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- Convenors:
-
Sumita Chaudhuri
(Calcutta University)
Jijiao Zhang (Insititute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
- Stream:
- Worlds in motion: Cultural Heritage, Artefacts and Tourism/Mondes en mouvement: Héritage culturel, artefacts et tourisme
- Location:
- FSS 1030
- Start time:
- 4 May, 2017 at
Time zone: America/New_York
- Session slots:
- 1
Short Abstract:
Cities that produce ethnic goods and services that are in demand will have faster growth than those that do not. The urban system in most countries is influenced by market forces and cultural elements. It helps cultural preservation and cultural continuity of ethnic groups in pluralistic societies.
Long Abstract:
Migration or movement of population plays a very crucial role in the process of urbanization. The urban system in most of the countries is influenced by market forces. When people migrate to urban areas for economic opportunities mainly from rural areas in the context of urban development, they bring with them many ethnic businesses and traditional crafts which were followed by them in their native place for survival. Following the ethnic business and traditional crafts even in the context of urban areas, not only the survival of many communities is possible, at the same time it helps in cultural preservation and cultural continuity of different multi-cultural ethnic groups in pluralistic societies. All the items produced through ethnic business may not have the same demand in the urban context. Cities that produce ethnic goods and services that are in demand and attract people to live in them will have faster growth than those that do not.
Accepted papers:
Session 1Qiuyu Jiang (Aarhus University)
Paper short abstract:
This paper presents the emergence of a co-dependent "catering network" among African traders, local Cantonese, and Chinese internal ethnic migrants, allowing the development of an “African zone” in Guangzhou which, in turn, enhances African cultural impacts and African individual's attachment to the city.
Paper long abstract:
As one of the earliest Chinese cities to be introduced to Islam, Guangzhou has been one of the religious centers for both Chinese and international Muslims for hundreds of years. The historic presence of Islam, as well as an extensive trading economy has drawn many international Muslim traders, including those from Africa, to live and work in Guangzhou. My ethnographic inquiry focuses on how sub-Saharan African traders living in Xiaobei, Guangzhou make space while adapting to living in China. These African traders are engaged in brokering both economically and socially with other members from the greater Muslim communities, including Chinese Muslims (both local Cantonese and internal migrants), Middle Eastern Muslims and Muslims from North African countries, where Muslim identity transcends ethnic and national differences through daily interactions. I posit that Africans migrants build their religious social networks through shared "global Muslimhood". This paper illustrates how the "African community" becomes an umbrella term to describe different African individuals. African material culture has slowly been accepted by local Chinese and has added a unique layer to Guangzhou's multi-ethnicity. Meanwhile, the large and vivid presence of African group in Guangzhou and their interactions with local and Chinese internal migrants with diverse ethnicity, have resulted in the emergence of multiethnic "catering networks" (networks of support) that allow the development of an "African zone" in Guangzhou. These African zones, in turn, enhance African cultural influences as well as their personal attachment with Guangzhou.
Xinyan Chi (Nanjing Normal University) Zixi Cai (Shenzhen Foreign Languages School)
Paper short abstract:
This is a tourism carrier launched by local government and invested by a enterprise, which has promoted the development of tourism and museum. However, the hysteresis of academic studies has also hindered their development. Aborigines descendants have given some analysis and suggestions from.
Paper long abstract:
Chengtoushan Ruins locates in Lixian, Hunan, Chinese, which are composed by paddy fields, town and religious sites, and could be traced back to 6500 years ago.
Chengtoushan Ruins Museum was launched by government, invested by enterprise, which was intent to achieve great development through the integration of museum and tourism.
However, current situation does not match with profound history and culture of the ruins.
Discovery：1,Landscape mistakes. There are farm cattle scriptures in the land of 6500 years ago, and the ethnic features of the people sculpture are not clear.
2,Informal displays. The stones for worship are randomly placed in sacrificial pits; there are smooth effects like plastic film on ancient walls; and some uncertain cultures are lack of remarks.
3,Academic hysteresis. There are no offices for experts. It took 5 years for comparison of a symbol with Oracle-bone Inscription dictionary. Some international academic assistance was abandoned. Narrators are short of academic capacity.
Reasons:The lack of adequate attention to academic research and the misunderstanding of museum function are main reasons of above problems.
Suggestions:1,Strengthening academic management. The introduction of resident and stable expert workstations in the museum, regular seminars and narrator training. 2,Active participation in international discussions and investigation in common environment of international heritage protection. For example, the offering stone was characterized by Shiyi (westerner living in stone house) religion, and the word五(five) referred 5-star worship, through which relationship could be established with ancient Babylon and Greek and Britain's Stonehenge. 3,Introducing the museum to international tourism.