Making Ties: The Cangdong Village Project

Date: 

Friday, February 19, 2021, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Virtual Zoom Event

Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

Panelists

            Dr. Barbara L. Voss, Principal Investigator, Stanford University

            Barre Fong, Filmmaker, Barre Fong Designs
            Laura Ng, Project Director, Stanford University

            Veronica Peterson, Research and Editorial Assistant, Harvard University

ABSTRACT: 

The Cangdong Village Project was developed to investigate the material practices of Cangdong Village residents during the Late Qing Dynasty (1875-1912) and Early Republic Period (1912-1927).

The project is a transnational, interdisciplinary partnership of researchers from both China and the United States, including historians, architectural historians, archaeologists, folklife specialists, botanists, and zoologists.

This project conducted surface studies of Cangdong Village in December 2016. Based on these studies, we selected four locations for subsurface testing in December 2017. The test units encountered deposits of household materials from the Late Qing Dynasty (1875–1912) and early Republic Period (1912–1941). Then we analyzed these artifacts to better understand how village residents lived during these periods and how their lives were influenced by migration. The findings of the Cangdong Village Project are also being used by researchers in the United States to understand the cultural backgrounds of 19th century Chinese migrants.


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