Suggested Schedule

Venues & Travel | Schedule

FIRST DAY: FIELDWORK WORKSHOP
This is a one-day fieldwork experience in a few neighborhoods of Beijing. With the ethnographic skills and experienced researchers, you will set the day's exploratory objectives, then depart in groups of three or four, with an ethnographer, to ride public transit, visit shops and markets, and to see some of the real Beijing.

• Place to go: Local hangouts such as Beijing residential neighborhoods, wet markets, places of public commerce, public transportation and recreation. You may also visit Beijing apartment complexes: it's up to your group.
• Things to do: Attend a pre-trip briefing session, go out to the field and observe and participate in the local context. Take fieldnotes and photographs to document your observations and conversations, and post them on the conference blog.
• Quotas: 15 participants maximum. The participants will split into small groups for day-long fieldwork.
• Debrief and sharing: We share our data with the rest of the team by the end of the day.
• What to wear: Comfortable clothing with pockets. A hat and coat may be required in Beijing's changeable weather.

SECOND DAY: CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Preliminary Outline

Morning Refreshment
Keynote Speech (Dr. Ken Erickson)
Refreshment Break
Personal Care and Personal Health
Refreshment Break
Interior Spaces: Living In a Post-Socialist Urban Family Apartment
Lunch
Luncheon Keynote
Changing Society: Rural, Urban and the Migrants
Refreshment Break
Consuming China: Shopping Among Locals
Break
Dinner Offsite

THIRD DAY: CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Preliminary Outline

Morning Refreshment
Keynote: Virtual China (Dr. Jeffrey)
Refreshment Break
Reach Out: Air, Land and Sea
To Entertain or Enlighten? Sport, Television, and Leisure with Chinese Characteristics
Lunch Break
Everyday Work Life (Ross)
Refreshment Break
Panel Discussion
China Middle Class, Who Are They?
Made In China: The Itinerary