Date: 21 April 2017 (Friday)
Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Room 211, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK
Speakers: Dr. Roberto Castillo (CUHK) and Dr. Paul O’Connor (Lingnan)
Registration: goo.gl/forms/4MYHQBHi47VU4HSo2
Throughout history, and for distinct reasons, different locations in the Southern China region have become places of ‘abode’ for non-Chinese, ‘foreign’, groups. The long history of foreign presences in places like Hong Kong and Macau is now being compared to the shorter but significant presence of foreigners in cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen. To deal with this ‘foreignness’, governments in Hong Kong and the Mainland have established distinct and complex regimes of mobility, citizenship and governance. In this session of ‘Dialogues in Research’, scholars working on ethnicity, mobility and migration will talk about some of the diverse routes, roots, and rhythms (e.g. practices) associated with non-Chinese minorities in the region. Also, the speakers will share their own ‘research stories’ as well as the strategies they deploy to deal with common methodological obstacles when doing cultural research among minority groups in the region.
ABOUT SPEAKERS
Roberto Castillo (Ph.D., Lingnan; MA, Usyd) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Cultural Studies of CUHK. His academic training is in Cultural Studies, International Relations, History and Journalism. Roberto’s research interests include transnationality; migration and mobility; the critique of nationalism and globalisation; Africa-China relations; (cultural) research methodologies; ethnographic-based knowledge production; and the cultural politics of media representations of race/ethnicity. His current research looks at migrant film-making and cinematic representations of China by Africans. Roberto administers the popular website: http://www.africansinchina.net.
Paul O’Connor obtained his PhD in Sociology from the University of Queensland. Originally from the UK, he joined Lingnan in 2015 and previously taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is author of ‘Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China’s World City’, with Hong Kong University Press. His research interests include Islam, ethnicity, religious minorities, cultural hybridity, and skateboard culture. Paul’s current research looks at rhythmanalysis, embodiment, and ethnic minorities. He presently teaches urban sociology, the sociology of risk, and qualitative research methods.
Conducted in English. All are welcome.
Registration is required by 20 April 2017.
Enquiry: cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk