Throughout much of my doctoral field research in Beijing, I have been staying in an old Chinese courtyard (siheyuan’r) that a few old friends of mine share. Such courtyards were originally familial compounds, which were highly ordered (e.g., in their construction, lay out, etc.), and ordering, both within (e.g., gender, birth order, etc.) and outside… Read More Grad Life: Hutong Edition
Grad Life blogger Emilio Dirlikov is currently completing his Doctoral field research in Medical Anthropology in China. It was Friday evening, the eve of China’s first AIDS Walk. I sat at home with Xiaogang, the Walk’s director, awaiting a phone call. “You know, every time we organize such an event, we get a phone call… Read More Walking the Great Wall for AIDS Awareness
The graduate student experience at McGill
The graduate student experience at McGill
The graduate student experience at McGill
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