From the “Cent-Îles” to the Hundred-Geographies: Southeast Asian wanderings of the geographer Rodolphe De Koninck
Approaching the work of Rodolphe De Koninck, a geographer from Quebec whose career spans over five decades, must be done unpretentiously. Starting with his first major published work titled Les Cent-Îles du Lac Saint-Pierre (1970), there are countless ways to assess his contribution to geography. The objective of this article is to analyse the evolution of De Koninck’s contribution to the understanding of agrarian transformations and modern state-building in Southeast Asia, but also, to examine his contribution in a universal manner. This article will show how De Koninck’s research remains relevant in helping us to better understand modern issues such as how the on-going agrarian transition is a source of inequality, as well as a source of negative environmental impacts.