Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
30-4-2015 11:00 AM
End Date
30-4-2015 1:55 PM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
International and domestic Chinese students at Colby often create alternative communities and identities at Colby. When students are away from home, how do they keep their connections with home? This project explores how the microwave in Dana and the hot-pot in dorms create identity and home.
Faculty Sponsor
Mary Beth Mills
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Anthropology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1593
Hot-Pots and Microwaves: Understanding Chinese Identity and Home
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
International and domestic Chinese students at Colby often create alternative communities and identities at Colby. When students are away from home, how do they keep their connections with home? This project explores how the microwave in Dana and the hot-pot in dorms create identity and home.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/197