[Call For Applications] Internship Opportunities in Beijing Palace Museum

A 6-WEEK INTERNSHIP IN THE PALACE MUSEUM

Organized by the Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR Government, 

with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and 

the Hong Kong Volunteers Association as executive arms

Under this internship, students will explore work environment on the Mainland and be assigned with a mentor for different professional trainings and exposure in this prestigious museum (some proposed job descriptions are: 文物修護、展覽策劃、藏品管理、觀眾服務、古建修繕、教育推廣、市場推廣…). 

Programme details are as follows:

Internship period

19 June – 28 July 2017 (Tentative)

Internship City

Beijing

Programme Fee

· Students are required to pay a deposit of HK$2,000 which is refundable after the successful completion of the internship and all related pre-and-post internship activities

· Inter-city transportation, accommodation, insurance and cultural exchange activities will be arranged and covered.

To be eligible for this internship, the nominee(s) should satisfy the following criteria:

· Must be a full-time non-final year undergraduate or postgraduate student

· Must be the holder of a valid Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card

· Possess good command of Putonghua

· Show strong interest in working at museum or cultural industry

· Must be able to attend the interview on 4 March 2017 (Sat)

Application

Students who are interested in this project can send Prof. Wengcheong Lam (wlam@cuhk.edu.hk) a completed application form with a copy of your résumé latest by February 5, 2017. 

The application form can be downloaded from the email sent by the department to call for applications for summer internship opportunities in early January.

[Upcoming Seminar] Applying Anthropological Methods in the Design Thinking Process

Title: Applying Anthropological Methods in the Design Thinking Process

Speaker: Charles Shih Hsiang SUNG (Assistant Professor, College of Management and the Integrated Program Of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Founder of Anthropologists for the Future)

Date and time: 23 January 2017, 1:00 – 3:15 pm

Venue: Room 12 Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK

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Design thinking is a tool developed by a world-famous design company “IDEO” and has become one important tool for solving problems in social and commercial fields. It includes five important steps (Empathy, define, ideate, prototyping, and prototype testing), three evaluation standards (viability, desirability, and feasibility), and two thinking principles (divergent thinking and convergent thinking). As IDEO claims that anthropologists are beneficial to design thinking process, anthropologists in academic still lack understanding to it and ignore our strengths in design process. In this workshop, I will introduce how to apply anthropological methods in design thinking process and how to issue a design project based on anthropological concerns. Anthropologists are familiar with conducting participant observation and interviews with empathy in fieldwork. This is important and helpful to design thinking process. However, anthropologists usually ignore the creativity we own. In the workshop, I will also introduce how to inspire creativity and develop insights based on anthological perspectives. 

Charles Shih Hsiang Sung is an Assistant Professor teaching material culture anthropology and design thinking in the Integrated Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, National Sun Yat-sen University. He and his partner are promoting the application of anthropological perspectives and ethnographical methods outside the academic by building a team and the Facebook Page "Anthropologists for Future (百工裡的人類學家)". They organize online anthropological knowledge sharing and offline activities for people who are outside anthropological academic circle but interested in its application. He believes that anthropologists can work with different fields because they all expect a better future based on humanity values.

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME! 

(A light lunch will be served at 12:30 pm. First come first served.)

[Announcement] 2017 Summer Internship Opportunities

OVERSEAS INTERNSHIPS

The Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, Cambridge, UK

Quota: 1 interns (to be confirmed)

Duration: 6 weeks (late June to mid/late August)

The Nicholson Museum, The University of Sydney, Australia

Quota: 1 intern (confirmed)

Duration: 6 weeks (late June to mid/late August)

Financial aids for overseas internship:

Students can apply to New Asia College or the Department of Anthropology for funding. 

LOCAL INTERNSHIPS

Hong Kong Museum of History

Quota: 3-5interns (to be confirmed)

Duration: Four to six weeks between June and August, to be confirmed.

Antiquities and Monuments Office, SAR

Quota: 1-2interns (to be confirmed)

Duration and schedule:  Four to six weeks between late June and August, to be confirmed. 

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Quota: 1 intern (confirmed)

Duration and schedule: About six weeks, to be confirmed.

The Festivals Office (LCSD)

Quota: 1 intern (to be confirmed)

Duration and schedule: About 220 hours between July and August, to be confirmed.

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For details of the internship, please refer to written reports by previous interns available on our department website. http://arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/en/internships.php
 
TO APPLY: Fill in application form and send with a copy of your resume to Prof. Weng Cheong Lam (wlam@cuhk.edu.hk) before January 23 Monday.

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Internship opportunities at Nongovernmental Organizations (RECOMMENDED)

(Students should apply directly to the organization.)

Overseas

International Movement For Just World (JUST),

Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Local

Action for Reach Out, http://www.afro.org.hk/EN/

Teens Key, https://www.facebook.com/TeensKey

M+ 6-Month Internship Program, 

https://careers.westkowloon.hk/jobsearch/internship/Default.aspx?lang=en

[Alumni Sharing] How Are Anthropological Methods Useful for a Humanitarian Project Manager?

How Are Anthropological Methods Useful for a Humanitarian Project Manager?

Speaker: Justin Murgai
Venue: NAH11, CUHK
Date and Time: 30 November (Wednesday), 6:30 - 9:00 pm

Justin MURGAI is an M.A and M.Phil graduate of department of anthropology, CUHK. He is currently the Humanitarian Welfare Manager of Christian Action and supervises Center for Refugees and Center and Shelter for Migrant Domestic Workers.

