Study Abroad: Hong Kong-Providence Course Information
AMCV 1560 - Comparative Cultural heritage: Hong Kong & New England
Students will spend 4 weeks at CUHK in Hong Kong, and 4 weeks on the Brown University campus in Providence, RI. At each site there will be approximately 45 contact hours of instruction, including lectures and group discussions, trips to local institutions and field work. In Hong Kong, students will visit urban renewal sites in Hong Kong Central and Wanchai; the Ping Shan Heritage Trail in the New Territories; artists' communities in revitalized urban sites in Kowloon; and meet curators and private collectors in conversations about collecting Chinese art in Hong Kong. In Rhode Island, students will work at the Greene Farm Archaeology Project; undertake oral history interviews in the diverse Fox Point neighborhood of Providence; and explore such local resources as the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, and Plimoth Plantation.