Check it out:
http://www.centre.edu/news/2013/pauley.html
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The ICLP Experience: Logan's Studies in Taipei
Logan Pauley '15 was featured in Centre News recently for his intrepid journey to Taiwan and studies at the prestigious ICLP program at Taiwan National University.
Check it out:
http://www.centre.edu/news/2013/pauley.html
Check it out:
http://www.centre.edu/news/2013/pauley.html
China Trips Itineraries From Shanghai
Centreterm
Buddha in the Big City:
Religion and Modernization in Shanghai and Bangkok
Instructors:
Dr. Chris Paskewich, Government
Dr. Kyle David Anderson, Chinese
Course Description and Objectives:
A voyage abroad to investigate how China and Thailand's rich religious and cultural pasts are being shared
with an increasingly postindustrial present.
Students will study and recreate layouts of Shanghai and Bangkok,
including religious landmarks, parks, waterways, modern architecture, etc., and follow the daily rituals of local monks, lay people and tourists that reshape and complicate the purposes of these Asian mega-cities. We will also explore spaces
outside the city centers that are crucial to the definition of the urban area:
rural temples and monasteries, plantations, slums, westernized satellite malls,
beaches, etc. Special focus will be placed on how China and Thailand are adapting traditional Buddhist practices, socio-political structures and spaces to the radical
demands of national development and globalization in the 21st century.
20 DAY ITINERARY:
China: Shanghai
20 DAY ITINERARY:
China: Shanghai
Thailand: Bangkok-Chiang Mai
Required Texts:
· Shahid Yusuf, Postindustrial East Asian Cities. ISBN: 9780821356227
· Yoshiko Ashiwa. Making Religion, Making the State.
ISBN: 9780804758420
· Donald K. Swearer, The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia.
ISBN: 978-1438432502
· Ross King. Reading Bangkok. ISBN: 9781438432502
Assignments and Grading:
· Field Journal for Individual Mapping Projects 25%
· Opening Exam (on Yusuf, Swearer) 25%
· Presentations 15%
· Reading quizzes (on King and Ashiwa) 10%
· Research paper 25%
JAN3 Depart
Lexington for Shanghai
4 Arrive
in Shanghai—Welcome dinner at Sapar Uyghur Restaurant
5 The
Bund and Pudong—East-West Architectural Fusion
6 Nanshi
(the Old City) and Buddhist Temple Visits
7 The
People’s Square and Museum Visits
8 The
Boulevards: Nanjing and Huaihai Lu
9 European
Satellite Cities
10 Fengjing
Old Town
11 Depart
for Bangkok—tour of Khao San Road
11 Temples
visits—Wat Arun, Wat Mahathat, Wat Pho
12 Temples
visits—Wat Saket, Wat Traimit, Wat Sutat
13 Overnight
stay at Monastery Wat Ambhavan
14 Commercial
districts—Chidlom, Sukhumvit, Ratchaprasong
15 Day
trip—Ko Samet National Park
16 Government
and museums visits—Grand Palace, National Museum
17 Depart
for Chiang Mai (train)
18 Temple
visits—Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, Wat Umong, Wat Gate
19 Doi
Inthanon National Park
20 Return
to Bangkok
JAN21 Return to Lexington
Beijing Simmering -- Centreterm 2012
Wangfujing
They call it Beijing's Time Square. It's a high end shopping district with centuries' old history, But the comparison is a bitter unfair. The lights aren't as bright or the crowds quite as lively. But Beijing has got something on the Big Apple: nasty snacks!
Wanfujing has a couple of side alleys where the traditional and the downright weird are served up to hungry and adventurous shoppers. The streets are crawling with people nibbling starfish nubs, choking down rancid, stinky tofu, and slurping squid tentacles like vermicelli. We had just haggled the daylights out of a couple of panda bear hats and were feeling a bit light-headed, so we decided to recharge with some live-fried scorpion skewers. It wouldn't be so bad if the legs and stingers didn't hook onto your lips and tongue! Ask Patty...
Shaolin Kungfu
It was a typical early morning for the group--typical 8am, not 6am (that was the day before). We stopped by the local corner grocery store to pick up some drinks and snacks and then headed south on Chenxiu boulevard towards Ritan Park. We passed the main soccer and concert venue in town, the famed Worker's Stadium, and a string of karaoke bars and clubs we've been known to frequent. Finally around 9am, we reached the north gate of the park.
