Urban China Research Network Conference
International Conference on Contemporary Urban China Research
January 4-6, 2013
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
AGENDA
Thursday, Jan 3rd, 2013
09:00 a.m. --- 20:00 p.m Registration
Gold Coast Marina Club
Friday, January 4, 2013
8:30-9:00 am Registration, Library in Sun Yat-sen University, Room 5F, Ju Xian Hall
9:00-9:30 am Opening ceremony
Chair: ZHOU Daming (周大鸣), Associate Dean, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University.
Speakers:
Chen Chunsheng (陈春声), Vice President, Sun Yat-sen University
Cai He (蔡禾), Dean of School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University
Wang Ning (王宁), Chair of Department of Sociology, Sun Yat-sen University
Zai Liang (梁在), Co-Director of Urban China Research Network, SUNY Albany9:30-9:45 am Group picture, Juxian Hall in library, Sun Yat-sen University
10:00-11:20 am: Plenary Session: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Urban Research
Chair: Youqin Huang, Department of Geography and Planning, SUNY AlbanySteven F. Messner, Department of Sociology, SUNY Albany. Western Theories and Criminal Victimization in Urban China.
ZHOU Daming (周大鸣), Sun Yat-sen University. Rural Urbanization: the Experience of Pearl River Delta in China (当代中国的乡村都市化：发展及其问题—— 以珠江三角洲为例) .
Siming Li, Hong Kong Baptist University. Housing Inequality in Urban China in the Early 21st Century: a Study of Guangzhou Survey Data.
John R. Logan, Department of Sociology, Brown University. Chinese Cities: The Difficult Road from Socialism。
11:20-11:30 am Coffee/tea
11:30 am – 12:50 pm Session 1 Social Capital, Culture, and Participation
Chair: WANG Ning (School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University)
Discussant: Eric Fong (Department of Sociology, University of Toronto)NIE Wanli (聂万厉), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Expanding Communities: Development and Changes of Community Cultural Psychology in the Process of Urbanization (扩展中的社区：城市化进程中社区文化心理的发展与变迁)SUN Ping (孙平), Guangdong Open University
Participatory Development: The Starting Point of Community Education (参与式发展：社区教育建构的起点)LI Xiangyi, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University
Across the Border: The Study on Transnational Political Practice of Fuzhou immigrants
(跨越彼岸：美国纽约福州移民的跨国政治实践研究)HE Zhengxu (贺霞旭), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Spatial Heterogeneity and Neighborhood Social Capital (空间异质性与邻里社会资本研究)Lunch 1:00-2:30 pm South Lawn coffee bar
2:30-3:50 pm Session 2 Urban Communities: Changes and Challenges
Chair: WANG Jiasun (Huaqiao University)
Discussant: Josephine Smart, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary
GUO Lingyan (郭凌燕). School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Between Imagination and Reality – An Exploration of Regional Discrimination in Guangzhou’s Henan village (在想象与真实之间——以广州“河南村”为例的地域歧视探析)YONG Xin (雍昕), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
A Study on the Formation Mechanism of Substandard Labor Practices: A Case Study of Migrant Workers’ Rights Movement in an Urban Village in Guangzhou (劳动次标准形成机制的探讨——基于广州市XX城中村外来工欠薪维权案例的研究)XU Yuxuan (徐雨璇), School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
An Investigation of The Emerging Housing Rental Market in a Studentified Village in Guangzhou: A New Institutional Economics Perspective (基于新制度经济学视角的学生化社区房屋租赁现象研究——以广州大学城南亭村为例).LIU Yuqi (刘于琪), School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University.
New Migrants’ Intent to Stay and its Dynamics in Chinese Cities (中国城市新移民的定居意愿及其影响机制 )3:50-4:10 pm coffee/tea
4:10 – 5:30 pm Session 3 Minority Groups in Cities I
Chair: JI Guangxu (Shenyang Normal University)
Discussant: John R. Logan, Department of Sociology, Brown UniversityTONG Ying (童莹), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
From Foreground to Background: Research on the Community Spirit of Two Urban Muslim Communities (社区精神的后台化：对两个城市回族社区的研究)GONG Ni (龚霓), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Identification and Self-stigma: A Case Study of Male Homosexuals in Guangzhou (身份认同与自我污名—以广州市男同性恋为例)JIANG Siyun, Wu Xingyun, and Wang Siyu (蒋思韵, 吴星韵, 王思予). School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Cat vs. Mouse: A Survey of the Mobile Venders’ Living Conditions and their Interactions with Urban Management in Guangzhou, Chongqing, and Hangzhou (猫鼠游戏”——广州、重庆、杭州三地流动商贩生存状态与“小贩-城管”互动关系的调查)GUO Xunyu (郭迅羽), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University.
