The Eighth Global Social Sciences Conference: Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Global Social Sciences PROGRAMME Venue Main Venue - SCM012, Jockey Club School of Chinese Medicine Building Paper Sessions - SCM012, Jockey Club School of Chinese Medicine Building & - CVA105, 108-110, Communication and Visual Arts Building Moderated Panel Open Discussion - AAB1312, Academic and Administration Building Summary Day 1 Date: 11 December 2014 (Thursday) 8:00 Registration (SCM012) 8:30 Opening Ceremony (SCM012) 8:45 10:30 Plenary 1: Public Health: The Role of Technology on Physical Activity & Public Health (SCM012) - Dr. Ralph MADDISON, National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, New Zealand - Prof. WANG Hai Jun, Institute of Child & Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, China 10:30 10:45 Coffee Break (SCM012) 10:45 12:00 Paper Session 1: (SCM012) 1. Buy Fitness in your Appstore: From Training Technologies to Technologies of the Self - Mr. Allan BAHROUN, The Hong Polytechnic University, Hong 2. Perceived Barriers of Participation in Physical Activity among Chinese-Australian Children - Dr. HE Gang, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong - Prof. Stephen WONG, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong - Prof. Jo SALMON, Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Australia
- Dr. Claudia STRUGNELL, WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Australia 3. How Tai Chi Improves Postural Control - Dr. LUK Tze Chung, Human Performance Laboratory, Technological & Higher Education Institute of Hong, Hong - Prof. HONG Youlian, Department of Sports Medicine, Chengdu Sports University, China 4. Physical Fitness Levels in Hong Youth with Intellectual Disability: A Longitudinal Panel Study - Prof. Patrick LAU,, Hong - Miss WANG Jing-jing, Department of Physical Education, Hong Baptist University, Hong - Mr. CHAU Chor-kuen, Sam Shui Natives Association Lau Pun Cheng School, Hong - Mr. ZHANG Shu-ge, Department of Physical Education, Hong Baptist University, Hong 12:00 12:45 Forum 1: Current Development of Sport/Exercise & Public Health in New Zealand, China, Hong SAR (SCM012) Discussant: Prof. Patrick LAU,, Hong - Prof. WANG Hai Jun, Institute of Child & Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, China - Dr. Ralph MADDISON, National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland, New Zealand - Dr. Patrick YUNG, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong - Prof. Cindy SIT, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong 12:45 14:00 Lunch (James Mau Memorial Chapel) 14:15 16:00 Plenary 2: Migration and Ethnicity: Space, Identity, and Time (SCM012) - Prof. ZHOU Min, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Prof. WU Xiaogang, Hong University of Science and Technology, Hong 16:00 16:15 Coffee Break (SCM012)
16:15 17:30 Paper Session 2: Foreign and Native Talent: Professionals and Socio-cultural Adaption (CVA105) Chair: Dr. Catherine LADDS, Department of History,, Hong 1. Unpacking Race: Tackling the Ethnicity Bias through the Cases of Malaysian-Chinese Skilled Migrants in Singapore and London - Dr. KOH Sin Yee, City University of Hong, Hong 2. Language Ideology, Re-scaling, and the Transnational Lives of Migrant Korean Professionals Living in Hong - Prof. Adrian J. BAILEY,, Hong 3. Race and Racism in the Age of Migration: Case of Western and African Immigrants in China - Ms. Izabela KUJAWA, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland 4. The Mobility of Creative Labor in Dafen Village: Governance and Contestation through Flows of Goods and Ideas - Ms. LI Yan, City University of Hong, Hong - Dr. WANG Jun, City University of Hong, Hong Paper Session 3: Migration and Identification of Self and Others (CVA109) Chair: Dr. Daphne MAH, Department of Geography,, Hong 1. Beyond No Regrets : Family Background, Identity and the Collective Memory of Shanghai Educated Youth - Ms. LIN Pik Man, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong 2. Politics and Ethnic Categorization in Early Soviet Central Asia (1917-1929) - Dr. Niccolò PIANCIOLA, Lingnan University, Hong 3. Rural-to-Urban Migration in China: Endangering Migrant Adolescents Social Bonds - Ms. SHEN Yinzhi, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong 4. Murderous Identity Categories: The Rwandan Case - Dr. Facil TESFAYE, The University of Hong, Hong 18:00 End of Day 1
