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THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
3
December
2003
Wednesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor
<> 100 Chatham Road
South
This talk analyzes the implications of the recent emergence of a well-off and well-connected segment of the ethnic Tibetan population in the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is based on interviews with about 75 members of the middle class (mainly business people) in five prefectures and assesses the probable political role of the middle class in Tibet in light of interview responses and the political behavior of the middle classes in China proper and elsewhere.
Barry Sautman is a political scientist and lawyer who serves as an Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. His main research focus is on Chinese nationalism and ethnic politics in China, especially in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong. He has travelled to Tibetan areas six times in the past seven years.
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
12
November 2003
Wednesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor
<> 100 Chatham Road
South
This presentation discusses how Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong have learned to organize collectively around issues of their rights as workers, and how their experience of labor activism has led to changes in how they perceive themselves and make decisions in their lives. At the same time, it provides insight into how some NGOs in Hong Kong play an instrumental role in teaching and training newcomers in methods of social contention, such as demonstrations.
Amy
Sim is a Ph.D. candidate in
anthropology at the Department
of Sociology, the University
of Hong Kong. Her area of
expertise is Asian migrant
workers in Hong Kong and women's
international labor migration.
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
22
October 2003
Wednesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor
<> 100 Chatham Road
South
This talk will focus on the new "urban" cinema and its usefulness in furthering our understanding of the far-reaching changes now taking place in some Chinese cities. We will analyze clips from a number of recent Chinese films -- Beijing Rocks (Mabel Cheung, 2001), Beijing Bicycle (Wang Xiaoshuai, 2001), So Close to Paradise (Wang Xiaoshuai, 1999), and Spring Subway (Zhang Yibai 2002 - viewing these films as ethnographies of Chinese urban life today, in all its emotional and interpersonal complexities.
Alexander
Mamak is a visiting scholar
in the Department of Anthropology,
Chinese University of Hong
Kong. He was born and grew
up in Hong Kong, and has taught
anthropology and sociology
at the University of New South
Wales (Australia), San Francisco
State University, and the
University of California at
Berkeley. He recently retired
from the City and County of
San Francisco where he served
as Director of Communications
and Public Affairs for the
past 15 years.
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
本講座將介紹香港社會中一群超越性別規範的女性
- Tomboy(簡稱TB)。情慾上，她們不選擇男卻選擇女；外形上，她們拒絕長裙與口紅卻愛短髮與恤衫。
TB表面看上來偏離了傳統性別規範，但她們並非要顛覆性別規範，反而她們是要透過既男亦女的打扮，去正常化(normalize)及自然化(naturalize)TB這性別。本講座嘗試去解釋TB如何利用既男亦女的打扮，與主流社會的性別規範談判，並擴闊二元化性別以外的空間。
賴婉琪小姐是中文大學性別研究/人類學碩士，亦是香港女同志社群的一份子。
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
16
September 2003
Tuesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor
<> 100 Chatham Road
South
Extra-curricular
clubs are one of the more
dramatic features of Japanese
schools. Most Japanese children
aged over 12 spend hundreds
of hours a year in school
sports and culture clubs.
The clubs are often very demanding
of the time and effort of
both children and teachers,
as they often take place for
two or three hours a day,
five or six days a week. Yet
the activities are not a formal
part of the national school
curriculum. This talk looks
at the role of the club activities
within the school, trying
to explain why they continue
and what the teachers and
the students get out of them.
Peter Cave lectures in the Department of Japanese Studies at The University of Hong Kong. He taught for three years in a Japanese high school and later spent eighteen months researching primary and junior high schools in Japan. Japanese education is his main research area.
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
15
July 2003
Tuesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor
<> 100 Chatham Road
South
本講座將介紹日本社會上其中一種流行的嗜好，即「鐵道趣味」，探討一些終生以鐵路旅遊、收集鐵道物品及火車攝影等以興趣為生活目標的日本上班族／火車迷，看看他們如何能夠兼顧繁重的工作及家庭負擔之餘，找到自己生活的一絲寄托，並從而改變主流日本社會「男仕應以工作為重」的看法。本講座對工作繁重或面臨失業危機、覺得生活枯燥和毫無意義的香港人來說，當能有一定的啟發性。
張彧暋先生現為香港中文大學人類學系的碩士研究生，專門研究日本社會。研究興趣包括現今日本人的工作與閒暇生活方式、日本文明的社會思潮與文化哲學等。興趣為鐵道旅遊。
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY
PRESENT
19
June 2003
Thursday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <>
100 Chatham Road South
The
principle of one-person-one-vote
is an important basis of democracy.