I looked around for a tall muscular man, as I assumed our master kungfu instructor would be. The students huddled behind me like a pack of penguins braving the cold. A small figure in a crisp winter coat came into view just within the gate. He smiled big and motioned to me. Master Zhao was barely over 5 feet, but from his quick step and smooth gait it was clear he was an athlete of uncommon ability. We chatted for a bit as he led the group to a piece of pavement deep in the heart of the park, next to some makeshift badminton courts. We stripped a couple of layers and then fell into line. For the next hour, he worked us hard: a strenuous warm-up, basic hand-traps, and a lengthy, choreographed shadow fight. When it was all over, we were smiling while our legs buckled from a prolonged horse stance. We hugged, took some pictures, and hobbled back north to recharge with a traditional Beijing lunch.
Great Wall
The Great Wall as it stands today was built mostly during the Ming and Qing dynasties as a way of keeping the bothersome northern barbarians, Manchu, and Mongols out. After hiking a good stretch of it for a day, we understand why those people were trying to break through to the south: it's DANG! cold up there!
The wall is deceptively difficult for a hike. It's a hike, not a walk. It winds up and down the peaks and nadirs of mountain valleys creating slopes that often forced us to our knees. Creeping down on your bum is sometimes preferable to staring down a staircase that seems to recede into itself. It was a challenge for everyone, and after a few miles of huffing and puffing, and braving bitter Siberian winds, we carved our name into the stone, did a little jig, and got out of there!
They call it Beijing's Time Square. It's a high end shopping district with centuries' old history, But the comparison is a bitter unfair. The lights aren't as bright or the crowds quite as lively. But Beijing has got something on the Big Apple: nasty snacks!
Wanfujing has a couple of side alleys where the traditional and the downright weird are served up to hungry and adventurous shoppers. The streets are crawling with people nibbling starfish nubs, choking down rancid, stinky tofu, and slurping squid tentacles like vermicelli. We had just haggled the daylights out of a couple of panda bear hats and were feeling a bit light-headed, so we decided to recharge with some live-fried scorpion skewers. It wouldn't be so bad if the legs and stingers didn't hook onto your lips and tongue! Ask Patty...
Shaolin Kungfu
It was a typical early morning for the group--typical 8am, not 6am (that was the day before). We stopped by the local corner grocery store to pick up some drinks and snacks and then headed south on Chenxiu boulevard towards Ritan Park. We passed the main soccer and concert venue in town, the famed Worker's Stadium, and a string of karaoke bars and clubs we've been known to frequent. Finally around 9am, we reached the north gate of the park.
I looked around for a tall muscular man, as I assumed our master kungfu instructor would be. The students huddled behind me like a pack of penguins braving the cold. A small figure in a crisp winter coat came into view just within the gate. He smiled big and motioned to me. Master Zhao was barely over 5 feet, but from his quick step and smooth gait it was clear he was an athlete of uncommon ability. We chatted for a bit as he led the group to a piece of pavement deep in the heart of the park, next to some makeshift badminton courts. We stripped a couple of layers and then fell into line. For the next hour, he worked us hard: a strenuous warm-up, basic hand-traps, and a lengthy, choreographed shadow fight. When it was all over, we were smiling while our legs buckled from a prolonged horse stance. We hugged, took some pictures, and hobbled back north to recharge with a traditional Beijing lunch.
Great Wall
The Great Wall as it stands today was built mostly during the Ming and Qing dynasties as a way of keeping the bothersome northern barbarians, Manchu, and Mongols out. After hiking a good stretch of it for a day, we understand why those people were trying to break through to the south: it's DANG! cold up there!
The wall is deceptively difficult for a hike. It's a hike, not a walk. It winds up and down the peaks and nadirs of mountain valleys creating slopes that often forced us to our knees. Creeping down on your bum is sometimes preferable to staring down a staircase that seems to recede into itself. It was a challenge for everyone, and after a few miles of huffing and puffing, and braving bitter Siberian winds, we carved our name into the stone, did a little jig, and got out of there!
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