Bo Wang The Tibetan Village Yubeng, nestled deep in the Eastern Himalayan mountains, accidentally gained global fame for its pristine snow mountain peaks and its location that is considered home for deities by 140 Yubeng villagers and numerous Tibetan culture enthusiasts domestic and abroad. A phenomenal tiny place being made on the global stage, the story of Yubeng … [Read more...] about Plastic Wastes Filled Sacred Mountain Paths of Southwest China
WORKING ON PROGRESS: UNAUTHORIZED RECYCLERS KEEP OUT
Yvan Schulz Discussions on the fate of discarded electrical and electronic devices (DEEDs, aka "e-waste") and the configuration of the recycling sector in the Global South are riddled with the adjectives "formal" and "informal". Scientists, engineers, corporate representatives, government officials, environmental activists and journalists make this distinction to categorize … [Read more...] about WORKING ON PROGRESS: UNAUTHORIZED RECYCLERS KEEP OUT
Garbage, Waste-Products, and Value in Kunming, China
Adam Liebman Since 2009, news outlets across China have repeated the mantra that “two-thirds of China’s cities face besiegement by garbage”—constituting a national crisis. Included is Kunming, the burgeoning capital of Yunnan Province. Yet, in addition to its propensity to “besiege”, proliferating waste matter has also generated economic opportunities for approximately 24 … [Read more...] about Garbage, Waste-Products, and Value in Kunming, China
Upcoming S.E.A.A. conference, June 19-22
This year's regional conference of the Society for East Asia Anthropology is hosted in Hong Kong. Join the conversation about "East Asia and Tomorrow's Anthropology." See conference details and refer colleagues and students to http://arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/SEAAconf/ … [Read more...] about Upcoming S.E.A.A. conference, June 19-22
Overcoming the Gap between American Anthropology and East Asian Anthropologies
Gordon Mathews The Chinese University of Hong Kong As the President of the Society for East Asian Anthropology for 2015-2017, I am excited by the fact that the section is doing so well and is so vibrant. For many years in the earlier history of anthropology, East Asia fit more or less uneasily within conventional anthropological concerns, but an era of globalization, and … [Read more...] about Overcoming the Gap between American Anthropology and East Asian Anthropologies
Annual SEAA awards — Book prize, Best Graduate Student Paper, Media work (even-numbered years only)
At the SEAA business meeting at the AAA annual meeting in Denver the winners were announced for Book Prize, Best Student Paper, and (even numbered years) Media Production. A short description follows, together with a link to the full description by the selection committees. The 2015 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize Winner is Rian Thum. 2014. The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History. … [Read more...] about Annual SEAA awards — Book prize, Best Graduate Student Paper, Media work (even-numbered years only)
Crafting Interactive Journalism
By Elizabeth Rodwell (Rice U) To understand the current social movements and protest culture in Japan, it is necessary to understand the role played by the mass and alternative media. In the wake of the 3.11 earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disasters, a sense that the mass media had failed to accurately report on the nuclear contamination at Fukushima galvanized a group of … [Read more...] about Crafting Interactive Journalism
S.E.A.A. annual business meeting & awards
This year's theme is at the heart of the anthro project - making the familiar strange (and the strange familiar) Our annual business meeting takes place at 7:45 p.m. Friday, November 20. The room location does not display online, but on-site you should have all session room locations. Come to learn this year's awardees: ---Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize ---Theodore C. … [Read more...] about S.E.A.A. annual business meeting & awards
Student Protests Return to Tokyo
Robin O’Day (U of Tsukuba) Contributing Editors’ Note: Due to recent media attention on the activists of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALDS), we have moved up Robin O’Day’s report in this article series—“Social Movements in Japan”— to reflect its timeliness. Note on photographs: The author took all photographs of the August 23, 2015 SEALDS … [Read more...] about Student Protests Return to Tokyo
SEAA has new URL
Our parent association, the American Anthropological Association, has revised its website with the address "AmericanAnthro" at www.americananthro.org and so, too, of the many sections the URL has changed, as you see in your address bar above. During the transition your bookmark to the old address will automatically take you to the new one: … [Read more...] about SEAA has new URL