China & Chinese
When I was in Finland, I had a lecture on political anthropology mostly based on fieldwork from Taiwan. I can’t tell you how interesting it was. He talked about game and other perspectives on politics, sovereignty and the legitimation of power and of course, about China, both the mainland and Taiwan. I was fascinated. I had been interested in China as a possible location for future field work and study, and this quite inspired me to look more into it. So, it seems as if I might be taking a minor in China Studies and Standard Mandarin this year. It’d be 2 years – or perhaps just one and a half. I’m really hoping I can find a way to make it work with my studies and plans. I’ll keep you posted. Right now I just have a lot of ideas and thoughts and I need to work on some more concrete plans…