At the sharing with the Anthropological Field Methods class (ANTH5020), Murgai will broadly review how anthropological field methods have been supporting him in almost every aspect of his job including understanding the minority youth, refugees and foreign domestic workers; developing programs for the targeted groups, training culturally sensitive social workers, policemen and medical practitioners, conducting research for policy advocacy; and facilitating teamwork with the diverse staff of Christian Action. Based on Murgai’s personal experience, the sharing will give the class a chance to contemplate how anthropological fieldwork methods could have a profound effects in life beyond fieldwork.

ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME

Flyer of the talk

Summer Internship 2015

Every year, the Department of Anthropology collaborates with other institutions to offer local and overseas internship opportunities to our students. It is hoped that students,through taking up internships, can explore their interest and gain invaluable field experience.

This summer, 10 students of our department and 1 student minoring in our programme had been offered the opportunity to work as interns at the Antiquities and Monuments Office, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Cambridge, UK, and the Nicholson Museum at The University of Sydney, Australia.

To read students' sharing on their internship experience, please go to our Department's website: http://arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/en/internships.php.

Summer Internship Reflections 2014

An exquisite bronze item in an exhibition held by the Hong Kong Museum of History.

Photo Credit: Gloria Lam

Undergraduate students of the Department of Anthropology are encouraged to apply for internship opportunities at institutions/organizations both locally and internationally every summer, as internship allows students to explore their interest and provides invaluable field experience. 

Ka Ki at the University of Sydney campus .
Photo Credit: Lam Ka Ki

In the year 2014, the Department has secured 5 summer internship opportunities for students – 1 overseas and 4 local.  Students who have participated have written to share their experience as interns in the Nicholson Museum (Antiquities) in The University of Sydney (Australia), the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and the Antiquities and Monuments Office (Hong Kong). 

Ka Ki working in a laboratory at the Nicholson Museum of University of Sydney.
Photo Credit: Lam Ka Ki

For more information on the summer internship and to find out what our students have to share, please visit our website.

For students who are interested in applying internship in the coming year, you may also visit the Career Planning and Development Centre, Office of Student Affair's website for the Global Internship Programme.

Celia's colleague hosting a game with the junior secondary students in the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center.

Photo Credit: Celia Yiu

Job Hunting Workshop for Anthropology Graduates

On March 24, 2014, a Job Hunting Workshop for Anthropology Graduates was held by the Postgraduate Students' Society of Anthropology Department(PSSAD). Four previous CUHK anthropology postgraduate students-- ZHONG Wen, Jo YUNG, Amy HO and Astrid CHANG came and shared their working experience with participants. After a short speech of each speaker, the workshop were divided freely into four groups so the speakers could talk freely with participants and answer their questions on career lives of anthropology majors. Around 30 MA and MPhil students joined the workshop and enjoyed this great opportunity to find out more about their future.

Short introduction of each speaker:

ZHONG Wen graduated from the Department as an MA student in 2013 and is now working as a journalist.

Jo YUNG is our former MA student who graduated in 2004 and is now working as a marketing researcher. Jo has more than ten years of research experience and has participated in various research projects both in academia and business. Jo is currently Head of Ethnography Center of Excellence, APAC at Ipsos.

Amy HO graduates as an MA from the Department and is now a computer game expert who is currently working in a game development company.

Astrid CHANG was originally from Beijing. She graduated as an MPhil student from the Department in 2011 and has also received her BSSc in Journalism in CUHK. She has had several jobs and is now working as an International News Editor.

Summer Internship Reflections 2013

Handling collections with gloves
(Photo provided by Susan FUNG)

Undergraduate students of the Department of Anthropology are encouraged to apply for internship opportunities at institutions/organizations both locally and internationally every summer, as internship allows students to explore their interest and provides invaluable field experience. 

In the year 2013, the Department has secured 8 summer internship opportunities for students – 3 overseas and 5 local.  Students who have participated have written to share their experience as interns in The Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology (Cambridge, UK), The Nicholson Museum (Antiquities) in The University of Sydney (Australia), the Hong Kong Museum of History, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office (Hong Kong). For more information on the summer internship and to find out what our students have to share, please visit our website.

Susan Fung Handling Fiji Clubs

Photographing a bunch of metals during accessioning
(Photo provided by Sendy Leung)

Harley NG at Nicholson Museum

Holding a bronze halberd from the Shang-Zhou period
(Photo provided by Samson Tang)

China Youthology: Anthropological Methods applied in Consumer Insights Consultancy

What can you do after graduation with an anthropology major? How can one apply anthropological methods in real jobs and in everyday life? These may be questions that bother lots of students. Well, here is an example of what to do with anthropological training. 

A group of young people established this company called China Youthology, which is now one of China's top Consumer Insights consultancies. Many of the members have anthropological background and the company has been applying methods such as in-depth interviews and focus-group discussions into their research, to help companies and society understand the real life and needs of Chinese youth.

As they put it:"We offer provocative insights about Chinese youth and facilitate the use of insights to spark actions in the market and society."

To find out more about their work with companies and their research, please visit their company website and blog. You can also check out their recent project "China Normal: Lower Tier Youth Research" here.

Graduates interested in job openings can also check them out here.