COVID-19 has brought about political,economic,cultural,and interspecies problems far from medical areas,which challenges academia to rethink global health.For holism principle,anthropology offers valuable insights int...COVID-19 has brought about political,economic,cultural,and interspecies problems far from medical areas,which challenges academia to rethink global health.For holism principle,anthropology offers valuable insights into these health issues,including the political economy of inequality,cultural diversity,and cultural adaptations,as well as the study of multispecies ethnography.These perspectives indicate that unequal political and economic systems contribute to health problems when people acknowledge disease and illness mechanisms.Moreover,cultural diversity and cultural adaptation are essential for providing appropriate medical solutions.Lastly,as a research method of studying interspecies relationships,multispecies ethnography promotes one health and planetary health from the ultimate perspective of holism.In conclusion,global health is not only a bio-medical concept but also involves political economy,culture,and multispecies factors,for which anthropology proffers inspiring theories and methods.展开更多
This project delves into the establishment of place attachment in evolving landscapes through an interdisciplinary lens.It starts with the interpretation of the story of A-Fei,a mushroom forager in Yunnan,China from t...This project delves into the establishment of place attachment in evolving landscapes through an interdisciplinary lens.It starts with the interpretation of the story of A-Fei,a mushroom forager in Yunnan,China from the perspective of multispecies ethnography,revealing that place attachment is tied to the nearby,where everyday interactions with the surrounding landscape can evoke memories of hometown and generate meanings of a new residence.Extending these insights,this project adopts auto-ethnography to examine the author’s experiences in the multicultural city of Toronto to explore how she as an immigrant builds an attachment to the local landscape.Through sensory engagement,cultural observation,and interviews of the other immigrants,how magnolias facilitate a new sense of belongings has been found.This project aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries and expand the realm of landscape architecture to anthropologic perspectives.By emphasizing the co-evolution of human and non-human lifeways,it seeks to explore how individuals perceive landscape and build relationship with it and proposes “ethnographizing landscape architecture” as avalue-centered approach for socially impactful and contextuallyrelevant design.展开更多
基金supported by the Major Program of the National Social Science Fund of China,“China’s Experience and Global Sharing in the Building of a Community of Common Health for Mankind”(Grant No.20&ZD122).
文摘COVID-19 has brought about political,economic,cultural,and interspecies problems far from medical areas,which challenges academia to rethink global health.For holism principle,anthropology offers valuable insights into these health issues,including the political economy of inequality,cultural diversity,and cultural adaptations,as well as the study of multispecies ethnography.These perspectives indicate that unequal political and economic systems contribute to health problems when people acknowledge disease and illness mechanisms.Moreover,cultural diversity and cultural adaptation are essential for providing appropriate medical solutions.Lastly,as a research method of studying interspecies relationships,multispecies ethnography promotes one health and planetary health from the ultimate perspective of holism.In conclusion,global health is not only a bio-medical concept but also involves political economy,culture,and multispecies factors,for which anthropology proffers inspiring theories and methods.
文摘This project delves into the establishment of place attachment in evolving landscapes through an interdisciplinary lens.It starts with the interpretation of the story of A-Fei,a mushroom forager in Yunnan,China from the perspective of multispecies ethnography,revealing that place attachment is tied to the nearby,where everyday interactions with the surrounding landscape can evoke memories of hometown and generate meanings of a new residence.Extending these insights,this project adopts auto-ethnography to examine the author’s experiences in the multicultural city of Toronto to explore how she as an immigrant builds an attachment to the local landscape.Through sensory engagement,cultural observation,and interviews of the other immigrants,how magnolias facilitate a new sense of belongings has been found.This project aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries and expand the realm of landscape architecture to anthropologic perspectives.By emphasizing the co-evolution of human and non-human lifeways,it seeks to explore how individuals perceive landscape and build relationship with it and proposes “ethnographizing landscape architecture” as avalue-centered approach for socially impactful and contextuallyrelevant design.
