CURRICULUMVITAE

TiksangLiu()
April2016

Education
198695 Ph.D.inAnthropology
UniversityofPittsburgh

198586 DiplomaofEducation
SchoolofEducation,theChineseUniversityofHongKong

198185 BachelorofSocialScience(Anthropology)
TheChineseUniversityofHongKong

Appointments
2003(July)Present
AssociateProfessor,DivisionofHumanities
TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology

1995(September)2003(June)
AssistantProfessor,DivisionofHumanities
TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology

1993(July)1995(August)
AssistantLecturer,DivisionofHumanities
TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology

2007Present
Director,PanPearlRiverDeltaResearchStation
FokYingTungGraduateSchool
TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology

2006(January)Present
Director,SouthChinaResearchCenter
TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology

20042005
VisitingScholar,JohnKingFairbankCenterforEastAsianResearch,HarvardUniversity

2003(September)
InterportLecturer,SemesterAtSea

Publications
Books
2015 [YunguiHinglandsBaziSocieties:The
SouthwestFrontierinthePerspectiveofHistoricalAnthropology].Coeditor:ZhaoMin. Kunming:
YunnanUniversityPress.

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2014 [AThousandMilesofWaterway].Coeditors:LoChinhung,WuSzeming.HongKong:
DrainageServicesDepartment,HongKongSARGovernment.(AnEnglishversionwaspublishedin
2015.)

2013 [AStudyofCulturalHeritage]:(1)[Volume1,TheoryandPractice],
(2)[Volume2,FieldStudies],and(3)[Volume3,ReferenceMaterials],edited
byLiuTiksang. HongKong:Personal,SocialandHumanitiesEducationSection,Education
Bureau.

[TaiOsCulturalHeritage],editedbyLiuTiksang. HongKong:SouthChina
ResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

FromSandFieldstoaFolkloricVillageontheWaterMargin:AStudyofSocialandEcologicalChangesin
DongChong,PearlRiverDelta,editedbyHeLinandLiuTiksang. Beijing:ZhongguoXiju
Chubanshe.

2012 [UnderstandingTraditionalDragonBoatParade,TaiO],editedbyLiu
Tiksang. HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScienceand
Technology.

2011 IntangibleCulturalHeritageandLocalCommunitiesinEastAsia,editedbyLiuTiksang. HongKong:
SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology;HongKong
HeritageMuseum.

2008 TraditionsandHeritageinTaiPo.Coeditors,CheungSiuwoo,WongWingho,SusannaLaiKuenSiu.
HongKong:TaiPoDistrictCouncil.(AChineseversionwaspublishedatthesametime.)

[Heritage Education in Tai O]. Coeditor: Cheung Siuwoo. Hong Kong: South
ChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

2007 [FengshuiandHeritage:Documentsof
theInstanceofRelocatingthePingShanTangAncestralGraveinNamWan,HongKongsNew
Territories]. Coeditor:LoWaiLing. HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKong
UniversityofScienceandTechnology.

2006 [TaiO;StudyofLocalHistory,No.2]. Coauthor:SiuwooCheung.
HongKong:JointPublishingCo.,Ltd.

2001 [HongKongHistory,Culture,andSociety]:(1) [Volume1on
TeachingandLearning],(2)[Volume2onTeachingandPractice],and(3)
[Volume3onFieldworkandDocuments].Coeditors:SiuwooCheungandChicheungChoi.
HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,theHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

2000 [TheCultofTianHou(EmpressofHeaven)inHongKong]. HongKong:Joint
PublishingCo.,Ltd.

ArticlesandBookChapters
2015 [TheMarginalattheCenter:DaliErhoiFishermenand
theBaiNationalMinoritysLocalCulture].In
[YunguiHinglandsBaziSocieties:TheSouthwestFrontierinthePerspectiveofHistorical
Anthropology].Coeditors:ZhaoMinandLiuTiksang,pp.2955. Kunming:YunnanUniversity
Press.
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[TheMemorythatProf.NicholasTappLeftforMe]. Fieldworkand
Documents:SouthChinaResearchResourceStationNewsletter,vol81,pp.3738.

[20YearsoftheNewsletter:TheIntegrationofFieldStudy
andDocumentResearch].FieldworkandDocuments:SouthChinaResearchResourceStationNewsletter,
vol81,pp.13.

2014 [HistoryintheField:AnAnthropologicalExperience]. In
[AnthropologyandHistory:TheFirstForumofEast
AsianAnthropology]. Editors: ,pp.159166. Beijing:ShehuiKexue
WenxianChubanshe. (AJapaneseversionofthisarticleispublishedinthesamebook,pp.527537.)

[Tradition,IdentityandResources:TheMaking
ofHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage]. In[HongKongsCantonese
Culture]. EditedbyWenJiehua,pp.200225. HongKong:TheCommercialPress(HK)Ltd.

[IdentityinPerformance:Tianhou
WorshipActivitiesintheConservationofHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage].In2014
[2014TaizhongMazuInternationalTouristand
CulturalFestival:ProceedingsofMazuInternationalAcademicConference],editedby
,pp.111125.Taiwan:TaizhongShizhengfuWenhuaju.

2013 [ActiveLearninginAllDirections].In[AStudyofCultural
Heritage](Volume1),editedbyLiuTiksang,pp.35,7477. HongKong:Personal,Socialand
HumanitiesEducationSection,EducationBureau.

[HeritageandCulturalRelics].In[AStudyofCultural
Heritage](Volume1),editedbyLiuTiksang,pp.814,8086. HongKong:Personal,Socialand
HumanitiesEducationSection,EducationBureau.

[ApproachesinUnderstandingHeritage].In[A
StudyofCulturalHeritage](Volume1),editedbyLiuTiksang,pp.5870,138150. HongKong:
Personal,SocialandHumanitiesEducationSection,EducationBureau.

FromTraditionalCustomtoanItemofIntangibleCulturalHeritage:AdaptationandChangesof
TaiOsDuanwuDragonboatParade,HongKong.InProceedingsoftheConferenceonResearchand
ConservationofChineseFishermensFolkBelief,pp.3141Macau:MacaoPolytechnicInstitute.

ChangesofWeikouLivelihoodinDongchong,PearlRiverDelta. InFromSandFieldstoa
FolkloricVillageontheWaterMargin:AStudyofSocialandEcologicalChangesinDongChong,PearlRiver
Delta.HeLinandLiuTiksangeds.,pp.117,Beijing:ZhongguoXijuChubanshe.

[TheRoleofWritings:ResearchExperiencesin
HongKongsNewTerritories].FieldworkandDocuments:SouthChinaResearchResourceStation
Newsletter,no.70,pp.1013.(AlsoinWritingPingShan:CollectionofDocumentsforExpressingNative
History,CulturalandTraditionsofDangLineage,PingShan,NewTerritories,HongKong,pp.iviii.
HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.)

