Volume 1, Number 1, 2010
Contents
Editorial Material
Theme Articles
The Danger Inquiry – Travel Study in Dangerous Times
Introduction to the Danger Inquiry
KIRK D. JOHNSON & REBECCA A. STEPHENSON 1
Globalization and Danger: University-Level Overseas Travel-Study Programs in the Age of International Terrorism
REBECCA A. STEPHENSON & HIROYASU KURASHINA 5
Field Studies in the Age of Danger: The Case of Israel
NADINE KASCHAK 15
“Exploring Taiwan” on the Go
LAN-HUNG NORA CHIANG 20
Security Concerns for Field School Students in Southern Thailand
MICHAEL C. HOWARD 27
Travel Studies in Asia: Tales of Danger and Adventure
KIM R. SKOOG 30
Ten Important Considerations for Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
HIRO KURASHINA, YU-CHUN FENDY CHEN, & YVETTE LI 42
A Room of One’s Own in Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen
ROBERT KELLERMAN 54
Distant Episodes - a Briefing on Travels Mythic and Mundane
Traditional Micronesian Societies:
Adaptation, Integration & Political Organization
Glenn Petersen
Reviewed by KAREN NERO 74
Island Spirit: Selection of Abstract Works
Ric R. Castro
Reviewed by JUDY FLORES 79
The Chase
Reviewed by JUDY FLORES 80
Awakening Connections = Manmakmata I Hale’-ta = Terbangunnya
Sambungan: Ten Years of UOG Field Studies in Bali 1999-2009
Kirk Johnson (Ed.)
Reviewed by MARK C. GONIWIECHA 81
Contributors
Submission Procedures