Mary L Kish, 4/28/2006 · 0 comments
Women from the Buyi minority in China, practicing their dance for The Theater of the Oppressed in a public square.
Julie's full story about observing them.
Video of Buyi women walking and singing as they collect trash.
For the second year in a row, a CMD senior has been honored as a Fulbright scholar. Julie Perng '06 will conduct research in Shaxi Township, Yunnan Province, China, investigating the effects of rural-to-urban migration on people who remain in native villages.
"I have personal ties to China," says Perng. "My father is Chinese and I spent eight years of my life in Taiwan." She also spent spring 2005 in a study abroad program in Yunnan, conducting ethnographic research.
Perng credits her CMD courses with providing a solid foundation for her Fulbright research project. "The focus on systems thinking was very valuable in my original research. Also the major allowed me a lot of freedom to take courses in a wide variety of disciplines."
When she returns from China, Julie hopes to find work in Washington, D.C., and eventually go to graduate school, perhaps to study economic development.
Read about Julie's experiences in brief newsletters from her, including some pictures from China:
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