13th Book Sharing: Arrived Safely
Upcoming Event
| Introduction | To encourage student reading, the Institute of International Education at New Era University College is organizing a book club featuring guided readings and discussions to provide students with a richer platform for academic exchange. This session invites our university's Media Studies lecturer, Chou Chao-Hung, to share fieldwork investigation methods, anecdotes, challenges, and writing ethics. |
| Speaker | Chou Chao-Hung, from Sabah, Malaysia, holds a master's degree in Political Science from National Chengchi University and a bachelor's in Communication Management from Shih Hsin University. He is currently a full-time lecturer in the Media Studies Department at New Era University College. He has served as a political aide, independent bookstore clerk, marketing planner, and public relations officer. He believes in diversity and yearns for peace; he likes to question authority and cares for the underprivileged. |
| Reading Material | Arrived Safely: Stories of Vietnamese Immigrants Around Us, Including Business Heiresses, Taxi Drivers, Market Vendors, and Nail Salon Aunts... |
| Content Overview | Beginning in the 1970s, this book narrates how, due to the North-South Vietnam War, people were displaced and struggled to reach a place of well-being. In the 1980s and 1990s, how did Chinese people live under the rule of the Communist Party of Vietnam? Through marriage, family reunification, and studying abroad, immigrants settled overseas. Between academics and careers, how did they find their footing and become lights illuminating others? Seventeen young authors, through anthropological field investigations, interviewed Vietnamese immigrants in Ankang communities, campuses, alleys, markets, and street food stalls. In this book club, guide and author Chou Chao-Hung will use research methods as an entry point to share the fieldwork investigation methods, anecdotes, challenges, and writing ethics he employed in his chapter "Xiu-Jun, Chun-Zhuang, Qiu-Mei's Nail Salon: Freedom at the Fingertips." |
| Seminar Information | Date: June 25, 2024 (Tuesday) Time:7.30pm - 9.00pm Platform: ZOOM Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/bp4uyeav *Free registration, due by June 24, 2024. |