2012 30 [AThirtyyearAppointment:ARecordofTsengLan
ShueVillagesJiaoFestival]. FieldworkandDocuments:SouthChinaResearchResourceStation
Newsletter,no.66,pp.16.

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 [TaiOinHongKongsCollectiveMemory].In
[TaiOsWaterandFishermensCustoms:People,SentimentandEvents],CheungChikwan,
ChanChhungandWuSifan,eds.,pp.1520.HongKong:HongKongYoungWomensChristian
Association.

[TraditionversusPropertyInherited:
TheConstructionofMeaningsforHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage](Reprint). In
[TheCurrentSituationandFutureofSafeguardingMacaus
IntangibleCulturalHeritage],editedbyLeiHeongIok,pp.3046&5254. Macau:Macao
PolytechnicInstitute.

[StudyingPopularReligioninHongKong]. In
5 [DalisEthnicandCulturalResearchSeries,Volume5],editedby
CunYunji,pp.423445. Beijing:MinzuChubanshe.

2011 IntangibleCulturalHeritage:NewConcept,NewExpectations. InIntangibleCulturalHeritageand
LocalCommunitiesinEastAsia,editedbyLiuTiksang,pp.329. HongKong:SouthChinaResearch
Center,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology;HongKongHeritageMuseum.

Tradition versus Property Inherited: The Construction of Meanings for Hong Kongs Intangible
Cultural Heritage. In Intangible Cultural Heritage and Local Communities in East Asia, edited by Liu
Tiksang,pp.257282. HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScience
andTechnology;HongKongHeritageMuseum.

2008 HomeontheWater:LivelihoodandSocietyoftheFishermenCommunityinTaiPo.InTraditions
andHeritageinTaiPo.Coeditors,LiuTiksang,CheungSiuwoo,WongWingho,SusannaLaiKuen
Siu;pp.104122.HongKong:TaiPoDistrictCouncil.

Introduction.InTraditionsandHeritageinTaiPo.Coeditors,LiuTiksang,CheungSiuwoo,Wong
Wingho,SusannaLaiKuenSiu;pp.614.HongKong:TaiPoDistrictCouncil.

Custom, Taste and Science: Raising Chickens in the Pearl River Delta Region, South China
AnthropologyandMedicineVol.15,no.1,pp.718.

[GuardingtheState,ProtectingthePeople,Tian
Hou:ACaseStudyofActivitiesofPopularReligioninHongKong], In[Exploring
FolkDeities]. EditedbythePersonal,SocialandHumanitiesEducationSection,pp.3548. Hong
Kong:Personal,SocialandHumanitiesEducationSection,EducationandManpowerBureau.

2007 [TurningFengshuiintoHeritage:ACase
StudyofConstructingHeritageDiscourseinHongKongsNewTerritories].In
[FengshuiandHeritage:DocumentsoftheInstanceof
RelocatingthePingShanTangAncestralGraveinNamWan,HongKongsNewTerritories],eds.
LiaoDishengandLuHuiling,pp.127. HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKong
UniversityofScienceandTechnology.

2004 [UnderstandingCommunityinContext:ACaseStudyofTai
O]. In[CriticalThinkingandCreativeTeaching:HongKong
CommunityEducation],ed.byChenJiehu.Vol.1,pp.119. HongKong:CenterofAsianStudies,
HongKongUniversity.

[FromLocalReligiontoFolkTradition:The
Changes of Activities of Tian Hou Cult in Hong Kong]. Journal of Mazu Studies (Kuala Lumpur,
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 Malaysia)1(2004):4857.

[CulturalAnthropologyandSouthChinaStudies],
[CollectedEssaysoftheSouthChinaResearchCircle],pp.4143. HongKong:Wenhua
ChuangzaoChubanshe.

2003 ANamelessbutActiveReligion:AnAnthropologistsViewofLocalReligioninHongKongand
Macau,ChinaQuarterly,174:373394(alsopublishedinReligioninChinaToday,ed.byDanielL.
Overmyer,pp.6788. Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress.)

[ACollectivebutConflictingSymbol:TianHou
CultinHongKongsNewTerritories]In[PopularReligionandSocialSpace],
editedbyZhenmanZhengandChenChunsheng,pp.382398. Fujian:FujianPeoplesPress.

[FromanAllianceTempletoa
LocalCulturalSymbol:TheLocalPoliticalMeaningofTianHouCultinHongKongsNew
Territories]. In[TheDevelopmentandChangesofMazuCult].Editors:
MeirongLin,XunZhang,andXianghuiCai,pp.7994. Taiwan:TaiwanAssociationforReligious
Studies.

[TheSocialOrganizationandLifeofFisherfolksinSaiKung]. In
[HistoryandFolkloreinSaiKung],pp.131148. HongKong:SaiKungDistrictBoard.

2002 Ritual,Context,andIdentity:TheLingmuRitualoftheLiangshanYiPeopleinSichuan.In
EthnographyinChinaToday:ACriticalAssessmentofMethodsandResults.EditedbyDanielL.
Overmyer. 157169. Taiwan:YuanLiouPublishingCo.,Ltd.

[TheConstructionofLocalIdentity:TheCultural
InterpretationofTianHouCultinHongKong](Reprinted). In[A
CarnivalofGods:StudiesofReligionsinHongKong],ed.byQingshenChen. 222235. Hong
Kong:OxfordUniversityPress(China)Ltd.

[OurHistoryHongKongHistory](Reprinted). Coauthors:
SiuwooCheungandChicheungChoi. SouthChinaResearchResourceStationNewsletter,28:
914.

2001 [Introduction:OurHistoryHongKongHistory].Coauthors:
SiuwooCheungandChicheungChoi. In[HongKongHistory,Culture,
andSociety](VolumeI),ed.byTiksangLiu,SiuwooCheung,andChicheungChoi. 112. Hong
Kong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

[TraditionalSocialLife].Coauthor:ChicheungChoi. In
[HongKongHistory,Culture,andSociety],ed.byTiksangLiu,SiuwooCheung,andChicheung
Choi. 7799(VolumeI);169179(VolumeII). HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,Hong
KongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,2001.

[TaiOFieldStudy].Coauthor:SiuwooCheung. In[Hong
KongHistory,Culture,andSociety](VolumeIII),ed.byTiksangLiu,SiuwooCheung,and
ChicheungChoi. 220. HongKong:SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityof
ScienceandTechnology,2001.

2000 [SpeechGivenattheGraduationCeremonyoftheHong
KongHistory,Culture,andSocietyCertificateCourse]. SouthChinaResearchResourceStation
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 Newsletter,20:34.

[MyViewsontheTeachingofHongKongHistory]. SouthChina
ResearchResourceStationNewsletter,18:89.

