本文概觀英文期刊中過去二十年來關於何為東南亞之「社會」與「文化」地理學的討論。我們策略性地選擇了兩大主題，以協助我們統整大量的資料。兩大主題分別是：(1) 社會與文化變遷的政治；(2) 建構認同。前者強調不同的政治，包括：國家發展的政治、文化場所的政治、都市變遷的政治以及全球－地方的政治。後者強調女性、流動與差異的議題。

The paper is an overview of English language publications that discuss what might be considered ‘social’ and ‘cultural’ geographies in Southeast Asia over the past two decades. We have strategically chosen two major themes that help us shape the mass of material into digestible strands: (1) the politics of social and cultural change; and (2) constructing identities. The former addresses various politics: the politics of nationhood; the politics of national development; the politics of cultural sites; the politics of urban change; and the politics of the global-local. The latter addresses