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Traditional Masks | Beijing Opera Art’s College

When ChinaVine team member, Jordan Lynton, began researching the Peking Opera the summer after her freshmen year at the University of Central Florida, she never imagined that two years later she would be in Beijing sitting in on a martial arts class at the Beijing Opera […]

Through a Different Lens

Sam Gehrke documenting noodle making with Mr. He

ChinaVine emphasizes the importance of educating English-speaking children, youth, and adults about the material and intangible culture of China. Of equal importance are the first hand experiences associated with the researchers, such as Sam Gehrke, who gather ChinaVine’s impactful material.

For Gehrke, currently a senior […]

Mini-Media Management: A New Approach in Field Work Documentation

OWLE

During this past summer’s Beijing-based field school, the ChinaVine team traveled more freely and unencumbered than ever before. A glimpse in Professor John Fenn’s backpack reveals the secret to traveling so light: three Kodak HD Video cameras, two OWLE Bubo devices, two small microphones, a handful of SD cards, batteries, chargers, cables […]