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Community economies in Monsoon Asia: Keywords and key reflections
Author(s) -
Gibson Katherine,
Astuti Rini,
Carnegie Michelle,
Chalernphon Alanya,
Dombroski Kelly,
Haryani Agnes Ririn,
Hill Ann,
Kehi Balthasar,
Law Lisa,
Lyne Isaac,
McGregor Andrew,
McKin Katharine,
McWilliam Andrew,
Miller Fiona,
Ngin Chanrith,
OcceñaGutierrez Darlene,
Palmer Lisa,
Placino Pryor,
Rampengan Mercy,
Than Wynn Lei Lei,
Wianti Nur Isiyana,
Wright Sarah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/apv.12186
Subject(s) - livelihood , framing (construction) , scholarship , modernization theory , the imaginary , context (archaeology) , economy , sociology , political science , social science , geography , economic growth , economics , agriculture , psychology , archaeology , psychotherapist
A diversity of place‐based community economic practices that enact ethical interdependence has long enabled livelihoods in Monsoon Asia. Managed either democratically or coercively, these culturally inflected practices have survived the rise of a cash economy, albeit in modified form, sometimes being co‐opted to state projects. In the modern development imaginary, these practices have been positioned as ‘traditional’, ‘rural’ and largely superseded. But if we read against the grain of modernisation, a largely hidden geography of community economic practices emerges. This paper introduces the project of documenting keywords of place‐based community economies in Monsoon Asia. It extends Raymond William’s cultural analysis of keywords into a non‐western context and situates this discursive approach within a material semiotic framing. The paper has been collaboratively written with co‐researchers across Southeast Asia and represents an experimental mode of scholarship that aims to advance a post‐development agenda.