http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/08/05/ol-eagle-eyes/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:10:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/08/05/ol-eagle-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-4352 New Mandala » Beautiful one day… Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:44:01 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=135#comment-4352 [...] I have never been to Vang Vieng but, to my mind, this is an important type of article.  This type of report can clarify some of the ways that the tourist scene inevitably lurks in the background of almost all academic research projects now claiming to provide understanding of mainland Southeast Asia.  In my view, the tourist industry can’t be avoided or ignored.  At the same time, the force of tourist activity should ensure that the pristine and untrammelled Southeast Asia of some imaginations can be vanquished once and for all.  [...] [...] I have never been to Vang Vieng but, to my mind, this is an important type of article.  This type of report can clarify some of the ways that the tourist scene inevitably lurks in the background of almost all academic research projects now claiming to provide understanding of mainland Southeast Asia.  In my view, the tourist industry can’t be avoided or ignored.  At the same time, the force of tourist activity should ensure that the pristine and untrammelled Southeast Asia of some imaginations can be vanquished once and for all.  [...]

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