Shoulder Bags and Ethnic Identity in Southern Yunnan, China
I am happy to announce the opening of a small exhibition titled Shoulder Bags and Ethnic Identity in Southern Yunnan, China. For such a small exhibition, the project…
I am happy to announce the opening of a small exhibition titled Shoulder Bags and Ethnic Identity in Southern Yunnan, China. For such a small exhibition, the project…
Andrea Pia’s Cutting the Mass Line examines water supply and increasing scarcity induced by the climate crisis in a rural area of Yunnan, Southwest China. Combining a rich…
Menghai Town (formerly Xiangshan Town), Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China Visited December 26, 2023 This is the twenty-sixth post in the series: Villages an…
Nuogang Ancient Village, Jingmai Administrative Village, Huimin Hani Ethnic Town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, China Visited December 27, 2023 This is the twenty-fifth po…
Mengben Village, Jingmai Administrative Village, Huimin Hani Ethnic Town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, China Visited December 27, 2023 This is the twenty-third post in th…
Mengben [Dai] Village, Jingmai Administrative Village, Huimin Hani Ethnic Town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, China Visited December 27, 2023 This is the twenty-third post…
I am presently reading a chapter in the monumental Fowler Museum exhibition catalog The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia (Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of…
Baduo [Natural] Village, Xinsitu [Administrative] Village, Jinuo Ethnic Township, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China Visited December 24, 2023 This is the twenty-first post in the seri…
Caiyanghe [Natural] Village, Manazhuang [Administrative] Village, Mengyang Town, Jinghong [County-Level] City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Visited December 24, 2023. …
[Near] Madeng [Bai] Town, Jianchuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Visited June 5, 2023. This is the thirteenth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the…
Shuanglang [Bai] Town, Dali [County-Level] City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China (2013). Visited December 11, 2013. [These images are from 2013, but Shuanglang was also visited Ma…
Lijiang [Old] Town [a.k.a. Dayan Old Town], Gucheng District, Lijiang [Prefecture-Level] City, Yunnan, China. Visited June 6, 2023. This is the eighth post in the series: Villages and Towns…
Manjinghan [Dai] Community [a.k.a. “Manjinghan Village”], Gasa Subdistrict, Jinghong [County-Level] City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Visited December 25, 2…
[Hani Culture Park,] Nannuoshan [Hani Administrative] Village, Gelanghe Hani Ethnic Township, Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Visited December 26, 2023. …
I am happy to be hosting a group of colleagues in Bloomington this week for a long-delayed (COVID…) writing workshop on “Textile Arts and Heritage Practices in Southwest…
I am very happy to note a new co-authored article titled “A Survey of Contemporary Bai Craft Practices in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China.” It was…
While doing background work on FEI Xiaotong and ZHANG Zhiyi’s studies of the basketry industry(*) in Yunnan, China, my colleague W. discovered this webpage with a pair of…
If you click here, you will be taken to a Getty Images photograph by Zhang Peng/Light Rocket. The image shows a Lisu woman on her way to a…
Schneegebirge, Urwälder, buddhistische Siedlungen – seit den 1930er Jahren ist das fernöstliche Utopia Shangri-La Traumreiseziel von Europäern. Viele glauben an die Existenz des Paradies-gleichen Shan…