Winchester, Mark2017-05-182017-05-182009Winchester, M. (2011). Overcoming the Limits of English-Language Asian Studies Knowledge: Doing Ainu Studies in Japan. In R. Cribb (Ed.), Transmission of academic values in Asian Studies: workshop proceedings. Canberra: Australia-Netherlands Research Collaboration978-1-74076-225-0http://hdl.handle.net/1885/116967My question for this short paper is simple: as scholars involved in Asian Studies should it not be an imperative that we value work produced in Asian languages on an equal footing with that being written in English? Should it not furthermore be a prerequisite for Asian Studies scholars working in English language institutions that they actively produce work in the Asian languages they have studied?Australian National University and Leiden University113kB6 pagespdfANU has permission for web publication from the authors of all the papers included in the collection Transmission of academic values in Asian Studies. A statement appears on the main page of the website: 'Copyright in and responsibility for the content of each paper lies with its author. Papers appear on this website by permission of the authors. Any paper may be downloaded for fair use under the Copyright Act (1954), its later amendments and any other relevant legislation.' - from email of Professor Robert Cribb, ANRC Project Coordinator (Australia), dated 4/8/11Asian Studies, Ainu, Japan, area studies, globalization, English, Hatozawa Samio, Chiri Mashiho, Batchelor Yaeko, Masao Sasaki, Kaizawa Tadashi, Nibutani Dam, Race Traitor collective, Noel Ignatiev, Cold War, Naoki Sakai, Orientalism2011