1999 [OrganizationoftheWeak:AFluid
CommunityinHongKongsNewTerritories].In
[CenterandPeripheryinChina:ViewsfromAnthropologicalFieldwork],ed.byMichioSuenari.
5782.Tokyo:InstitutefortheStudyofLanguagesandCulturesofAsiaandAfrica,TokyoUniversity
ofForeignStudies.

[TheConstructionofLocalIdentity:TheCultural
InterpretationofTianHouCultinHongKong],[DaoismandPopular
Religion],ChitimLaied.,118134. HongKong:XuefengWenhuaShiye.

1998 ReferenceCommunity:AnthropologicalExperiencesofResearch,Teaching,andFriendshipin
TaiO,HongKong(coauthor:SiuwooCheung). InOntheSouthChinaTrack:Perspectiveson
AnthropologicalResearchandTeaching.SidneyCheunged.,pp.225244. HongKongInstituteof
AsiaPacificStudies,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

1995 [TheConstructionofaNewTemple:AShamansInitiation
andtheDevoteesParticipation].In[ProceedingsofConferenceon
TemplesandPopularCulture],CenterforChineseStudies,ed,pp.691706. Taiwan:Councilfor
CulturalPlanningandDevelopmentoftheExecutiveYuen.

Translations
2015 (aChinesetranslationofNicholasTappsarticle,Some
ReflectionsonFieldworkandRiskinChina),JournalofHistoryandAnthropology,13(2):165183.

2008 (aChinesetranslationofMichaelHerzfeldsTheAbsent
Presence:DiscoursesofCryptoColonialism,SouthAtlanticQuarterly.2002;101:899926),Journalof
HistoryandAnthropology,6(1&2):219243.

2004 (aChinesetranslationofEvelynS.Rawskischapter,
AHistoriansApproachtoChineseDeathRitual,inDeathRitualinLateImperialandModernChina,
eds.,JamesL.WatsonandEvelynS.Rawski,Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1988),Journalof
HistoryandAnthropology,2(1):135150.

1996 (Places,Museums,andSquares:MakingNationalSpace
inChina),aChinesetranslationofRubieS.Watsonspresentationgivenatthe2ndWorkshopin
SocialEconomicHistoryandCulturalAnthropology,OccasionalPaper(oftheworkshop),No.2,
DivisionofHumanities,theHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

BookReview
2008 ForGods,GhostsandAncestors:TheChineseTraditionofPaperOfferings.ByJanetLeeScott,Asian
AnthropologyVol.7,pp.147151.

Exhibitions
2015 ExhibitiononIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHongKong:PokfulamsFireDragon,Courtyard,2/F,
ChiaWeiWooAcademicConcourse,HKUST,November.

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2014 ExhibitiononIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHongKong:PokfulamsFireDragon,Courtyard,2/F,
ChiaWeiWooAcademicConcourse,HKUST,FallSemester.

2010 ExhibitiononDiscoveringHongKongsCulturalTraditions,HongKongInternationalAirport,
FebruarytoDecember2010. JointlyorganizedbytheHongKongMuseumofHistoryandSouth
ChinaResearchCenter,TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

CelebratingTraditionalFestivals:AnExhibitionofIntangibleCulturalHeritageinHongKong,
HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,February4March31,2010. Jointlyorganized
bytheUniversityLibraryandSouthChinaResearchCenter(TheHongKongUniversityofScience
andTechnology)andtheHongKongMuseumofHistory.

2009 ExhibitiononTraditionalFestivalsandHongKongSociety,HongKongMuseumofHistory,July
toOctober2009. JointlyorganizedbyHongKongMuseumofHistoryandSouthChinaResearch
Center(TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology).

2008 ExhibitiononTraditionalFestivalsandtheHongKongCommunity,Beijing,August925and
September716,2008. JointlyorganizedbyHongKongMuseumofHistoryandSouthChina
ResearchCenter(TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology).

VideoDocumentaries
2013 HangHousHakkaUnicornDance,SaiKung,HongKong(adocumentaryfortheinscriptionof
theChineseNationalListofIntangibleCulturalHeritage),producedbySouthChinaResearch
CenterandPublishingTechnologyCenter(TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology),7
minutes.

2011 RepresentativeBearerofTaiHangFireDragon(adocumentaryforthenominationofbearerofTai
HangfiredragondancetoberepresentativebearerofNationalIntangibleCulturalHeritage),
producedbyLeisureandCulturalServicesDepartment(HongKongSARGovernment),SouthChina
ResearchCenterandPublishingTechnologyCenter(TheHongKongUniversityofScienceand
Technology),5minutes.

2009 DragonBoatWaterParadeinTaiO(adocumentaryfortheinscriptionoftheChineseNationalList
ofIntangibleCulturalHeritage),producedbyLeisureandCulturalServicesDepartment(Hong
KongSARGovernment),SouthChinaResearchCenterandPublishingTechnologyCenter(The
HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology),10minutes.

FireDragonDanceinTaiHang(adocumentaryfortheinscriptionoftheChineseNationalListof
IntangibleCulturalHeritage),producedbyLeisureandCulturalServicesDepartment(HongKong
SARGovernment),SouthChinaResearchCenterandPublishingTechnologyCenter(TheHong
KongUniversityofScienceandTechnology),10minutes.

2002 AJiaotoTametheDragon.(45minutes)(beingpreparedforpublication)

1997 1994JiaoFestivalinHaTsuen,HongKongsNewTerritories.(4hours)(beingpreparedfor
publication)

1995 Choigu:AWomanShamaninthePearlRiverDeltaofSouthChina.(30minutes)(beingprepared
forpublication)

1984 SacredParade:TheDragonboatFestivalCelebrationoftheFishermeninTaiO,HongKong.(120
minutes)(beingpreparedforpublication)

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CommunityProjects
1999 [Culture,Society,andEcologicalConservation:
APlanningProposalforPromotingTourisminTaiO]. Coauthors:YiuKaiPangandSiuwoo
Cheung. HongKong,SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversityofScienceand
Technology.

FieldResearch
CurrentResearch
PopularreligioninHongKongandSouthChina
FishingcommunitiesalongthemouthofthePearlRiver
Shamanicactivities
HongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage
Catching,trading,andconsumptionofseafoodinHongKong
Lobsterfishingandlocalcommunity,Maine,USA
199091
Ph.D.researchintheDeepBayareaHongKongsNewTerritories.Dissertationtitle:Becoming
Marginal:AFluidCommunityandShamanisminthePearlRiverDeltaofSouthChina.
1988(Summer)
Apreliminaryethnographicstudyofanoystercultivatingcommunity,LauFauShan,inHong
KongsNewTerritories.
1985(Winter)and1986(Summer)
FieldresearchinYaominorityinLiannanYaoMinorityAutonomousCounty,GuangdongProvince,
PeoplesRepublicofChina.Researchtopic:TheEconomicStructureoftheYaoMinorityAreain
MainlandChina.
1985
AstudyofthematerialcultureofthevillagesinHongKong.
1983(Summer)
Ageneralsurveyofthedailylifeinthe1940sinvillagesinnorthernHongKongregion.
198285(SummerandWinter)
UndergraduatethesisresearchinTaiO,HongKongsNewTerritories.

ResearchGrantsandCommissionedProjects
20092018 TheHistoricalAnthropologyofChineseSociety,UGCAreaofExcellentProject(PI).

20152016 IntangibleCulturalHeritageItemFishermenLamentsConservationProject (fundedbythe
LordWilsonHeritageTrust)(PI)

20142015 TaiOTraditionalDragonBoatParadeandHeritageEducationProgram20142015(fundedby
theHongKongJockeyClubCharitiesTrust)(PI)

20142015 StudyofHongKongTemples(FundedbytheChineseTempleCommittee)(PI)

20132015 SewerageandFloodProtectionDrainageServices18412014andBeyond(bookproject)
(DrainageServicesDepartment)

2011 ProvisionofServiceforNominationofRepresentativeBearerofNationalIntangibleCultural
Heritage(fundedbyHKSARLeisureandCulturalServicesDeptartment)(PI)

20102014 ProvisionofServicesforTerritorywideSurveyoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHong
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 Kong(Group2SurveyAreaA),fundedbyHKSARLeisureandCulturalServices
Department(PI)

20092014 ProvisionofServicesforTerritorywideSurveyoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHong
Kong(SurveyAreaB),fundedbyHKSARLeisureandCulturalServicesDepartment(PI).

20092014 StudyonRestorationofDisusedSaltPansinTaiOSpecialistServices,fundedbyHKSAR
CivilEngineeringandDevelopmentDepartment(PI).

20092010 ProvisionofServicesforInscriptionoftheDragonBoatWaterParadeinTaiOandFire
DragonDanceinTaiHang,fundedbyHKSARLeisureandCulturalServicesDepartment
(PI).

2009 ExplorationofTaiPoNaturalSceneryandCulturalHeritageDocentTours,fundedbyTai
PoDistrictCouncil(PI)

20082009 HeritageStudies:HongKonganditsNeighbouringAreasintheZhujiangDeltaRegion,
fundedbyHKSAREducationBureau(PI).

2008 TraditionalFestivalsandHongKongCommunity,fundedbyHKSARLeisureandCultural
ServicesDepartment(PI).

20072011 HongKongsSeafoodSysteminaRegionalandGlobalContext,CompetitiveEarmarked
ResearchGrant(PI).

20072010 RedefiningtheWestRiver:MingandQingStateBuildingandtheTransformationofNative
Society,RGCCentralAllocationGrants(CoPI).

20062009 StudyoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHongKong:withreferencetolisteditemsof
Guangdong,fundedbyHKSARLeisureandCulturalServicesDepartment(PI).

20062009 HeritageEducationinTaiO,LantauIsland,fundedbytheLordWilsonHeritageTrust(PI).

20052014 TheGlobalizationofSeafoodConsumptioninHongKong,fundedbytheDirectAllocation
Grant,HKUST(PI).

20032014 AStudyoftheProfessionalDaoistTraditionsinHongKong,thePearlRiverDeltaarea,and
SouthVietnam,fundedbytheDirectAllocationGrant,HKUST(PI).

20002002 HongKongMaterialCultureDatabaseStudyOfMuseumCollections,fundedbytheHong
KongHeritageMuseum,LeisureAndCulturalServicesDepartment(PI).

20002002 FrontierCommunitiesMaritimeNetworkinSouthChina,fundedbytheDirectAllocation
Grant,HKUST(PI).

20002001 StudyofSaiKungHistoryandSociety,fundedbytheSaiKungDistrictCouncil(PI).

19982000 TeachingHongKongHistory,Culture,andSociety(InterfacebetweenTertiaryandSchool
SectorsProject),fundedbytheUniversityGrantCouncil(PI).

199899 ResearchandPublicationonTaiOsFishery,Agriculture,andSaltmakingthroughStudyof
itsHistoricalArtifacts,fundedbytheLordWilsonHeritageTrust(PI).

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199899 CreationandRevitalization:PopularReligioninthePearlRiverDeltainSouthChina,
fundedbytheDirectAllocationGrant,HKUST(PI).

199698 SurveyofHistoricalBuildings:EastKowloonandSaiKungDistricts,fundedbythe
AntiquitiesandMonumentsOffice,HongKongGovernment(CoPI).

199698 VideoProductionProjectofHongKongsFolkCulture,fundedbytheUrbanCouncilof
HongKong(PI).

199697 TeachingDevelopmentProgramfortheStudyofLocalHistory,Culture,andSocietiesin
SouthChina,fundedbytheTeachingDevelopmentGrant,UniversityGrantCouncil(PI).

199497 MerchantsintheVillage:AComparativeStudyofLocalCulturesinSoutheastChina,
fundedbytheResearchGrantCouncil/UniversityGrantCouncil(CoPI).

199394 TheMigrantOysterCultivators:AFluidCommunityinaLineageDominatedAreainthe
PearlRiverDelta,fundedbyRGCDirectAllocationGrant,HKUST(PI).

199091 FellowshipforPh.D.DissertationResearchAbroadinChineseStudies,TheJointCommittee
onChineseStudiesoftheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocietiesandtheSocialScience
ResearchCouncil,USA.

ConferencePapersandPresentations
2015 HongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage.PaperpresentedinthePostgraduateForumonCanal
Research,September2426,2015. OrganizedbyCanalResearchInstitute,LiaochengUniversity.

ConformityandConflict:TheSocialMeaningoftheConservationofIntangibleCulturalHeritagein
HongKong.Paperpresentedinthe2015InternationalForumonIntangibleCulturalHeritage,
October78,2015. OrganizedbyGraduateInstituteofArchitectureandCulturalHeritage,Taipei
NationalUniversityoftheArtsandBureauofCulturalHeritage,MinistryofCulture.

TheConservationofIntangibleCulturalHeritageinHongKong.PaperpresentedintheAnnual
MeetingoftheStudyofHistoryandCultureinSouthChina,November21,2015.Organizedby
SouthChinaResearchInstitute,SunYetsenUniversity.

TheMakingofaNationalIntangibleCulturalHeritageIteminHongKong:TaiODragonBoat
WaterParade.PaperpresentedintheInternationalSymposiumonIntangibleCulturalHeritage:
InnovativePractices,SustainableStrategies,andLessonsLearnt,November30December2,2015.
OrganizedbyGeorgeTownWorldHeritageInc.,GeorgeTown,Penang,Malaysia,

LabelandSymbol:TheMeaningsoftheDragonBoatLabelinHongKongsTaiOandYunnans
Dali,APreliminaryStudy.PaperpresentedinHistoricalAnthropologyofChineseSociety
Conference,2015:RitualMarkersasSeeninFieldandDocumentaryResearch,1819December,
2015. OrganizedbyCUHKSYSUCentreforHistoricalAnthropology,SouthChinaResearch
Center,TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnologyandCentreforHistorical
Anthropology,SunYetsenUniversity.

