thoughts from beijing
Two Days in Beijing written on July 18 and 191. Embodied knowledgeYesterday morning, Yang Qian and I came to Beijing by way of the Tianjin temporary train station, a hot, smoky, and crowded structure...
View Article变通: thoughts from chengde
This was written on July 23.Biantong (变通): the ability to apply successfully knowledge about A to B. The two characters constituting this word—bian (变) and tong (通)—suggest an understanding of...
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away from my post
I have just returned from my trip north. The following three entries were written in Tianjin, Beijing, and Chengde, but could only be uploaded from my Shenzhen proxy. I will be away for the next three...
View Articlehistoric preservation
i have been reading about ideas and efforts to renovate shenzhen, and have discovered an intense interest in historic preservation. there are several obvious examples--the chiwan tianhou temple...
View ArticleSanlu: more text messages
More text messages, this time on the Sanlu (三鹿集团) scandal. I am not sure if the link will work. It presently doesn’t work in Shenzhen, but may still function elsewhere. The New Zealand dairy company...
View ArticleShekou 30th anniversary
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the China Merchants (招商局) Shekou Industrial Zone (possibly park). Shekou was established one year before Shenzhen, which celebrates the city's thirtieth next...
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more graffiti
walking from coastal city, one of the large malls on the houhai landfill toward haiya, a mall built about ten years ago, i past this bit of graffiti. it does say it all.
View Articlefilm maker liu gaoming
On Tuesday, December 2, 2008 SACS hosted the Shenzhen premiere of Shenzhen filmmaker, Liu Gaoming’s film, “A Song.” Mary Ann O’Donnell interpreted the after film discussion. QSI Shekou provided the...
View Articlefusion food-scapes
This weekend a group of Swiss writers visited as part of the food-scape / 食事风景 project. Representing the four Swiss languages, the writers were: Vanni Bianconi (Italian), Arno Camenisch (Romanch),...
View Articlerecognition for shenzhen fieldnotes!
Online Universities dot com has published a list of the top 100 anthropology blogs and Shenzhen Fieldnotes was included in the category of fieldwork. Other categories include general, biological,...
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fat bird in hong kong!
On January 10-11, 2009 Fat Bird will perform "FBI: 2009 Shennong Plan" at the Fringe Club City Festival 2009. FBI is, of course, the acronym for Fat Bird Institution.FBI: 2009 Shennong Project is...
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Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
i am ready to leap, picture from first walk along estuaryi am presently at the sitka center for art and ecology for a month long artist residency. i have the pleasure of being here with Matthew Bower,...
View Articlesustainable livelihood
A week into my residency and Shenzhen and Sitka begin to speak to each other.Yesterday, I walked along the banks of Salmon River. Kim provided snowpants and Jalene lent me a pair of boots, so I trudged...
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CONFLUENCE: ARTISTS FROM THE SITKA CENTER FOR ART AND ECOLOGY
invitation designed by Dawn Stetzel“CONFLUENCE: ARTISTS FROM THE SITKA CENTER FOR ART AND ECOLOGY”Open House Event January 11th, 2009Five artists have been at work this fall in the studios and...
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images from sitka
path leading to Salmon River EstuaryAs promised, images of Sitka and the surrounding environs. Myths take root here.
View ArticleDon't worry about eating Chinese food...
Fat Bird tries to out-absurd society - the 2009 Shennong Project being a case in point - but, alas society has once again outflanked Fat Bird...The 2009 Shennong Project plays with the idea that...
View ArticleAnother Sitka cite
For more on the upcoming open house, please visit the Newport Times.
View ArticleShenzhen Fieldnotes has moved!
For the past few years, I have blogged about Shenzhen’s various emplacements - symbolic, economic, political - in Shenzhen Fieldnotes at LiveJournal. However, since completing my residency at the Sitka...
View ArticleBack again at Fieldnotes
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!I have returned to Shenzhen Fieldnotes because proxy service in China has been blocked. As of Sept 28, I have been unable to access Shenzhen Noted by way of Tor. From my home...
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National Day Thoughts
Here's the post I had wanted to put up at Noted.On National Day, I wandered the city, eventually ending up at A Li's for tea and mooncakes. Here are pictures and thoughts.As part of the joint national...
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sz bay dec 27 2009
sz bay 2003Originally uploaded by maryannodonnelltoday i walked from the poly center at coastal city to circumambulate the construction site of the shenzhen bay sports center. i have started the walk...
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greek with chinese characteristics - yuanling 1
greek with chinese characteristicsOriginally uploaded by maryannodonnellthis weekend, i walked yuanling (园岭), one of the first industrial and residential areas to be developed when shenzhen was...
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futures - yuanling 2
jijian kindergartenOriginally uploaded by maryannodonnelleven as yuanling's factories are upgraded to retail storefronts, the old neighborhoods - especially the old courtyard residential areas - are...
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shenzhen smog 2010.1.28
shenzhen smog 2010.1.28Originally uploaded by maryannodonnellseveral hours ago, a heavy smog descended on shenzhen. this smog irritates my throat and eyes, but i can't identify a smell. the ongoing...
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Of Shahe and OCT
tangtou-1Originally uploaded by maryannodonnellBaishizhou has the distinction of being Shenzhen's "city that isn't a city, village that isn't a village (城不城，村不村)."The first stop (bus or subway) after...
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