[20th talk] Dr Ou Zuan: “The Development and Governance of Danjia Fishing Village in Luhuitou Island of Hainan Province”
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The twentieth talk of the “Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series” will take place soon. Dr. Ou will speak about the development and governance of the Danjia Fishing Village on Luhuitou Island in Hainan Province. China has benefited greatly from fishery development since the Song Dynasty. However, Danjia family faces the "separation of ships and ports" as well as "separation of homes and ports" under various market and capital factors. Thus, the port fishing village is in chaos. During this talk, Dr. Ou will discuss how to develop and govern the island further. |
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Speaker |
Dr. Ou Zuan (Associate Director, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Minzu University of China) Dr. Qu Zuan, a PhD in Anthropology, is currently the Associate Director of the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at Minzu University of China. He also serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Research Association. Dr. Qu has been a visiting scholar at the "Cross-Strait and International Scholars Research Fellowship Program" at National Chengchi University in Taiwan and the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica. He has published numerous papers in both Chinese and English journals, including Island Studies Journal, Political Geography, Social Construction, Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), and Studies on the Chinese National Community. |
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Moderator |
Dr. Lew Siew Boon (Assistant Professor at the International Education College of New Era University College) Dr. Lew Siew Boon completed her Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore in 2021. She is currently an (Assistant Professor at the International Education College of New Era University College). Her primary research focuses on folklore and folk culture, as well as the history of the Chinese communities in Singapore and Malaysia. She has published monographs such as Guest of Jinshan: The Shuiyue Palace of Kelantan and its Guan Yin Belief and China and Southeast Asia's Hakka: A Cross-regional Exploration and Discussion (second author). Her doctoral thesis was nominated for the Wang Gongwu Best Thesis Award (Social Sciences) by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. She has also published more than ten academic papers. |
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Date: 26 July 2023 (Wednesday) |
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Lecture Postscript
The 20th session of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series," organized by the Institute of International Education, New Era University College (IIE, NEUC) and the Tan Lark Sye Institute, was held on 26 July. The guest speakers for this event was Dr Ou Zuan the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at Minzu University of China. It was attended by more than 150 people.
Dr. Qu Zuan, is currently the Deputy Head of the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at Minzu University of China and serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Taiwan Indigenous Studies Association. He has also participated in the "Cross-Strait and International Scholars Research Grant Program" at Taiwan's National Chengchi University and visited the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
This lecture was titled “The Development and Governance of Danjia Fishing Village in Luhuitou Island of Hainan Province”. The presentation focused on the development and governance of the Danjia fishing village on the Luhuitou Peninsula in Sanya, Hainan, China. Since the Song Dynasty, fisheries development has been a key model for the development of China's coastal islands. Under various market and capital factors, the Danjia people have faced both the separation of "boats from ports" and "homes from ports," leading to a chaotic state in the fishing villages around the ports. Dr. Qu explored and analyzed how island governance could progress further. The event was moderated by Assistant Professor Dr. Lew Siew Boon from NEUC. It received enthusiastic feedback, with the audience actively participating in the Q&A session and eagerly engaging in discussions.
