© koninklijke brill nv, leiden, ���5 | doi �0.��63/ ���4�3� �- � �3400�7 Asiascape: Digital Asia � (�0 �5) 5-�0 brill.com/dias Where is Digital Asia? Introduction to the Second Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia Florian Schneider Leiden University f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl Chris Goto-Jones Leiden University c.goto-jones@phil.leidenuniv.nl During the launch conference for this journal in early 2014, our editorial team issued a provocation. We asked the participants of that event to answer the question ‘where is Digital Asia?’ Our intention was to see where the grow- ing group of scholars who research digital media in or from the Asian region locate themselves and their work, to specify or to problematize the terms of their inquiries, and to take a stand on the significance of their work. Does it make sense to talk about ‘Digital Asia’ and, if so, where should we look for it? Indeed, is it something that we can look for? These are some of the responses we received: Digital Asia is global, just as the many populations and individuals identify- ing as Asian can themselves now be found in locations across the globe. I would like to take ‘Digital Asia’ as Asia itself, for digital technology is increasingly becoming an integrated part of everyday life in Asia. Digital Asia is Asia in transformation – politically, socially, culturally, and also legally – by its digital media. [I]t lies in a combination of the highly local, specific, and personal, and the broad and universal. Thus, it can transcend traditional barriers of nation and state. Digital Asia is both online and offline, including both digital technologies’ effects on Asia and Asia’s effects on digital technologies.