This introduction to a special issue on Emergent Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Southeast Asia describes the scope of the essays, the character of the region, and the potential relations of science and technology studies, area studies, and postcolonial studies.
The essays in this special double issue of East Asian Science Technology, and Society: An International Journal provide a sampling of the critical studies of science, technology, and medicine emerging from Southeast Asia. Rather than concentrate on one theme or topic, we hope as guest editors to convey a sense of the range and style of science and technology studies (STS) taking form in the region. In particular, we want to extend in a very practical manner, through this special issue, the geographical scope and analytic depth of what might count as STS.
