In the article, Reconstructing Liberalism? Notes toward a Conversation between Area Studies and Diasporic Studies, by Dipesh Chakrabarty discusses the differences in public cultures and how things are seen from a Western view on predominately Asian cultures. Education and language are two things that are seen very differently in America and Asia. The article discusses how areas studies focuses on particular locations and how their education, politics and language differ. Diasporic studies focus on how communities across seas that have connection to the main land and how their education, language and politics are influenced by the U.S. but are also similar. Area studies and Diasporic studies have overlapping interest and information, but both also provide unique and important information.
Question: How can Areas Study provide and/or support the growth of Diasporic studies without accidentally outshining it?
Citation: Chakrabarty, D. "Reconstructing Liberalism? Notes toward a Conversation between Areas Studies and Diasporic Studies." Public Culture 10.3 (1998): 457-81. Web.
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