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Arts and Administration Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing. Photo by John Fenn.
Public Culture and Heritage: A Beijing Based Field School ocuring in the Summer 2011 will focus on comparative cultural practices and boundaries associated with community identity. Through ethnographic fieldwork,participants in this field school will experience and investigate two cultural districts in Beijing: Gaobedian Village and Song Zhuang. Gaobeidian is a government facilitated folklore village, while Song Zhuang is a cluster of villages on the outskirts of Beijing that have bcome the home to several thousand contemporary artists. Using folkloristic methods, participants will investigate, document, analyze, compare, and contrast the cultural development of these two districts. Using mulit-media, participants will have the opportunity to contribute the results of their research to ChinaVine.org.
The field school will begin with an online orientation from June 20-July 1. The field school moves to Beijing beginning July 5 through July 19. Participants will be free to explore China on their own from July 20-July 30. Preparation of materials for ChinaVine.org occurs from July 31-August 13.
The primary instructors will be Doug Blandy and John Fenn, faculty at the University of Oregon. Their instruction during the residency in China will be supplemented by Kristin G. Congdon from the University of Central Florida and Professor Lihui Yang of Beijing Normal University.
The priority application deadline is February 1, 2011. Spaces are limited.
For more information contact Doug Blandy at dblandy@uoregon.edu or John Fenn at jfenn@uoregon.edu
Additional details can be found on the website of UO International Programs.
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