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In the last blog, I mentioned that I couldn’t go to Xishuangbanna for my project due to the dengue virus, so I went to Yunnan Nationalities Village with my family yesterday. I remember the last time I visited Yunnan Nationalities Village was when I was in primary school. I especially remember the teacher saying “Culture…

In the past few days since I returned to China, I have been trying to get in touch with the communities and people I need to interview as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, due to the epidemic (dengue fever) in Xishuangbanna, I have no way to go offline to collect materials, and can only conduct interviews…

Before returning to China, I completed a questionnaire (about the traditional culture of Chinese ethnic minorities and the Chinese fashion market). China is a country with 56 ethnic minorities, so I asked the question “Do you know about the traditional culture of your local ethnic group?” But among the 84 respondents, nearly one-third said they…

These two words have appeared widely in recent years, also represent people’s concern and understanding of them. First of all, at the beginning of the project, I need to have a deeper understanding of culture appreciation and culture appropriation. About Cultural Appropriation:Cultural appropriation refers to the inappropriate borrowing, use or imitation of elements from one…

Autoethnography: In class, we learned the definition of Autoethnography and how to complete it. First of all, this is a research method that combines personal experience and cultural analysis to help us better understand the meaning and cognition in a specific cultural context. It is Experience + Primary Research / Analysis = Autoethnography as shown…

How do Chinese CapsuleCollections in the fashion industryshow structural racism in Western brands? In the luxury sales industry, brand localization is a very common situation in order to win the hearts of consumers. Localization means that a brand appreciates the culture of a region, and integrates local characteristics with its own brand elements, giving the brand…

15th Mar 2024 This week’s study was mainly about checking for omissions and filling in gaps. During the weekend, each of us did research in different directions (animal as food/animal waste/animal on therapy/animal work labor). On Monday, we first communicated with each other the results of our founding during the weekend. The section I was…

10th Mar 2024 After talking with our tutor, we stuck to our original idea and changed the original speculation from the next 200 years to the next 50 years. After our instructor’s analysis on Monday, we worked in groups to think of the differences between the three farms (the present and the past are interconnected),…

3rd Mar 2023 Last week, our Grape team went to the Vauxhall City farm, which gave us an in-depth understanding of the project. We went to Spitalfields and Hackney City Farm to clarify our project this week. After completing the interview and investigation, our group conducted a summary and investigation of the three city farms…

25th Feb 2024 On Monday, we decided on the theme of the collaborative project – city farm. And everyone has conducted an in-depth understanding and investigation of the subject. In Tuesday’s class, we completed the reading sharing. Our group had an in-depth discussion about the two movies, “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Parasite,” and the…