Crossroad Culture

Case examples, lectures, workshops and presentations

Case Examples (under construction) Lectures, workshops and presentations

Psychologische achtergronden van Chinese studenten in Nederland (UvA afdeling decanen)
Sherlock Holmes en het mysterie van de detective (OBA)
The Anthropology of Dutch Agriculture (Chinese Academy of Sciences, dept of Urban & Rural studies Inst of Geographical sciences)
China 1911-2011: De handen die de zijdeworm transformeerden. Honderd jaar culturele sociale dynamiek vanuit Niet-Westers Perspectief (Volks Universiteit Amstelland) 7 lectures course
De Ethnopsychologie van Chinese culturen in Nederland (RINO Opleidingsinstituut voor psycho-therapie)
Crossing the Cultural Gap (workshop for Chinese students and scholars in the Netherlands)
De Qi van Chinese erotiek, de romantiek en het verhaal (KIT Tropen Museum)
Cultural design designs culture, western classification classifies the west. Technical University Delft: Design & Technology Department
Identity development, discrimination perception in Chinese youths in The Netherlands, moderator SAVAN meetings. PPCPF.
Between drifting clouds and floating water: Zhang Zao and Ezra Pound and the cross cultural essence of Chinese poetry. (De Burcht: Labour Union Museum)
Bedrijfscluster formatie en export strategieën naar de Chinese markt
Abstracte lijnen, Concrete Ideeen: De beginnerspraktijk van Chinese kalligrafie
How Sun Tzu persuaded the Dutch. Workshop on negotiation and managing techniques for Chinese Companies: Economic Affairs municipality of Amsterdam, Amsterdaminbusiness/ Eusino and Rotterdam Investment Agency
As Deep as the Unspoken. Stereotypes of Chinese migrants from 1840-1940: De Burcht Amsterdam/ repetition He Hua Tempel Amsterdam cooperation with ACSSA.
Time to Heal: Speech in Support of the Chinese Olympic Games 2008: ACSSA.
Nanjing: The Ontology of Human Atrocities (Inspraak Orgaan Chinezen (IOC).
Nothing as Deep as the Unspoken: Stereotypes on Chinese Overseas Communities. (Association of Overseas Chinese Scholars and Students)
Stereotypes and Chinese Immigration in the Netherlands (De Burcht: Labour Union Museum)
CCC: Culture, Company and Communication in a Chinese Context. IBM The Netherlands
Migrant Groups and second language learning. Dynamo Foundation Amsterdam
Community Building and Neighborhood Strategies: Municipality of Amsterdam
Moroccan Youth and identity development: Tamanut Europe Foundation
Tai Ji and China, workshop (120 youngsters) : Amstel Lyceum: Amsterdam Oost
Buddhism and religious practice in Amsterdam: Amstel Lyceum Amsterdam Oost
Language Digital: Presentation Dynamo Foundation. The Importance of Target Language Oriented Material.
Network Development and Neighborhood Strategies: Seminar for middle and higher management staff. CABO (Center Advice Policy Elder Migrant People).
Talking Mirrors: Presentation Welfare East Amsterdam, Second Language Acquisition for lower Educated Migrants.
Dutch as a second Language: Samenspraak Oost/ Watergraafsmeer
Edward Sapir and the Paradise of National Genius. Anthropological Institute Amsterdam.
Culture and Personality School: How personal is Culture? International AMMAS program (Medical Anthropology) University of Amsterdam
Photography and Individual Perception: Guest Lecture at the Polonian Institute, University of Cracow, Poland.
The Photography of Roland Barthes: Guest lecture at the University of Amsterdam.
Key note speech; The Unclassified Body and the Tiniest difference: International conference " Body Images, Language and Physical Boundaries" University of Amsterdam.
De erfenis van het ritueel. (The Inheritance of the Ritual) National Symposium "What's the Truth"
Body Images and Individual Perception: National Conference of Dutch Physical-Therapists, The Hague.
Cultural Backgrounds of Body Images: National Conference of Dutch Physical-Therapists, The Hague.
Roland Barthes and the problem of unclassified feelings. Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago.
Dance and the cultural conception of trance in its bearings on the individual body. VPRO Radio lectures.
Concepts of Traditional Healing in Cross Cultural Comparisons: Work Seminar; Theological Institute; University of Amsterdam.
Keynote speech: Above the Dutch maddow, the Winti blows...(en boven de polder de Winti...: Symposium Surinamese people within the dutch Healthcare System.
Cultural concepts and abnormality of voice hearing. Foundation for ex- Psychiatric Patients in cooperation with the university of Nijmegen.
Participant Observation in Religious Sects. Amsterdam Institute for training of Cultural Workers.
Education and Authority. Conference on the Quality of Educational Programs. University of Amsterdam.
Case Studies on the Mythical Representation of Collective Images in Dreams as a Result of Social Stress Situations. Work Seminar Ethnopsychiatry, Sociological Institute, University of Amsterdam

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