BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IHSS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ihss.hku.hk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IHSS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:20140101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150317T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150317T170000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T223103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102922Z UID:88353-1426611600-1426611600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Anthropology in\, of\, and by East Asia: Moving to the Center in the 21st Century? DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/anthropology-in-of-and-by-east-asia-moving-to-the-center-in-the-21st-century/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150317T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150317T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T224323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102923Z UID:88377-1426593600-1426597200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A History of Communications: Bian Zhilin 卞之林\, Li Shangyin 李商隱\, and World Literature in Chinese Poetry DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-history-of-communications-bian-zhilin-%e5%8d%9e%e4%b9%8b%e6%9e%97-li-shangyin-%e6%9d%8e%e5%95%86%e9%9a%b1-and-world-literature-in-chinese-poetry/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150303T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150303T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T224613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102923Z UID:88384-1425384000-1425387600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Localizing Mental Health Practices: Anthropological Research on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Disaster Recovery DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/localizing-mental-health-practices-anthropological-research-on-the-psychosocial-dimensions-of-disaster-recovery/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150210T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150210T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T223843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102923Z UID:88369-1423569600-1423573200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Strange Partners: Japan and the German Alliance\, 1940 DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/strange-partners-japan-and-the-german-alliance-1940/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150203T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150203T180000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T224942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102923Z UID:88390-1422981000-1422986400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Story of Risks: How Finance Has Changed the Human Society (風險的故事: 金融如何改變人類社會) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-story-of-risks-how-finance-has-changed-the-human-society-%e9%a2%a8%e9%9a%aa%e7%9a%84%e6%95%85%e4%ba%8b-%e9%87%91%e8%9e%8d%e5%a6%82%e4%bd%95%e6%94%b9%e8%ae%8a%e4%ba%ba%e9%a1%9e%e7%a4%be%e6%9c%83/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150127T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150127T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T225730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102924Z UID:88404-1422360000-1422363600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Beyond the “Three Years and Eight Months”: Understanding the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong during the Second World War DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/beyond-the-three-years-and-eight-months-understanding-the-japanese-occupation-of-hong-kong-during-the-second-world-war/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150120T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150120T120000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T230051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102924Z UID:88410-1421755200-1421755200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Qigong and Healing Communities in Contemporary Shanghai: Techniques of the Body\, State Institutions and Transnational Flows DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/qigong-and-healing-communities-in-contemporary-shanghai-techniques-of-the-body-state-institutions-and-transnational-flows/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150114T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150114T160000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T230441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102924Z UID:88417-1421251200-1421251200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Life after Death in Japan\, China and the United States DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/life-after-death-in-japan-china-and-the-united-states/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150108T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20150108T163000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T230808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102925Z UID:88424-1420734600-1420734600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Communists and Peasants in the Soviet Union and China: A Comparison DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/communists-and-peasants-in-the-soviet-union-and-china-a-comparison/ LOCATION:T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141220T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141220T170000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T231344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102835Z UID:88439-1419087600-1419094800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Family Business in Crisis: Ways and Cases DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/family-business-in-crisis-ways-and-cases/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS,Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141218T103000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141218T120000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T232235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102843Z UID:88454-1418898600-1418904000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Perils of Pregnancy: Comparing Risk in Chinese and U.S. Advice Books and Websites DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-perils-of-pregnancy-comparing-risk-in-chinese-and-u-s-advice-books-and-websites/ LOCATION:T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141216T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141216T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T233455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102925Z UID:88463-1418731200-1418734800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Traditions\, Trends and Testimony: European Art in Qing Dynasty China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/traditions-trends-and-testimony-european-art-in-qing-dynasty-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141218 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240731T234326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102925Z UID:88470-1418688000-1418860799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Food and Health DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/food-and-health/ CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141212T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141212T140000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T001001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102926Z UID:88498-1418387400-1418392800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Shrinking the Earth: From an Age of Abundance to an Age of Limits DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/shrinking-the-earth-from-an-age-of-abundance-to-an-age-of-limits/ LOCATION:F 520\, Teaching Building\, China CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141211T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141211T160000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T000144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102926Z UID:88488-1418313600-1418313600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Subjects of Debt? Entrepreneurialism and Islamic Finance in Malaysia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/subjects-of-debt-entrepreneurialism-and-islamic-finance-in-malaysia/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141210T143000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141210T143000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T004505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102927Z UID:88506-1418221800-1418221800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Dao of World Religions: The China Problem in Modern Religion DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-dao-of-world-religions-the-china-problem-in-modern-religion/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141209T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141209T163000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T005157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102928Z UID:88514-1418142600-1418142600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:“Men Plough\, Women Weave”: Joseph Needham\, Feminism and the History of Science and Technology in China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/men-plough-women-weave-joseph-needham-feminism-and-the-history-of-science-and-technology-in-china/ LOCATION:Social Sciences Chamber\, 11/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141208T170000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141208T180000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T012443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102928Z UID:88531-1418058000-1418061600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Challenge with Curiosity: Joseph Needham and his Intellectual Heritage (好奇心與挑戰：李約瑟及其知識遺產) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/challenge-with-curiosity-joseph-needham-and-his-intellectual-heritage-%e5%a5%bd%e5%a5%87%e5%bf%83%e8%88%87%e6%8c%91%e6%88%b0%ef%bc%9a%e6%9d%8e%e7%b4%84%e7%91%9f%e5%8f%8a%e5%85%b6%e7%9f%a5%e8%ad%98/ LOCATION:Queen’s College School Hall\, 120 Causeway Road\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141206T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141206T170000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T013745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T091449Z UID:88540-1417878000-1417885200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Family Business in Crisis: Ways and Cases DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/family-business-in-crisis-ways-and-cases-2/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS,Others END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141202T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141202T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T014133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102928Z UID:88546-1417521600-1417525200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Kinship and Inequality in China: Big Data for a Big Topic DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/kinship-and-inequality-in-china-big-data-for-a-big-topic/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141129T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141129T170000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T174154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102929Z UID:88561-1417273200-1417280400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Family Business in Crisis: Ways and Cases DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/family-business-in-crisis-ways-and-cases-3/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141126T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141126T160000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T173705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102929Z UID:88553-1417017600-1417017600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Reincarnation in Africa DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/reincarnation-in-africa/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141125T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141125T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T174530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102929Z UID:88567-1416916800-1416920400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Can Capitalist Farms Compete with Family Farms? The Role of Technology in Facilitating the Agrarian Change in Shrimp Aquaculture in South China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/can-capitalist-farms-compete-with-family-farms-the-role-of-technology-in-facilitating-the-agrarian-change-in-shrimp-aquaculture-in-south-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141120T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141120T140000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T174939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102930Z UID:88573-1416492000-1416492000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Way to Learning (問學之道) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-way-to-learning-%e5%95%8f%e5%ad%b8%e4%b9%8b%e9%81%93/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141119T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141119T163000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T180313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102930Z UID:88594-1416414600-1416414600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Contributions of Émmanuel-Édouard Chavannes towards Chinese Traditional Historiography and the Transformation of European Sinology (沙畹對中國傳統史學轉型和歐洲漢學轉型的貢獻) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/contributions-of-emmanuel-edouard-chavannes-towards-chinese-traditional-historiography-and-the-transformation-of-european-sinology-%e6%b2%99%e7%95%b9%e5%b0%8d%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%e5%82%b3%e7%b5%b1/ LOCATION:Social Sciences Chamber\, 11/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141118T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141118T163000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T182303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102931Z UID:88601-1416328200-1416328200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Frontier and Ethnicity (邊疆與族群) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/frontier-and-ethnicity-%e9%82%8a%e7%96%86%e8%88%87%e6%97%8f%e7%be%a4/ LOCATION:Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141118T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141118T130000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T175543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102930Z UID:88584-1416312000-1416315600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Friends like these? China Regional Organizations and Intervention DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/friends-like-these-china-regional-organizations-and-intervention/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141112T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141112T140000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T183840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102931Z UID:88612-1415795400-1415800800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Between Competing Empires: Overseas Chinese and the Making of Nationality DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/between-competing-empires-overseas-chinese-and-the-making-of-nationality/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141110 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T184414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102931Z UID:88621-1415404800-1415577599@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Text and Context: Redemptive Societies and New Religious Movements in Modern and Contemporary China and Southeast Asia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/text-and-context-redemptive-societies-and-new-religious-movements-in-modern-and-contemporary-china-and-southeast-asia/ CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141107T183000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20141107T183000 DTSTAMP:20261031T102142 CREATED:20240801T184941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102932Z UID:88632-1415385000-1415385000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Is the Concept of Secularism Relevant to China? DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n Room 201\, 2/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n November 3\, 2015 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n This talk is based on multi-sited ethnographic research of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries in which I compared the two cultures of media production yet also looked at shared themes and transnational connections between them. An overarching theme that emerged from both production sites is the role of religion and the supernatural in the labor process. Uncovering accounts of ghost appeasement rituals and psychic consultants as well as other cultural practices on film and television sets\, this research challenges perceptions of media production sites as rationalistic\, secular workplaces. In demonstrating that post-Fordist capitalist industries are not entirely “disenchanted\,” this research contributes to anthropology’s position that the uncertainties of modernity are met with the mystical. URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/is-the-concept-of-secularism-relevant-to-china/ LOCATION:Social Sciences Chamber\, 11/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR