Researcher

Ching Lin Pang

Research Expertise:I do research in the area of migration, mobility and material culture. Processes of change and more specifically the translation of cultural phenomena are central in my work. I have a regional focus on China. I adopt a triangulation of methods, combining literature study woth ethnography. My esearch topics include: Chinese coffee culture, Fashion Studies (Belgian fashion, fashion in China; fashion education), Chinese migrants in Europe (Antwerp, Prato), transnational migration China-Africa, the anthropology of aesthetics.

Keywords:ANTHROPOLOGY, Language and literature (incl. information, documentation, library and archive sciences)

Disciplines:Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth, Applied sociology, Language studies, Literary studies, Theory and methodology of language studies, Art studies and sciences

Research techniques:Participant observation and fieldwork are basic techniques of anthropologists/translation studies scholars/sociolinguists in their research on urgent issues in the current superdiverse society. More recent I also embrace online ethnography in conjunction to conventional ethnography.

Users of research expertise:Media: recent developments inside China and China as global player. Ik write a monthly coummn for Mo*Magazine. Academic circle: There is a shortage of expertise on China in Belgian and Dutch universities. I am often asked to participate in Summer Schools, Studium Generale, etc. China: I am often asked for presentations and collaborations in Chinese universities: Zhejiang University, Yunnan University, Lanzhou University, etc.