[HKAS Seminar] The Awareness of Technological Choices: Chinese Elements Adopted by Khmer Ceramic Craftsmen in Angkor, Cambodia

Title: The Awareness of Technological Choices: Chinese Elements Adopted by Khmer Ceramic Craftsmen in Angkor, Cambodia
Speaker: Sharon Wong Wai-yee
Date and time: 23 April 2015, 7:00 p.m. 
Venue: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, 100 Chatham Road, Tsim Sha Tsui 

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Khmer ceramics unearthed in Angkor can be traced as cultural roots to provoke local awareness of local identities and traditions. However, Chinese influence is usually portrayed as a straightforward case of one-way cultural diffusion, especially how Chinese ceramic craftsmanship influenced the Khmers during the ninth to fourteenth centuries. In this talk, a concept of technological choices on the study of Chinese elements adopted by Khmer ceramic craftsmen in Angkor will shed light on our imagery of cross-cultural exchange in the past.

Sharon Wong Wai-yee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include historical archaeology, and China-Southeast Asian cultural interaction in pre-modern period. She was trained in archaeology and gained her PhD at the National University of Singapore and M.A. from the School of Archaeology and Museology in Peking University.

The event is jointly presented by the Hong Kong Anthropological Society and the Hong Kong Museum of History. All interested are welcome. For more information, please contact Stan Dyer on 9746 9537 or anthrohk@gmail.com.

Flyer of the seminar