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Familiar Strangers: Social Media and the Outsider in China
Hong Kong Museum of History 100 Chatham Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong KongAnthropological accounts of social relations within Chinese society have traditionally viewed both kinship and familiarity as the basis of relationships between persons, which has inevitably led to the exclusion of strangers from the majority of attempts to theorize such relations. This lecture draws on ethnographic evidence collected during 15 months of fieldwork studying the impact … Continue reading "Familiar Strangers: Social Media and the Outsider in China"
Gifts to a Former Mentor: Hong Kong’s contribution to the rise of China and the consequences of that rise for the current relationship
Hong Kong Museum of History 100 Chatham Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong KongAn Anthropological Talk by Alan Smart - Gifts to a Former Mentor: Hong Kong’s Contribution to the Rise of China and the Consequences of That Rise for the Current Relationship Hong Kong made a crucial contribution to China’s rise, but in the last fifteen years the balance of influence has shifted. China’s rise has changed … Continue reading "Gifts to a Former Mentor: Hong Kong’s contribution to the rise of China and the consequences of that rise for the current relationship"