TaiODragonBoatWaterParade,atalkgivenattheHongKongPolytechnicUniversity,May30,
2015. OrganizedbyTheConservancyAssociationCentreforHeritage.

TaiODragonBoatParadeandIntangibleCulturalHeritage,atalkgivenattheTaiOPrimary
School,June15,2015.

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 TaiODragonBoatParadeandIntangibleCulturalHeritage,atalkgivenattheBuddhistFatHo
MemorialCollege,June26,2015.

2014 TheConservationofHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage:DifficultiesandOpportunities,a
talkgivenattheHongKongTaiwanIntangibleCulturalHeritageForum,Taipei,Taiwan,October
25,2014. OrganizedbytheHongKongTaiwanCulturalCooperationCommittee.

Artifacts,ArchaeologyandConservation,atalkgivenattheShengshenConservationForum,
PolytechnicUniversity,September6,2014. OrganizedbyTheProfessionalCommonsandCentre
forSocialPolicyStudies,PolytechnicUniversity.

HongKongsPopularReligion,atalkgivenatHongKongMuseumofHistory,April26,2014.

TheCreationoftheInventoryListofHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage:Processand
Meaning,atalkgivenattheCityGallery,Central,April12,2014.OrganizedbyTheConservancy
AssociationCenterforHeritage.

TheMakingofHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage,atalkgivenattheCommunityCollege
ofCityUniversity,March28,2014.

2013 Heritage,CulturalTourismandNewTraditions:CasesinHongKongsNewTerritories.Paper
presentedintheHongKongMuseumsandCultureForum. OrganizedbytheSchoolofCultural
Resources,TaipeiNationalUniversityoftheArts. NationalTaiwanScienceEducationCenter,
November78,2013.

2012 FromFishCatchingtoFishFarming:SeafoodConsumptionandtheTransformationofFishermens
Livelihood,paperpresentedintheConferenceonFromFloatingtoSedentary:TheComparative
HistoryoftheFloatingPopulationsSettlingProcesses. ChineseUniversityofHongKong,
October1314.

ConservingOrdinaryPeoplesLivelihood,paperpresentedintheConferenceonLocalCulture:
StockTakingandProjection.HuluCulture,September29.

HongKongsTraditionalFestivalsandSociety,atalkgivenattheHongKongUniversityof
ScienceandTechnology,September25.OrganizedbytheGlobalStudentsOffice,HongKong
UniversityofScienceandTechnology.

SeminarandDemonstration:TaiHangFireDragonDance,atalkgiventheHongKongHeritage
Museum,September21. OrganizedbytheHongKongHeritageMuseumandEducationBureau.

HongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage,atalkgivenatHongKongMuseumofHistory,
September22.OrganizedbytheHongKongMuseumofHistoryandtheDivisionofHumanities,
HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

SeminaronTaiHangFireDragonDance,atalkgivenattheConservancyAssociationCentrefor
Heritage,September15. OrganizedbytheConservancyAssociationCentreforHeritage.

TheTransformationofLivelihoodinWeikuo,paperpresentedintheWorkshoponLocal
HistoryandCultureinDongchong. FokYingTungGraduateSchool,HongKongUniversityof
ScienceandTechnology,August24.

FishingCommunitiesinErhaiLake,Dali,Yunnan,paperpresentedintheConferenceonBazi
Society:LocalSocietyandCultureinYunguiHighland.DaliUniversity,Yunnan,August1018.
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HeritageEducationinHongKong:VisionandReality,atalkgivenattheChineseUniversityof
HongKong,July26. OrganizedbytheChungChiCollege,CUHKandLanzhouUniversityStudent
VisitorProgramme.

TaiOsIntangibleCulturalHeritage:DuanwuDragonBoatParade,atalkgivenattheHongKong
HeritageMuseum,June8. OrganizedbyHongKongHeritageMuseum.

EatingHabitandSocialStatus:TheLiveSeafoodConsumptioninHongKong,paperpresentedin
theInternationalConferenceofTheHistoryofEverydayLifeinLateImperialandModernChina.
UniversityofQueensland,May2427.

TheMakingofHongKongsIntangibleCulturalHeritage,atalkgivenattheHongKong
UniversityofScienceandTechnology,May12.OrganizedbytheChineseYMCAofHongKong.

TheSocialandCulturalContextofIntangibleCulturalHeritage:AHongKongExample,TinHau
Cult,atalkgivenattheHongKongInstituteofEducation,April14. OrganizedbytheUNESCO
ObservatoryforResearchinLocalCulturesandCreativityinEducation.

TheCultofTinHauinHongKong(EmpressofHeaven),paperpresentedintheConferenceon
HongKongFolklore. HongKongPolytechnicUniversity,March31.Organizedbythe
ConservancyAssociationCentreforHeritage.

HistoryinFieldwork,paperpresentedintheEastAsianAnthropologyConference. Sun
YatsenUniversity,March2930.

Choigu,AWomanShaman,paperpresentedinForbiddenNoMore:TheNewChinain
EthnographicFilmConference,HaverfordCollege,February2425.

2011 Tradition,IdentityandCommunity:PatternsofPeriodicItemsofIntangibleCulturalHeritagein
HongKong(),paperpresentedinthe
SeminaronGenesisandSpirit:IntangibleCulturalHeritageofChina(
),HongKongCentralLibrary.October9,2011.OrganizedbytheMinistryofCulture,Peoples
RepublicofChinaandtheHomeAffairsBureau,GovernmentoftheHongKongSpecial
AdministrativeRegion.

TheExplorationofIntangibleCulturalHeritage:TaiHangFireDragonDance,atalkgivenatthe
TaiHangResidentsWelfareAssociation,September3,2011.OrganizedbytheHongKongHeritage
Museum.

FestivalsandLocalSocietiesinHongKong,atalkgivenattheHongKongMuseumofHistory,
August13,2011.

Tradition,IdentityandResources:ResearchExperienceinHongKongsIntangibleCultural
Heritage(:),paperpresentedintheFirstForumon
CulturalHeritageinMacao,MacaoPolytechnicInstitute,July15,2011. OrganizedbytheMacao
PolytechnicInstitute.

StudyTouronIntangibleCulturalHeritage:TaiOTraditionalDragonBoatWaterParade,a
fieldtripforsecondaryschoolteachers,June6,2011. OrganizedbytheEducationBureauandthe
HongKongHeritageMuseum.

ConstructingEthnicBoundarywithSeawater:CommunitiesalongtheMouthofthePearlRiver
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 (),paperpresentedintheConferenceonSouth
ChinasLandFrontier:LocalSocietiesandCultures,HongKongUniversityofScienceand
Technology,May14,2011.

