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Negotiating Life: Resilience in an Era of the China Dream

Date:
Location:
Whitehall Classroom Building 106
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Prof. Nancy N. Chen
Intended Audience:
Students
Faculty
Staff
Open to Public

Ecological practices of daily life have taken on new urgency and approaches as consumer citizens increasingly voice awareness of environmental sustainability in China. This lecture will focus on "everyday ecologies"--personal engagement with social and material worlds to negotiate well-being. 

Prof. Nancy Chen is Chair of the Anthropology Department and an affiliate of East Asian Studies and Feminist Studies at UC/Santa Cruz. Her research interests include Chinese biotechnology, food and medicine, and alternative healing practices. She is author or editor of six books, including China Urban

Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the UK Confucius Institute.