Day 2 Date: 12 December 2014 (Friday) 8:30 Registration (SCM012) 9:00 11:00 Plenary 3: Global Social Science and Chinese Society: Max Weber s The Religion of China (SCM012) - Prof. Martin ALBROW, Kaete Hamburger Centre for Advanced Studies, Law as Culture, University of Bonn, Germany - Prof. Sam WHIMSTER, Global Policy Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK 11:00 11:15 Coffee Break (SCM012) 11:15 13:00 Paper Session 4: (SCM012) 1. Weber's Capitalism and Capitalism in China. - Prof. Jack BARBALET,, Hong 2. Revisiting C. K. Yang's Distinction with a Weberian Legal Sociology: The Case of Temple Destruction Campaigns in Early Republican China - Dr. TSAI Po-fang, Cheng Shewo Institute, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan 3. A Semi-Foucauldian Rethinking of Weber on China: Contingency Versus Master Logic in History - Prof. Raymond LAU, Open University of Hong, Hong 13:00 14:00 Lunch (James Mau Memorial Chapel) 14:15 15:30 Paper Session 5: Organizing Spatial and Human Communities (CVA105) Chair: Dr. Loretta KIM, Department of History,, Hong 1. Clientelism and Political Participation: The Macau SAR Case - Dr. CHONG Eric King-man, Hong Institute of Education, Hong 2. Electoral Participation of Overseas Chinese in Canada: The Case of Olivia Chow in Toronto - Prof. LO Sonny Shiu-Hing, Hong Institute of Education, Hong 3. "Modeling Spatial Distribution, Neighborhood Classification and Socioeconomic Inequality: A Preliminary Study of Heterogeneity of Chinese Immigrants in Metro Vancouver" - Ms. LI Jia, The University of Hong, Hong 4. Urban Living Space for Rural Residents: Rehousing Projects in Northwestern China - Dr. SONG Jing,, Hong
14:15-15:30 Paper Session 6: Creating and Sustaining Migrant Communities (CVA109) Chair: Dr. Benson WONG, Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Baptist University, Hong 1. Origin Effects, Spatial Dynamics and Redistribution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Guangdong, China - Dr. Karen XU,, Hong 2. China s Floating Population at Inter-prefectural City Level: Spatial Patterns and Influencing Factors: Evidence from Census 2010 - Dr. LIU Kaizhi,, Hong 3. Rural Migrants and their Negotiated Social Space in Chinese Cities - Dr. CHUNG Him,, Hong 14:15-15:30 Paper Session 7: Gender, Migration and Interpersonal Relationships (CVA110) Chair: Dr. Day WONG, Department of Sociology,, Hong 1. Chinese Migrant Sex Workers in Italy: How Class and Status Shape their Gendered Labor Experiences - Dr. Martina BRISTOT, University of Hong, Hong 2. Being a Migrant Father: Emotional Turmoil and Masculinity Construction - Dr. PENG Yinni,, Hong - Prof. Susanne CHOI, Chinese University, Hong 3. Understanding Social Capital in Migrant Women from Mainland China: A Study in Tin Shui Wai North, Hong - Dr. HUNG Suet-lin, Shirley,, Hong - Dr. FUNG Kwok-kin,, Hong 4. Gendered Transition: How Aging Taiwanese Immigrants in the US Negotiate Spousal Relationships - Dr. Ken SUN,, Hong 15:30-15:45 Coffee Break (CVA108) 15:45-17:00 Moderated Panel Open Discussion: An Impure Social Science for Our Anxious Times? (AAB1312) - Dr. Patrick YUNG, The Chinese University of Hong, Hong - Prof. Sam WHIMSTER, Global Policy Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK - Prof. Franz WALDENBERGER, German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo, Japan - Dr. Maureen SIOH, De Paul University, USA 17:15 Closing