Yet, according to the customary
rules of the New Territories, outsiders
are excluded from village elections.
Some indigenous residents strongly
oppose offering non-indigenous villagers
the right to vote and to be elected
for fear of undermining their "tradition."
What are the concerns of these indigenous
residents? Are these concerns justified?
Through in-depth discussions with
indigenous villagers, I discuss
how indigenous New Territories villagers
of different cultural and economic
backgrounds conceive of village
elections.
Alison Ying-shuet Cheng is an M.Phil student in the Anthropology Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and has earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Communication from the same university. She grew up and studied in Yuen Long. Many of her classmates in primary and secondary school were indigenous villagers, who showed her a different picture than that of the stereotype portrayed by mass media. With their contacts, she has been able to develop a long-term relationship with indigenous villagers, and a different image of them from that which is usually held.
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY
PRESENT
29
May 2003
Thursday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <> 100
Chatham Road South
In
Hong Kong, many Christian churches are
fundamentalist and evangelical; they teach
that homosexuality is a sin and strictly
prohibited. Under this situation, many
Hong Kong gay Christians suffer from a
conflict between their sexual identity
and religious identity. However, some
of them have not been willing to succumb
to this situation. They have formed a
gay church, in an attempt to overcome
the conflict and build up a new legitimate
gay Christian identity. In this talk,
Tang Wai Man discusses how these gay Christians
attempt to reconcile and express their
two identities. He also discusses how
they deal with group dynamics: the new
collective gay Christian identity that
the gay church is attempting to give rise
to.
Tang Wai Man is an M. Phil. student in the Anthropology Department at CUHK. He used to go to an evangelical church that condemned homosexuality. Two years ago he began to go to a gay church, and significantly changed his views towards religion and sexuality-although not necessarily in the ways that one might expect.
THE
HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY
PRESENT
14
May 2003
Wednesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <> 100 Chatham
Road South
This
talk tells the story of two villages believed
to be the oldest in Hong Kong. The two villages
were founded some 900 years ago by one Tang
Fu, the earliest Chinese on historical record
to settle in today's territory of Hong Kong
and the first ancestor of Hong Kong's oldest
and most powerful clan-the Tangs. The villages
are thus the historic birthplace of Hong Kong's
clan-based village society, and are remarkable
for their intact village culture and traditions,
as well as their patriarchal social structure
that has been in practice since the Ming dynasty.
Today, however, these villages are at a crossroads,
and their survival is at stake-they have been
fundamentally threatened by the development
and urbanization of the New Territories. What
will be the future for the birthplace of Hong
Kong's past?
Dr. Lynne D. Di Stefano is Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong; Dr. Lee Ho Yin is a Research Fellow in the University of Hong Kong's Architectural Conservation Programme. Drs. Di Stefano and Lee are the authors of the recent book A Tale of Two Villages: The Story of Changing Life in the New Territories (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press 2002), upon which this talk is based.
THE HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY
PRESENT
Hong
Kong Anthropological Society
Annual General Meeting
24 April
2003
Thursday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <> 100 Chatham Road
South
This
talk will look at the revival of a commemorative ritual
for the former Laotian King in present-day Laos. The
revival is being played out in the context of a liberalizing
communist regime. Commentary and analysis will center
on the question of whether this and similar rituals
are really a form of ancestor worship. The lecture
will be illustrated.
Dr. Grant Evans is a Reader in Anthropology in the Centre of Anthropological Research, Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. He has written widely on Asia and is a recognized world authority on Laos where at present he is on sabbatical research leave. His latest book is A Short History of Laos: The Land In Between (Allen & Unwin, 2002). Dr. Evans is a former Chair of the Hong Kong Anthropological Society.
香港人類學會
及
香港歷史博物館合辦
陳偉光
Mr.