The Corner of Silence: A Case Study of the Deaf in Urban Guangzhou (寂静的角落—广州城区聋人生活与文化的个案研究)6:00 pm dinner Zi Jing Restaurant
Saturday, January 5, 2013
9:00- 10:20 am Session 4 Rural Perspectives on Urbanization
Chair: YANG Xiongduan (School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University)
Discussant: Alan Smart (Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary)ZhAN Xuzhi (詹虚致), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University
Out of Old Ruin: Urbanization with the Presence of the State (废墟之上：国家在场的城市化)TIAN Ruya (田絮崖), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Rural Urbanization and Governance in China: An Anthropological Perspective (中国的乡村城市化与政府政治—一个人类学视角的观察)WEI Yongfen (韦永芬), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
The State of and Reflection on Trashing in the Countryside during Urbanization (城市化进程中垃圾下乡现状和反思)XU Duotian (许多天), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
The Rural Urbanization in Pearl River Delta- a Case Study of a Village in Guangzhou (珠三角地区乡村都市化过程——一个来自广州市a村的案例)10:20-10:40 Coffee/tea break;
10:40 am- 12:00 noon Session 5 Minority Groups in Cities II
Chair: Steven F. Messner, Department of Sociology, SUNY Albany.
Discussant: Vincent Yiu Por Chen, School of East Asian Studies, Sheffield University (UK)BI Xianjin (毕先进), Department of Sociology, Nanjing University
A Study on Migrants’ Quality of Life (农民工群体生活质量差异研究)LIU Yujun (刘昱君), Department of Sociology, Nanjing University
Attitude towards Migrants from Different Social Groups in Cities – A Case Study of Nanjing (城市不同人群对农民工的态度——基于对南京市民的问卷调查)LIAO Ziyi (廖子宜), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Aging Population and Urban Development -- Retired Workers’ Lives, Welfare, and Pensions in an Old Industrial Zone in Liaoning Province (老龄化与城市未来发展——辽宁省老工业区离退休工人的生活、福祉和养老)WANG Shenli (王圣莉), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University
The Health Needs of and Social Support for Chinese Urban Women: A Case Study of Breast Cancer Patients in Fushan, Guangdong Province (当代中国城市女性健康需求与社会支持的调查研究——以广东省佛山市南海人民医院的乳腺癌患者为例)12:00-1:30 pm lunch and UCRN Board meeting South Lawn coffee bar
1:30-2:30 pm Workshop 1A: Professional Development: How to Succeed in Academia
Martin Hall，1F
Chair: Wang Jin, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University
Panelists: ZHANG Wenhong, Shanghai University
Vincent Yiu Por Chen, School of East Asian Studies, Sheffield University (UK)
HE Shengjin, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
Jianfa Shen, Chinese University of Hong Kong1:30-2:30 pm Workshop 1B: Pursuing a Graduate Education
Chair: Zai Liang, Department of Sociology, SUNY Albany
Panelists: Zai Liang, Department of Sociology, SUNY Albany
CHEN Fuping, Xiamen University
XU Tao, Zhejiang Normal University
Qian Jasmine Song, SUNY Albany
WANG Zhen (王震), Nanjing University
LI Cuiling, Wuhan University2:30-2:45 pm Break
2:45-3:45 Workshop 2: Research Design/Survey Research/Fieldwork
Chair: Alan Smart, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary
Panelists: Alan Smart, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary
Liu Linping, School of Sociology, Nanjing University
REN Yuan, Department of Sociology, Fudan University
LI Zhigang, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
3:45-4:00 pm coffee/tea4:00-5:00 pm. Workshop 3: Publication/Peer Review Process
Chair: Cheng Chen, Department of Political Science, SUNY Albany
Panelists: Cheng Chen, Department of Political Science, SUNY Albany
Youqin Huang, Department of Geography and Planning, SUNY Albany
Hanlong Lu, Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of Social Science
Zai Liang, Department of Sociology, SUNY Albany5:30 -7:00 pm Dinner Zi Jing Restaurant
7:30: Cruise on the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang).
January 6, 2013
8:30 am - 9 pm Fieldtrip to Zhongshan City (group lunch and dinner, location TBA）.