TheContextofCulturalHeritage:TaiOsIntangibleCulturalHeritageintheHistorical,Socialand
CulturalPerspectives,atalkgivenattheWorkshoponIntangibleCulturalHeritage,HongKong
HeritageMuseum,May12,2011. OrganizedbytheEducationBureauandtheHongKongHeritage
Museum.

RoundtableDiscussantinSocialInequalityinChineseSocieties:RoundtableinHonorofRubieS.
Watson,JointConferenceoftheAssociationforAsianStudiesandInternationalConventionofAsia
Scholars,Honolulu,Hawaii,March31April3,2011.

DaliBazisErhaiFishermen(),paperpresentedintheConferenceonBazi
Society:LocalSocietyandCultureinYunGuiHighland,SouthChinaResearchCenter,Divisionof
Humanities,theHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,January1617,2011.

2010 FloatingIdentity:PopularReligionandtheContinuationofFishermenIdentityinTaiO,apaper
presentedintheInternationalConferenceonMingandQingStateBuildingandtheTransformation
ofNativeSocietyinChinasSouthwest,SunYetsenUniversity,June1920,2010.Organizedbythe
DeparmentofHistory,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong,SouthChinaResearchCenter,The
HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnologyandDeparmentofHistory,SunYetsenUniversity.

EthnographicFieldMethods,atalkgivenattheFacultyResearchStudentSeminars,Facultyof
HumanitiesandSocialSciences,CityUniversityofHongKong,April16,2010.

2009 TraditionversusPropertyInherited:AStudyofCasesofHongKongsIntangibleCultural
Heritage,apaperpresentedattheInternationalConferenceonIntangibleCulturalHeritageand
LocalCommunitiesinEastAsia,organizedbySouthChinaResearchCenter,theHongKong
UniversityofScienceandTechnologyandHongKongHeritageMuseum,LeisureandCultural
ServicesDepartment,December46,2009.HongKongHeritageMuseum.

MaintainingtheFishermenIdentity:ACaseofFishermensReligiousActivities,apaper
presentedintheConferenceonTheBoatPeopleAroundBeibuwan:Ethnicity,History,andSociety,
organizedbyDepartmentofHistoryandCentreforChineseArchaeologyandArt,theChinese
UniversityofHongKong,SouthChinaResearchCenter,theHongKongUniversityofScienceand
Technology,CentreforHistoricalAnthropology,SunYetsenUniversity,October2021,2009.

TamingtheDragon(anethnographicdocumentary),The16thWorldCongress,TheInternational
UnionofAnthropologicalandEthnologicalSciences,Kunming,China,July2731,2009.

HappyBirthdayMazu:TopicsandIssuesforHongKongScholarsandStudents,apaperpresented
attheAnnualMeetingofAssociationforAsianStudies,Chicago,March2629,2009.

LocalCultureandChickenConsumptioninHongKong,apaperpresentedattheInternational
ConferenceonAvianFlu:SocialandAnthropologicalPerspectives,organizedbytheFrenchCentre
forResearchonContemporaryChina,HongKongUniversityPasteurResearchCentre,andUGC
AreaofExcellenceforInfluenza,February23242009.

2008 IntangibleCulturalHeritageinHongKong,atalkgivenattheMFBMChanLuiChungTak
MemorialCollege,December17,2008.

TraditionalLineageOrganizationinSouthChina,atalkgivenattheFokYingTungGraduate

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 School,theHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.November20,2008.

EthnographicFieldMethods,atalkgivenattheFacultyResearchStudentSeminars,Facultyof
HumanitiesandSocialSciences,CityUniversityofHongKong,25April2008.

CultofTinHouatalkoftheSpecialtalkSeriesonHongKongsFolkloregivenatThe
ConservancyAssociationCentreforHeritage,March29,2008.

DefiningHeritageinTeachingandLearning:CasesinHongKong,apaperpresentedatthe
InternationalConferenceonHeritageandEducation,organizedbytheSouthChinaResearch
Center,theHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,February2326,2008.

2007 ExhibitofFolkPractices:ContemporaryMeaningofHongKongsPopularReligion,apaper
presentedintheSouthChinaStudiesAnnualMeeting,SunYatsenUniversity,organizedbythe
SouthChinaResearchCenterandtheCentreforHistoricalAnthropology,SunYatsenuniversity,
December.15,2007.

DisplayingTraditions:ContemporaryMeaningofTianhouCultinHongKong,apaperpresented
intheInternationalconferenceonMatsuCultandMatsu.MatsuFolkloreMuseum,organizedby
theInstituteofEthnology,AcademicSinica,October1718,2007.

MarginofHellintheHumanWorld:CaseStudyofHongKongsYulanFestivalapaperpresented
intheInternationalConferenceonKeelungZhongyuanandChineseSocialPractices.KeelungCity
CulturalAffairsBureau,organizedbytheKeelungCityCulturalTrustandtheKeelungSocietyof
CultureandHistory.,August2526,2007.

2006 FamilyFarms:RaisingChickensinthePearlRiverDeltaRegion,SouthChina,apaperpresentedin
theAsianFlusandAvianInfluenzaWorkshop,organizedby theHarvardUniversityDepartment
ofAnthropology,HarvardSchoolofPublicHealth,andHarvardAsiaCenter. December89,2006.
NortonsWoodsConferenceCenteroftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesinCambridge,
Massachusetts,USA.

MovingbetweenLandandWater:OysterCultivatorsinSouthChinasPearlRiverDelta,apaper
presentedinAsiawithoutBorderAConferenceonHistoryandAnthropology,organizedbythe
CentreforHistoricalAnthropology,SunYatsenUniversityandHarvardYenchingInstitute,
HarvardUniversity. November1214,2006. SunYatsenUniversity,Guangzhou.

TinHou:GuardingtheState,ProtectingthePeople,AtalkgivenattheChristianStudyCentreon
ChineseReligionandCulture.October23,2006. ChristianStudyCentreonChineseReligionand
Culture,HongKong.

IntroductiontoAnthropologicalResearchMethod,organizedbytheCentralandWesternDistrict
Council.September16,2006.HongKongFringeClub.

TempleFestivalandRegionalNetworkinHongKongsNewTerritories,apaperpresentedinthe
ConferenceoftheSocietyforEastAsianAnthropologyoftheAmericanAnthropological
Association:EastAsianAnthropology/AnthropologyinEastAsia,July1316,2006.NewAsia
College,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

HeritageandTraditionalSocietyintheNewTerritories,HongKong,organizedbytheAntiquities
andMonumentsOffice.July15,2006.HongKongHeritageDiscoveryCentre.

CreatingaUniverse:TheStructureofaCosmicRenewalRitualSiteinHongKongsNew

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 Territories.ApaperpresentedintheConferenceonNewElementsinOldTraditions:Creativities
inPopularReligiousPracticesinChineseSocieties.SouthChinaResearchCenter,TheHongKong
UniversityofScienceandTechnology,May2627.

