Philipp DEMGENSKI
Flat 7/A, Wing Fat Building, 11 Poplar Street, Prince Edward, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Tel: +85295681929 E-Mail: pdemgenski@gmail.com
Education
PhD in Anthropology |
Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2015 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大学) |
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Dissertation: “Seeking a Future for the Past: Negotiating Inner City Redevelopment and Heritage in |
Qingdao, China” |
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Supervisor: Professor Joseph Bosco |
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MA in Chinese Studies (with Merit) |
Sept. 2008 – Nov. 2009 |
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (UK). |
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Dissertation: “China, the Olympics and the Occidental ‘Other’: Between Rejecting and Accommodating |
the West“. |
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Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Latham |
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Courses in Chinese Language (Mandarin) and Chinese Culture |
Feb. 2006 – Jan. 2008 |
Minzu University of China (中央民族大学). |
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BA in International Development and NGO Management (with Distinction) |
Sept. 2003 – Jul 2006 |
University of East London (UK). |
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Dissertation: “Environmentalism in China: A Study on the Role of Environmental Non-Government Organisation”.
Research Interests:
Urban Anthropology, Space and Place, Power and Politics, History, Memory and Heritage. Geographical expertise: Chinese Culture and Society, Urban China, Heritage Politics in China.
Scholarships & Awards
June 2014: CUHK Golden Jubilee Imperial Museum Scholarship 2013/14
September 2010-August 2015: Postgraduate Studentship, CUHK.
Spring 2007: “2007 Minzu University of China Foreign Exchange Student Scholarship”《2007年中央民族大学外国留学生奖学金》
Selected Publications
Submitted. “Dabaodao: The Planning, Development, and Transformation of a Chinese (German) Neighbourhood.” Planning Perspectives.
Submitted. “Living in the ‘Past’: The Effects of a Growing Heritage Discourse in Contemporary Urban
China.”Urbanities. Special Edition on Spatial Transformations in Contemporary Cities: Contested Visions. Edited by Koenig, Dolores.
2016. ‘Urban Renewal in Qingdao: Creating Scenic Neighbourhoods, but for Whom?’ China Policy
Institute: Analysis. August 10. https://cpianalysis.org/2016/08/10/urban-renewal-in-qingdao-creating-scenic-neighbourhoods-but-for-whom/.
2016. Trans. 樊锦诗 (Fan Jinshi) 敦煌石窟诞生的背景及其价值 (The Preservation of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China). Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Available Online: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/culturalheritage/Dunhuang%20Mogao%20Caves.pdf
2015. Review of Goodman, David S.G. Class in Contemporary China. Cambridge; Malden, MA: Polity
Press. 2014. Asian Anthropology 14 (2).
2015. “Liyuan Houses and a Diminishing Neighbourhood in the Chinese Coastal Metropolis of Qingdao” in Anthropologists on the Road, edited by Cheung, Sidney C.H. and Luo Jiting, pp. 71-83 Hong Kong: HK Discovery Limited.
2014. “Making and Taming ‘Messy Space’: The Contested Nature of Historical Space in Urban China” in Imagining Spaces and Places, edited by Isomaa, Saija, Pirjo Lyytikäinen, Kirsi Saarikangas, Renja Suominen-Kokkonen, pp. 107-122. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2013:《在黄岛路做田野调查》(Doing Fieldwork on Huangdaolu) 良友书坊报刊 (Journal of
Liangyou Shufang) No. 6: March 2013. p. 9.
Presentations & Public Talks
“When the Vernacular Becomes Monumental: Reflections on Preservation in Contemporary Urban
China.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. March 2016.
“Trapped in Transformation: Negotiating Inner City Redevelopment in a Chinese Coastal City.” Paper Presented at Friday Seminar Series, Anthropology Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 2015.
“Trapped in Transformation: Inner-City Redevelopment, Civic Consciousness and the Predicament of Urban Planning in a Chinese Coastal Metropolis.” Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December 2014
“Living in the ‘Past’: Local residents and the debate over ‘real’ history in the inner-city neighbourhood of a Chinese metropolis.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Commission on Urban Anthropology, St. Etienne, France, July 2014.
“Renegotiating the Meaning of Urban Space: ‘Old housing renovation’ and the ‘real’ past in the city of Qingdao.” Paper presented at the Winter School of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) on Urban Hybridity in the Post-Colonial Age, University of Macao, December 2013
Convenors: Prof. Engseng Ho (Duke University), Prof. Akhil Gupta (UCLA) and Prof. Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University)
《逐渐消失的城市空间:从人类学和历史的角度看青岛里院的西鞥成和近况》(“A Slowly
Disappearing Urban Space: The formation and current situation of Qingdao’s Liyuan Houses from an anthropological and historical perspective”). In Mandarin. Public talk at the School of International Languages, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, December 2013.
《人类学是什么？》(“What is Anthropology?”). In Mandarin. Public talk at Fanhua Bookstore, Qingdao, China, March 2013.
“Contested Timber: The Politics of Tree Planting in Qingdao.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Spatial and Social Transformation in Urban China, Hong Kong Baptist University, December 2012.
“Spaces of Qingdao: Negotiating History and Modernity in Urban China.” Paper presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagining Spaces/Places, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 2011.
Teaching Appointments:
Adjunct Assistant Professor Aug. 2016 – Now
Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Courses: Anthropology: The Study of Culture; Sports and Culture
Visiting Lecturer |
Aug. 2016 – Now |
Qingdao University, Department for History, Centre for Historical Anthropology |
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Teaching Assistant |
Sept. 2010 – May 2015 |
Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
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Tutored Courses: Chinese Culture and Society; Humans and Culture; Food and Culture; Magic, Myth |
and the Supernatural; Culture of Cities; Marriage, Family and Kinship. |
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Lecturer |
Sept. 2012 – Jan. 2014 |
Department of German Studies, Ocean University of China (中国海洋大学), Qingdao, China. Courses taught: German History, German Language I & II, German Writing
Supervising Undergraduate Student Projects
Supervising students translating the memoirs of Alfred Siemssen from German into Chinese.
Other Academic Experience:
Peer reviewer
American Anthropologist
Co-editor Jan. 2011 – Jan. 2012
The Hong Kong Anthropologist (annual online journal).
Member of Organising Committee of annual Postgraduate Student Forum Jun. 2011 – Jan. 2011
Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Other Work Experience:
UNESCO Beijing, Culture Section, Internship. Jan. 2010 – Jul. 2010
Organised and coordinated the UNESCO Sub-regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific held in Taiyuan, China from 19-23 April.
Assisted in and coordinated the translation into Chinese of the UNESCO Kit “Protect Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict”.
General administrative assistance.
Beijing Olympic Volunteer |
Summer 2008 |
Language Specialist, Spectator Service Centre. |
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English and German Teacher |
Sept. 2006 – May 2008 |
Xin Dong Li (新动力); Wai Jiao Cun (外教村), Volkswagen Beijing. |
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Fundraising Coordinator |
Nov. 2004 – Dec. 2005 |
Childreach International (UK based NGO). |
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Community Development Volunteer |
Jun. – Sept. 2005 |
Childreach International, Uru North, Tanzania. |
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Community Service (Zivildienst) |
Sept. 2001 – Oct. 2002 |
Delrow House Rehabilitation Centre for adults with learning difficulties and mental health problems, UK.
Languages:
German: Native speaker
English: Fluent
Mandarin Chinese: Advanced
French: Intermediate (reading and listening), advanced beginner (spoken)
