Society for East Asian Anthropology Anna Vainio March 11, 2019 Editor’s note: This piece is part of a SEAA column themed series “Cultural Consumption and Performance in Asia.” The articles highlight different aspects of consumption and performance in a range of Asian regions. They examine issues such as cultural curation, the uses of the past, material […]
Exploring the Aesthetics of Nostalgia in Contemporary Hong Kong
Society of East Asian Anthropology Sonia Lam-Knott February 15, 2019 Editor’s note: This piece is part of a SEAA column themed series “Cultural Consumption and Performance in Asia.” The articles highlight different aspects of consumption and performance in a range of Asian regions. They examine issues such as cultural curation, the uses of the past, material […]
Privatizing the Silk Road in Contemporary China
Society for East Asian Anthropology Jing Wang, January 24, 2019 Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a SEAA column themed series on “Cultural Consumption and Performance in Asia.” The articles highlight different aspects of consumption and performance in a range of Asian regions. They examine issues such as cultural curation, the uses of the past, material […]
SEAA Audio Series Episode 1: Writing and Editing Collaboratively
Welcome to our first episode of the SEAA audio series! This podcast is an invitation to a collaborative process of creating conversations about our scholarship. We envision the audio series and accompanying text as an innovative format allowing us to reach out to audiences in a more accessible way. Through this soundscape, we also […]
SEAA Highlights at the 2018 AAA Meeting
Society of East Asian Anthropology Shuang L. Frost and Heidi K. Lam January 4, 2018 The SEAA section hosted a diverse range of activities, presentations, and events at the 2018 Annual Meeting. Highlights: 25 panels (including four co-sponsored invited sessions); a Business Meeting, featuring a special speaker; and a lunch-time mentoring workshop on “Teaching East […]
Curating Peninsular Destruction
Society for East Asian Anthropology Timothy Gitzen November 28, 2018 Editor’s Note: This piece opens a SEAA column themed series on “Cultural Consumption and Performance in Asia.” The articles highlight different aspects of consumption and performance in a range of Asian regions. They examine issues such as cultural curation, the uses of the past, material culture, […]