HeritageandLocalCultureinHongKong,organizedbytheEducationandManpowerBureau,
April29,2006.HongKongHeritageDiscoveryCentre.

RitualsinaJiaoFestival.ApaperpresentedintheConferenceonBeliefandChineseSociety.
ChineseCivilisationCentre,CityUniversityofHongKong,March10.

ChangesoftheCelebrationoftheLunarNewYearinHongKong.AtalkgivenattheJoint
PublishingCompany,February18.

2005 AssociatingLocalTraditionswiththeStateApparatus:AWayofRevitalizingPopularReligionin
SouthChina.PaperpresentedattheconferenceonReligioninChina:RethinkingIndigenousand
ImportedCategoriesofThought.OrganizedbytheJohnKingFairbankCenterforEastAsian
Research,HarvardUniversity,May2122.

PopularReligioninSouthChina.AtalkgivenattheBridgewaterStateCollege,Massachusetts,
April14.

Choigu:AWomanShamaninthePearlRiverDeltaofSouthChina. AtalkgivenattheJohn
KingFairbankCenterforEastAsianResearch,HarvardUniversity,April8.

ConfiningRitualPerformances:TheStructureofaCosmicRenewalRitualSiteinHongKongsNew
Territories.AtalkgivenattheJohnKingFairbankCenterforEastAsianResearch,Harvard
University,March10.

2004 HongKongsPopularReligioninAction.AtalkgivenattheHongKongMuseumofHistory,
jointlyorganizedbytheRoyalAsiaticSociety(HongKongBranch)andtheHongKong
AnthropologicalSociety,May21.

AJiao(CosmicRenewalRite)toTametheDragon.AvideodocumentarypresentedattheThird
InternationalConferenceonVisualAnthropology,YunnanUniversity,Kunming,China,March914.

2003 TheStudyofTinHau.Apresentationinthefieldworkshop,December13. Organizedbythe
AntiquitiesandMonumentsOffice.

ResearchMethodofVisualAnthropologyinStudyingPopularReligion.AtalkgivenattheTalk
SeriesonVisualExpression:2003attheSunYatSenUniversity(ZhuhaiCampus),November10.

ResearchandTeachingofVisualAnthropologyinHongKong. AtalkgivenattheTalkSerieson
VisualExpression:2003attheSunYatSenUniversity(GuangzhouCampus),November9.

FromLocalReligiontoFolkTradition:TheChangesofActivitiesofTianHouCultinHongKong.
ApaperpresentedattheInternationalConferenceonMazuCultureandthe21stCentury
CivilizationinEastAsia,October19. OrganizedbytheMazuCultureStudyCenter,Kuala
Lumpur,Malaysia.

PopularReligioninHongKong. ApaperpresentedattheConferenceonAnthropologyandthe
ChineseExperiences,October89. CentralUniversityofNationalities.

TheExpressionofLocalSocietyandStateinPopularReligion.AtalkgivenattheHanshanNormal

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 University,August29.

MovingbetweenLandandWater:OysterCultivatorsinSouthChinasPearlRiverDelta. Apaper
presentedatthe2K3IUAESCongress,July512. Florence,Itlay.

OneVillage,OneTradition. AtalkgivenattheHongKongCentralLibrary,May31.

TinHauFestival. AtalkgivenattheHongKongHeritageMuseum,April30.

OralHistoryStudyofHongKongsPopularReligion. ApaperpresentedattheConferenceon
OralHistoryStudiesofReligionsinHongKong,February22. DepartmentofReligion,Chinese
UniversityofHongKong.

2002 UnderstandingCommunityinContext. Atalkandafieldworkshop(inTaiO)weregivenatthe
InterfaceprojectonTeachingCriticallyandCreatively:AProposalonHongKongCommunity
Studies,June29. TheHongKongCultureandSocietyProgram,CenterofAsianStuidies,Hong
KongUniversity.

ExaminingHongKongPopularReligionThroughtheStudyofTianHouCult. Atalkgivenatthe
HaideGongyuanTalkSeries,June23. CityHall.

EthnicityandEthnicMinoritiesinChina. AtalkgivenattheStudentAffairsOffice,March13.
HongKongInstituteofEducation.

TianHouCultinHongKong. AtalkgivenattheReligionandPhilosophySociety,March12.
HongKongBaptistUniversity.

2001 FolkCultureinHongKong:Exhibition,Discourse,andInterpretation. Atalkgivenatthe
DocentsTrainingProgram,July13. HongKongMuseumofHistory.

FromAllianceTempletoLocalSymbol:TheImplicationofTianHouCultinHongKongsNew
Territories.ApapergivenattheInternationalConferenceonMazuCultandModernSociety,May
2628. BeigangMazuTemple,TaiwanReligionAssociation,andInstituteofEthnology,Academia
Sinica.

CelebrationsforDeitiesandCommunities:TianHouCultinHongKong. Atalkgivenatthe
DepartmentofAnthropology,May23. ZhongshanUniversity.

TianHouCultinHongKong. AtalkgivenattheHongKongInstituteforPromotionofChinese
Culture,May5.

SacredandProfanePower:ACaseStudyoftheGuangdongAssociationandTianHouTemplein
VietnamsHoChiMinhCity. ApaperpresentedattheInternationalWorkshoponArchives,Folk
Documents,andInscriptions:TheStudyoftheChinese(Hoa)CommunityinHoChiMinhCity,
March2930. SouthChinaResearchCenter,theHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,
HongKong.

TianHouCult:PopularReligionandLocalSocieties. AtalkgivenattheMacauUniversity,
March28.

ANewTempleonanOldSite:ACaseofReligionRevitalizationinSouthChina. Apaper
presentedattheAssociationforAsianStudiesAnnualMeeting,March2225. Chicago.

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2000 CultureandSociety. AtalkgivenattheCulturalSynergyTrainingWorkshop,March26. City
UniversityofHongKong.

HongKongNewTerritoriesSocietyandHistory. AtalkgivenattheEducationandCareers
Expo,February27. HongKongConventionandExhibitionCenter.

1999 ChinesePopularReligion. AtalkgivenattheOpenDaySeminarSeries. October3. Hong
KongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

HolidayEatingandtheMaintenanceofKinshipNetworksinHongKong(coauthor,Maris
Gillette). ApaperpresentedattheResearchWorkshoponCommensalityandtheFamilyMealin
China:UnitedWeEatTogether?June2830. TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

TraditionalSocialLife(coauthor:ChicheungChoi). AtalkgivenattheHongKongHistory,
Culture,andSocietyTalkSeries,March27. SouthChinaResearchCenter,HongKongUniversity
ofScienceandTechnology.

