asian Development Bank and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The journal’s work has been referenced in monographs from presses such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Duke University Press and in curricula at University of Melbourne, Australian National University and National University of Singapore.
Subscriptions are available to universities, libraries and individuals, while selected open-access articles are promoted through partnerships with repositories at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and institutional repositories at University of Tokyo and Peking University. Back issues are held in digital archives including JSTOR holdings and publisher platforms administered by Taylor & Francis Group, with indexing that facilitates discovery via catalogues at WorldCat and national libraries including the National Library of China and National Library of New Zealand.
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