Ocean Chan
香港中文大學人類學系碩士生
從越南難民營到香港主流社會
「香港越南青年」的成長故事
From
Refugee Camps to City Streets: Young Vietnamese in
Hong Kong
二零零三年三月二十七日(星期四)
晚上七時正
香港歷史博物館地下演講廳
尖沙咀漆咸道一百號
這個講座將介紹一些在越南難民營中成長的年青人，看看他們在回到香港主流社會之後，如何在這個新天地建立他們的新生活。在這些青年人中，有些學有所成，有些亦能習得一技之長，卻又有一小部份人成了黑社會成員。但對這些青年人來說，他們過去的難民營成長經歷，其實是怎麼樣的一回事呢？透過分析他們的成長故事，我們當能了解到，這些年青人在步出難民營後如何在香港的主流文化中，覓得一己的安身立命之所。
陳偉光先生現為香港中文大學人類學系的碩士研究生，自一九九七年起便積極參與越南難民營的青少年教育和輔導。他亦是一位「社區藝術家」，經常與不同的志願團體組織青少年參與「社區藝術」（譬如壁畫創作）及改善社區環境的活動。
THE HONG KONG ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
AND THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY
PRESENT
Dr. David Palmer
Qigong and
Chinese Religious Modernity
20 March, 2003
Thursday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <> 100 Chatham Road South
Qigong or 'breath training' has been the most widespread expression of popular religiosity in post-Mao urban China. Based on traditional forms of mind and body discipline, qigong gained a massive following in the 1980's and 1990's. Qigong became a contemporary expression of the sectarian subculture which, since the Ming dynasty, has occupied a large place in the Chinese religious landscape. At the same time, qigong can be seen as a Chinese expression of religious modernity, characterized by the weakeningof religious institutions and by voluntary, rather than inherited, adhesion to (often invented) spiritual traditions, a fascination with science and the body, and a focus on the individual's subjective experience and spiritual quest.
David
Palmer has a BA in Anthropology from McGill University,
an M Phil in Ethnopsychiatry from the University of
Paris-VIII, and a PhD in the Anthropology of Religion
from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne).
His fieldwork was conducted in Chengdu, Sichuan; his
dissertation on the Qigong movement in the PRC will
be published by Columbia University Press. Currently
he is Honorary Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology,
CUHK and Associate Researcher, French Centre for Research
on Contemporary China, Hong Kong.
The
Hong Kong Anthropological Society
and
The Hong Kong Museum of History
present
20 February
2003
Thursday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <> 100 Chatham Road South
This talk will discuss the present situation in North Korea in all its complexities, and the aid programs of organizations such as Caritas, in their efforts to alleviate suffering in North Korea. The talk will also examine the way forward, at a time when North Korea is at a crossroads.
Kathi
Zellweger is the Director International Cooperation for
Caritas-Hong Kong. Her work includes a strong focus on assistance
to North Korea, for which Caritas-Hong Kong is the lead
agency for the international Caritas network. She has worked
and traveled extensively in North Korea for the past seven
years, working with donors, beneficiaries, government and
UN officials and NGO colleagues to develop pioneering Caritas
involvement in North Korea
The
Hong Kong Anthropological Society
and
The Hong Kong Museum of History
present
Tourism
Development
in Hong Kong:
Directions and Prospects
12 February
2003
Wednesday <> 7:00pm
Hong Kong Museum of History
Lecture Hall Ground Floor <> 100 Chatham Road South
In
recent years, tourism in Hong Kong has reached a crossroads.
Although tourist numbers have bounced back from the slump
since the Asian financial crisis as well as 9/11, due to
the increasing numbers of visitors to Hong Kong from the
Chinese mainland, critics have argued that Hong Kong still
needs to re-invent itself as a world-class tourist destination,
since it is facing stiff global competition. This lecture
discusses various of the ways in which Hong Kong might revitalize
its image and its touristic future, including "health
tourism," cultural appreciation tourism, and environmental
tourism.
David
Ip is Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The
University of Queensland. He has written extensively on
the Chinese diaspora, including Diasporic Chinese and
Mainland China: An Emerging Economic Synergy.
The
Hong Kong Anthropological Society
and
The Hong Kong Museum of History
present
This talk
examines the ways Filipina 'entertainers' in US military camp towns
in South Korea (kichich'on) negotiate their marginality between
Home and Exile. Specifically, it is an ethnographic study of Filipinas
who have been introduced to relieve the shortage of entertainers
in kichich'on in the late 1990s. Contrary to nongovernmental
organisations' (NGO) definition of these Filipinas as trafficked
women, this talk looks at these women as transmigrants who actively
engaged in cultural and social transformations. It will be shown
that in the context of kichich'on clubs, the idiom of romantic love
significantly functions as a platform for negotiations over sex,
money and power. These women's migratory experience in Korea, in
spite of its many pitfalls, further ushers them into the transnational
circuits of people, money and images in the Asia-Pacific.
Cheng Sea-ling
is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology,
University of Hong Kong. She received her doctorate degree in Anthropology
at the University of Oxford. This talk draws on her dissertation
research in Korea for two years. She served on the executive committee
of the Hong Kong Anthropological Society as Vice-Chairperson and
Secretary before leaving Hong Kong for her studies. She currently
researches on issues of women's sexuality in Hong Kong
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