TheFormationofSocialandEconomicNetworksatthePearlRiverDelta:AStudyofSocialand
EconomicChangesinTaiO,HongKong(coauthor,SiuwooCheung). Apaperpresentedatthe
WorkshoponLocalGovernmentsandSocieties,March1314. SouthChinaResearchCenter,
HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

TheFormationofaSouthChinaStudiesResearchNetwork:APersonalView. Apaperpresented
attheWorkshoponResearchNetworksofAsianStudies,March89. InstituteofOriental
Culture,UniversityofTokyo,UniversityofTokyo.

FoodandSociety. AtalkgivenattheHongKongMuseumofHistory,April10.

PopularReligioninHongKong. AtalkgivenattheHongKongMuseumofHistory,February6.

1998 LocalTraditionalFestivalsandtheBirthdaysoftheDeities. AtalkgivenatTheTeachingofthe
HistoryofHongKong,September12. EducationDepartment.

LocalTraditionalSocialStructure.LocalTraditionalFestivalsandtheBirthdaysoftheDeities.
AtalkgivenatTheTeachingoftheHistoryofHongKong,September19. EducationDepartment.

ASeasonalOccupationinaMarginalEnvironment:CultivatingOystersinHongKong.Apaper
presentedattheWorkshoponFoodandEthnography,June14,1998. TheChineseUniversityof
HongKong.

TheLingmuRitualoftheLiangshanYiPeopleinSichuan:Ritual,Context,andIdentity. Apaper
presentedattheInternationalConferenceonEthnographyinChinaToday:ACriticalAssessmentof
MethodsandResults,May1316. TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

LocalConstruction:LocalOrganizationandPopularReligiousActivitiesinHongKongsNew
Territories.ApaperpresentedattheWorkshoponPopularReligioninSouthChina,March7.
HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

ImmigrantandIndigenousCommunitiesinHongKongsNewTerritories.Afieldworkshop
presentedtostudentsoftheSemesteratSea,InstituteforShipboardEducation,Universityof
Pittsburgh,April28. YuenLong,HongKong.

1997 ChinesePopularReligion.AtalkgivenattheLecturesonMethodsofFieldworkintheStudyof

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 Religion,November6. DepartmentofReligion,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

ImmigrantandIndigenousCommunitiesinHongKongsNewTerritories.Afieldworkshop
presentedtostudentsoftheSemesteratSea,InstituteforShipboardEducation,Universityof
Pittsburgh,October12. YuenLong,HongKong.

DomesticPracticesofPopularReligiousinHongKong.AtalkgivenattheYaleCUHKSummer
Workshop,August6. TheChineseUniversityofHongKong,

LocalIdentityandtheCultofTianHouinHongKong. AtalkgivenattheInstituteofOriental
Culture,July25. UniversityofTokyo.

ReferenceCommunity:AnthropologicalExperienceofResearch,Teaching,andFriendshipinTaiO,
HongKong(coauthor:SiuwooCheung). ApapergivenattheConferenceonTheFutureof
Anthropology:ReflectionsonAnthropologicalResearchandTeachinginSouthChina,June1011.
TheChineseUniversityofHongKong,

TheConstructionofLocalIdentity:TheCultofTianHouinHongKong.Apapergivenatthe
ConferenceonDaoismandChinesePopularReligion,March1. DepartmentofReligiousStudies,
theChineseUniversityofHongKong.

TinHauFestivalandtheSocialBoundary:CasesinHongKongsNewTerritories. Apapergiven
attheConferenceonTianhou/MazuTemple:Iconography,Architecture,SocialOrganization,January
34,theChineseUniversityofHongKong.

1996 VillageWithoutaLineage:AnImmigrantCommunityinHongKongsNewTerritories.Atalk
givenattheDepartmentofAnthropology,November15. TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

Cultivation,Transportation,andTrade:networkofOysterCultivatorsinSouthChinasPearlRiver
DeltaArea,19001990. ApaperpresentedattheWorkshoponChangingPatternsofRoleofAsian
BusinessNetworks,fromthe17thtothe20thCentury,November34. InstituteofOriental
Culture,UniversityofTokyo.

TheCultofTianHou(EmpressofHeaven)inHongKong.AtalkgivenattheHongKongMuseum
ofHistory,October26.

TheConstructionofMerchants:ACaseofanOysterCultivatorsLineageinSouthChinasPearl
RiverDelta. ApaperpresentedattheConferenceonMerchantsintheVillage:AComparative
StudyofLocalCulturesinSoutheastChina,July1719. TheHongKongUniversityofScienceand
Technology.

VegetarianismandSupernaturalPower:ACaseinHongKongsNewTerritories.Apaper
presentedattheConferenceonChangingDietandFoodwaysinChineseCulture,June1214.
TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

IndividualandSociety:theExperienceofAnthropologicalResearchinHongKong(coauthor:
SiuwooCheung). AtalkgivenattheInSearchofHongKongIdentityLectureSeries,March27.
CityUniversityofHongKong.

1995 ShamanisminthePearlRiverDeltaofSouthChina. AtalkgivenattheConferenceonThe
ReligiousExpressionofStateSocietyInteraction:Putian,Chaozhou,andthePearlRiverDelta,June
2226. InstituteofChineseStudies,OxfordUniversity.

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 ReligiousFestivalsandLocalSocieties.AtalkgivenattheHongKongMuseumofHistory,May13.

AShamanandherTemplesinthePearlRiverDeltaofSouthChina.AtalkgivenattheDepartment
ofAnthropology,April3,UniversityofPittsburgh.

ShamanisminSouthChinasPearlRiverDelta:WomensReligiousCultureandTempleBuilding,
19901995. AtalkgivenattheFairbankCenters AnthropologySeminar,April11,Harvard
University.

1994 BusinessCommunity:TheEstablishmentofanImmigrantCommunityinHongKongsNew
Territories.ApaperpresentedattheConferenceonMerchantsandLocalCultures,August810.
TheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.

TheConstructionofaNewTemple:AShamansInitiationandtheDevoteesParticipation. A
paperpresentedattheConferenceonTemplesandPopularCulture,March1820. Centerfor
ChineseStudies,Taiwan.

FieldResearchinHongKongsNewTerritories:ACaseinYuenLong. Apaperpresentedatthe
WorkshoponArchivesandSouthChinaStudies,March26. TheHongKongUniversityofScience
andTechnology.

LiuQuanchengTaoistDocument(coauthor:ChicheungChoi).Apaperpresentedatthe
WorkshoponArchivesandSouthChinaStudies,March26. TheHongKongUniversityofScience
andTechnology.

1993 NewTerritoriesOldandNew:Village,Market,andNewTown.AtalkgivenattheInternational
FacultyDevelopmentSeminarsonHongKongand1997:Politics,Culture,andtheEmergenceof
SouthChina,November2226. TheChineseUniversityofHongKong.

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ChineseUniversityofHongKong,DepartmentofHistory(ExternalExaminer,2011,2014)
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