Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1997

HIGHLIGHTS OF RGC-FUNDED PROJECTS D e p a r t m e nt o f A n t h r o p o l o gy t hu s organized t wo international conferences to provide a forum for academic exchange w i t h experts in the same field. The first conference was held f r om 12 th to 14 th J u ne 1996. E n t i t l ed 'International Conference on Changing Diet and Foodways i n Chinese Culture’, it was co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center of East Asian Research at Harvard University. Attendees included such well- k n o w n anthropologists as Profs. Li Y i h Yuan, James Watson, Rubi e Watson and Sidney Mintz. Prof. David Wu delivered a paper on 'Chinese Cafes i n Hong Kong', Prof. Maria Tam on 'Yum-Cha in Hong Kong' and Prof. Sidney Cheung on ‘Hakka Cuisine ： A Case Study of the Consumption of Food in Postwar Hon g Kong Society'. The second conference was held o n 21st a n d 2 2 nd N o v emb er 1997. En t i t l e d ‘Chinese Foodways in the Twenty-First Century ： Prospects of Globalization of Chinese Food an d Cuisine’, it was co- organized by the Foundation of Chinese D i e t a ry Cu l t u r e ( T a i wa n ) . Em i n e n t s c h o l a r s s p e c i a l i z i n g i n t he anthropological studies of food such as Profs. Jack Goody, Sidney Mintz and Nancy Pollock attended and shared their views on the subject. The researchers w i ll continue w i th their analysis of research findings to better u n d e r s t a nd h o w u r b a n i z a t i on a n d i ndus t r i a l d e v e l o pme n t have shaped individuals’ lifestyles and their sense of the culture they live in. They w i l l also compare Ho n g Kong w i th other societies t o b e t t e r g r a s p t h e p r o c e s s es o f indigenization and globalization through wh i ch cultural identity is created. • Prof. David Y.H. Wu (Ph.D., ANU) is a social-cultural anthropologist w i t h special interest in psychological anthropology, ethnic relations, and food and popular culture. He has published extensively on childhood socialization, national identity, and cross-national cultural influence in east Asia. Currently chairman of the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, he is directing research into the social history of local cuisines in southeast Asia and in Chinese communities in the United States. P r o f . S i um i Ma r i a Tam (Ph.D., Hawaii) is a social-cultura l anthropologist with special interest in Chinese and Hong Kong culture, gender relations, ethnicity, and social and cultural change. She is currently conducting research on the Hong Kong diaspora and gender in professions. Prof. Sidney C.H. Cheung (Ph.D., Osaka), assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, is a social-cultural anthropologist with special interest in visual anthropology, film studies, anthropology of tourism, Hong Kong and Japanese culture. He is currently conducting research related to changing lifestyles in Hong Kong, domestic tourism in Hong Kong and Japan, and antiquarianism in southeast Asia. From left: Prof. David Y.H. Wu and Prof. Sidney C.H. Cheung Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 1997 26