[IMCnetwork] New book and book launch: Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China

[Tamara Jacka]

Dear IMC listserv,

For those of you who don't know me, I am a feminist social anthropologist of China and Emeritus Professor in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

I'd like to tell you about my new book, Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China (ANU Press, 2024).

The book draws on extensive ethnographic and life-history research that I conducted in a village in central-eastern China, but it is not a straight academic ethnography or history. Instead, it's a melding of ethnographic storytelling, social history and personal reflection. At its heart is a collection of semi-fictional stories about Ginkgo Villagers' lives and life-histories and about my own and my research assistants' experiences in the village.

Two themes are threaded through the stories: Trauma and transformation; and empathy, interpretation and knowledge-building.

You can read the book for free online or buy a hard copy here: http://doi.org/10.22459/GV.2024

There will be a book launch and conversation between myself and Nick Cheesman about the book on 1st August.

For more information and to register, please click here: https://events.humanitix.com/ginkgo-village-trauma-and-transformation-in-rural-china-book-launch-and-conversation
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Get tickets on Humanitix - Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China - Book Launch and Conversation hosted by Australian Centre on China in the World. Auditorium, Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University, Building 188, Fellows La, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Thursday 1st August 2024. Find event information.
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I look forward to seeing you at the launch!

Best wishes,
Tamara.

Tamara Jacka
she/her

I live on unceded land stolen from the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.

Most recent publication:
Ginkgo Village: Trauma and Transformation in Rural China
http://doi.org/10.22459/GV.2024
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