ABSTRACT
The final chapter of this book concludes our exploration of the impossibilities of Asia curriculum by evaluating and proposing some future directions and new possibilities for Asia curriculum. Having established the need to move beyond the well-problematised impasse of Asia literacy, this chapter opens with a snapshot of contemporary commentary around the need to re-narrativise Asia literacy. These proposals are then contrasted against recent school-based Asia literacy research, which has a strong focus on enhancing the transnational and intercultural elements of Asia learning and curriculum. The second part of the chapter reflects on theoretical innovations relevant to History and Languages curriculum more specifically, including the possibilities for deimperialising and renewing of curriculum practices and knowledge structures in these learning areas. We argue that continuing to re-narrativise the insoluble policy construction of Asia literacy will not address the underpinning curriculum dilemmas, and attention should instead be shifted to new ways of re-curricularising Asia-related education.
