One of our member's articles just became available open access! Check out Jean-Baptiste Pettier's 2019 contribution to L'Homme on matchmaking in China, translated from the French by Catriona Dutreuilh.
New article: ‚Big Data Dreams and Reality in Shenzhen: An Investigation of Smart City Implementation in China‘
Published in Big Data & Society by Jelena Große-Bley and Genia Kostka. Read here.
Interview with Dr. Lena Kaufmann: A socio-technical perspective on farmland and rural-urban migration in contemporary China
In July 2021, Jelena Große-Bley spoke to Lena Kaufmann about her new book, Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China (Amsterdam University Press, 2021, available open access).
RURBAN China Lunch with Dr. Lena Kaufmann – recording available (in German)
URBAN China Lunch | organized by URBANI[XX], Deutsch-Chinesisches Alumninetzwerk Urbanisierung und Stadtentwicklung | Dr. Lena Kaufmann | "Land-Stadt-Migration und agrartechnischer Wandel in China"
RURBAN China Lunch, organized by URBANI[XX], Deutsch-Chinesisches Alumninetzwerk Urbanisierung und Stadtentwicklung
Title: Land-Stadt-Migration und agrartechnologischer Wandel in China | Dr. Lena Kaufmann, Universität Zürich | Anmeldung: k.beese@tu-berlin.de | Dieser Vortrag findet online via zoom statt und wird auf Deutsch gehalten | Link: https://urbanixx.de/
Upcoming Group Events, May to July 2021
Starting in May 2021, the Regional Group China(s) organizes a monthly online colloquium during German academic semesters. These regular meetings are intended to facilitate discussion and exchange within the group. They will provide a forum to present and discuss work in progress, and will be occasionally dedicated to organisational matters, such as plans for the forthcoming DFG-Network "Anthropology and China(s): Co-constructions of Ethnographic and Academic Regions" (2021-2024).
Genehmigung des DFG Netzwerk-Antrags “Anthropology and China(s): Co-constructions of Ethnographic and Academic Regions” (2021-2024)
Approval of the DFG Network application “Anthropology and China(s): Co-constructions of Ethnographic and Academic Regions” (2021-2024)
GAA Conference 2021, Workshop „Seismic China“ (CfP deadline 15 Feb.)
We are pleased to announce our CfP for the upcoming DGSKA/GAA conference in Bremen (27-30/09/2021): Workshop 26. „Seismic China – Environmental Shifts and Radical Reorientations in China-World Relationships“ (Conveners: Charlotte Bruckermann and Lena Kaufmann, Chair: Jean-Baptiste Pettier)
Ethnologie Chinas 