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View article: When sociality fails to produce solidarity: environmental NGOs and the politics of public engagement in contemporary China
When sociality fails to produce solidarity: environmental NGOs and the politics of public engagement in contemporary China Open
This article examines the potentials and limitations of the concept of “chemosociality” (Shapiro and Kirksey, Cultural Anthropology 32:481–493, 2017) through a case study of Emerald, an environmental NGO addressing pollution in China’s che…
View article: Healing Nature
Healing Nature Open
This paper provides the first ethnographic study of spiritual ecology in contemporary Hong Kong. In exploring the life stories of people who wanted to “heal” nature as well as those who were being “healed” by nature through the practice of…
View article: Preservation by Demolition: Toxic Heritage in Contemporary China
Preservation by Demolition: Toxic Heritage in Contemporary China Open
This chapter explores how residents in a Chinese neighbourhood bargained with their “toxic heritage.” Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between the spring and autumn of 2018, the chapter details how the villagers of Samtilwei, a pe…
View article: The art of unnoticing
The art of unnoticing Open
In China many petrochemical plants are adjacent to residential areas. Despite this, the people who live in these areas appear indifferent to the threat of toxic pollution and chemical explosions, even though they are aware of the danger. B…
View article: From hygienic modernity to green modernity: Two modes of modern living in Hong Kong since the 1970s
From hygienic modernity to green modernity: Two modes of modern living in Hong Kong since the 1970s Open
nttorlction Hong Kong's modernity is a unique concoction of colonial legacy, Cold War geopolitics (Chun 2013; Law 2018) 1 and a 'structure of feeling' 2 (William 2015(William [1979]]) generated by certain cosmopolitan values.The transition…
View article: Casino capitalism in the era of COVID-19: examining Macau’s pandemic response
Casino capitalism in the era of COVID-19: examining Macau’s pandemic response Open
Purpose This purpose of this paper is to explain Macau’s successful pandemic response through an analysis of its social, political and economic landscapes. In particular, it focusses on the economic relief brought by casino capitalism in t…
View article: Casino capitalism in the era of COVID-19: examining Macau’s pandemic response
Casino capitalism in the era of COVID-19: examining Macau’s pandemic response Open
Purpose This purpose of this paper is to explain Macau’s successful pandemic response through an analysis of its social, political and economic landscapes. In particular, it focusses on the economic relief brought by casino capitalism in t…
View article: The Struggle for Sustainable Waste Management in Hong Kong: 1950s–2010s
The Struggle for Sustainable Waste Management in Hong Kong: 1950s–2010s Open
As Hong Kong’s landfills are expected to reach saturated conditions by 2020, the city can no longer rely on landfilling alone as the sole solution for waste treatment in the long term. Drawing on five months of archival research at the Uni…
View article: Freedom as ethical practices: on the possibility of freedom through freeganism and freecycling in Hong Kong
Freedom as ethical practices: on the possibility of freedom through freeganism and freecycling in Hong Kong Open
Although the idea of freedom has been well studied as an ideal in political philosophy, relatively little scholarship has focused on the human experience of freedom. Drawing on ethnographic research between 2012 and 2013, I examine how fre…
View article: Bullshit Jobs: A Conversation with David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs: A Conversation with David Graeber Open
Is your job a pointless job?Does it make a meaningful contribution to the world?If your job was eliminated, would it matter to anyone?These are some of the questions that
View article: In the Absence of a Peasantry, What, Then, is a Hong Kong Farmer?
In the Absence of a Peasantry, What, Then, is a Hong Kong Farmer? Open
Given the social and political significance of ‘the peasant’ (nongmin) in modern Chinese history, it is surprising that the term (nongmin) is largely absent in Hong Kong, where discourses about individual farmers (nongfu) are far more prev…
View article: Transforming Patriarchy: Chinese Families in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Gonçalo Santos and Stevan Harrell Seattle, WA, and London: University of Washington Press, 2016 ix + 301 pp. $30.00 ISBN 978-0-295-99982-1
Transforming Patriarchy: Chinese Families in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Gonçalo Santos and Stevan Harrell Seattle, WA, and London: University of Washington Press, 2016 ix + 301 pp. $30.00 ISBN 978-0-295-99982-1 Open
Transforming Patriarchy: Chinese Families in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Gonçalo Santos and Stevan Harrell Seattle, WA, and London: University of Washington Press, 2016 ix + 301 pp. $30.00 ISBN 978-0-295-99982-1 - Volume 233
View article: In the Absence of a Peasantry, What, Then, Is a Hong Kong Farmer?
In the Absence of a Peasantry, What, Then, Is a Hong Kong Farmer? Open
Given the social and political significance of ‘the peasant’ (nongmin) in modern Chinese history, it is surprising that the term nongmin is largely absent in Hong Kong, where discourses about individual farmers (nongfu) are far more preval…
View article: The Material Culture of Green Living in Hong Kong
The Material Culture of Green Living in Hong Kong Open
As sustainability becomes a household buzzword, studies on green living and ethical consumption are also on the rise. While some researchers are doubtful of the usefulness of such “eco-chic” practi...