Leisure and Money: The Dynamics of the Exchange of Goods, Lifestyles, and Institutions Across Asia
Date: June15-16, 2012
Location: Department of International Relations, Boston University 154 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215
For each talk 30 minutes, discussant 10 minutes, and discussion 20 minutes
Friday, June 15 Morning Session
Chair: Sarah Frederick
8:30 – 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome remarks by Cathy Yeh and Rob Weller
9:15 – 10:15
Rudolf Wagner (Cluster Asia and Europe, Heidelberg University)
Frames of leisure. Some general points and a case study: Advocacy, Commodification and Agency in Leisure Products: The Shenbao guan 1872-1890
10:15- 11:15
Yu-chih Lai 賴毓芝 (Academia Sinica, Institute of Modern History)
Money, Networking, and Leisure: The Trade in Japanese Illustrated Books and the Rise of Lithographic Printing in Shanghai
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Qianshen Bai (Boston University, Art History)
The Prices of Antiques in the Late Qing Market
Discussant: Ellen Widmer
Lunch
Friday, June 15 Afternoon Session
Chair: Rob Weller
2:00 – 3:00 Merry White (Boston University, Anthropology)
The Price of Perfection in the Japanese Café
3:00 – 4: 00
Xavier Paules (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
The Reasons of a Success Story: Opium in China 1800-1906
Coffee break
4:15 – 5:15
Catherine Yeh (Boston University, Chinese Literature)
Patrons and Mansions: Staging the Star
Discussant: Keith Vincent
General discussion
Dinner
Saturday, June 16 Morning Session
Chair: Rudolf Wagner
8:30 – 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00
Tim Oakes (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Leisure as Governable Space: Tourism and Consumer Citizenship in Contemporary China
10:00 – 11:00
Suk-Young Kim (UCSB, Theater and Dance Department)
Building Leisure out of National Trauma: Tourism and Consumption along the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15
Robert Weller (Boston University, Chinese Anthropology)
Leisure, Ritual and Choice in Modern Chinese Societies
Discussant: David Eckel
Lunch
Saturday, June 16 Afternoon Session
Chair: Cathy Yeh
2:00 – 3:00
Nancy Smith-Hefner (Boston University, Anthropology)
Leisure and Consumption in Java’s New Middle Class
3:00 – 4:00
Eugene Wang (Harvard University, Art History)
The First Reminbi as Currency of Images: Socialist Subjectivity and Post-Socialist Mediality
Discussant: Peter Schwartz
Coffee break
4:00 – 5:00
Final discussion
Dinner
