title: Asian studies in the Nordic region: Status, relevance, prospects
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metadata.value: Madsen, Stig Toft
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-12-03T16:15:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-12-03T16:15:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.value: Madsen S. T. Asian studies in the Nordic region: Status, relevance, prospects. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 3, pp. 392–404.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/spbu13.2018.308
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15076
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article surveys the history, present status, and prospects of Asian Studies in the Nordic
  region. Taking its points of departure from the recent closure of several small language disciplines
  at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, the article discusses Asian Studies in
  Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland with reference to university funding, student preferences,
  and cooperation with Asian governments. Further, the relevance of Asian Studies is
  illustrated by three illustrative “vignettes” dealing with the educational role of museums in
  Denmark and Russia and with vulnerable societies of the far North; the varied motivations for
  the 18th century Royal Danish Arabia Expedition; and the usefulness of extensive pan-Eurasia
  knowledge of the kind that birdwatchers cultivate. The article posits that by cultivating finegrained
  and extensive knowledge about the past and the present, Asian Studies may counteract
  the thinning out, and distortion of, knowledge while also legitimately serving economic
  and political interests.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 10; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Asian Studies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Area Studies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Language Studies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nordic Region
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Denmark
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Norway
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sweden
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Finland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Iceland
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Siberia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: university funding
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: museums
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: resilience
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Asian studies in the Nordic region: Status, relevance, prospects
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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