Fulbright Hays

     China Seminar 2005

“Examining China’s Great Western Development Program: The Social and Cultural Effects upon Ethnic Minorities and the Han Majority”

Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia

and consortium of North Georgia educational institutions

Primary Host Institution: Renmin University, Beijing

Fulbright Hays China Seminar

June 2005

 photos from Yunnan Province by Bernard Cloutier, with permission

Project Director: Dr. Curtis G. Lindquist, Reinhardt College

Advisory Team:

Dr. Pamela Wilson, Reinhardt College

Dr. Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo, Reinhardt College

Dr. Baogang Guo, Dalton State College

Participants:

J. Bradley Adams, Berry College, Fine Arts

Elizabeth A. E. Garbrah-Aidoo, Reinhardt College, Political Science

Jonathan Good, Reinhardt College, History

Donald Gregory, Reinhardt College, Sociology

Baogang Guo, Dalton State College, Political Science

L. Michelle Harlow, Reinhardt College, English

R. Bruce Jones, Floyd College (Georgia Highlands), Economics

Shirley Williams Kirksey, Clark Atlanta University, Speech Communication

John M. Kniess, Young Harris College, Leisure Studies

Curtis G. Lindquist, Reinhardt College, Religion and Philosophy

Mary Louise Shell, Cherokee County Schools, Social Studies

Patricia D. Smith, Cobb County Schools, Social Studies

Larry H. Webb, Reinhardt College, Communication

Kenneth H. Wheeler, Reinhardt College, History

Pamela S. Wilson, Reinhardt College, Communication

 

Front row: Larry Webb, Michelle Harlow, Mary Shell, Curt  Lindquist, Shirley Kirksey, Patty Smith. 

Back row: Baogang Guo, John Kniess, Bruce Jones, Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo, Donald Gregory, Brad Adams, Ken Wheeler, Pam Wilson. 

Not pictured: Jonathan Good. 

Photo by Marsha White, Reinhardt College

SEMINAR  RESOURCES

Seminar Reading List (with selected readings as PDF files)

News articles about China's Ethnic Minorities

China's Western Development in the Media

Maps of China

FOR  PARTICIPANTS

Itinerary

Preparation for Spending a Month in China

Cultural Considerations

Crisis Management

RC-China Email Group List Site and Archives

BY PARTICIPANTS

Kenneth Wheeler: Chinese Students Study More Than Our English

Portraits of China: Photo Essays by Pamela Wilson

Photos and Reflections by Baogang Guo

Photos and Reflections by Jonathan Good

Chinese Cinema and Cultures: Course Syllabus and Resource Page 

CURRICULUM  RESOURCE  GROUPS

Economic Development and the Great Western Development Program (John Kniess, Bruce Jones, Ken Wheeler, Donald Gregory, Larry Webb)

Ethnic Minorities in China (Pam Wilson, Brad Adams, Michelle Harlow, Shirley Williams-Kirksey)

Relations between Minorities and the Han Majority (Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo, Jonathan Good, Baogang Guo, Mary Shell, Patty Smith)

OF  RELATED  INTEREST

Questions for thinking about Ethnicity in a Multi-Ethnic State

and Power Point on U.S. INDIAN AFFAIRS (Pam Wilson)

Section of the Asian Development Bank's Operations Manual with policy and procedures in addressing indigenous peoples issues

Asian Indigenous Peoples Resources Links

Indigenous Studies General Resources