Category Archives: Education

Overseas Project: Day Six Energy and Environment (updated)

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 12 April, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Teaching. Tagged , , , . No comments.
On Monday, having spent the first few days getting used to China, seeing how people live and investigating history and culture, began the first real engagement with business. We were lucky to start the day with an excellent presentation and discussion on the energy industry in China, highlighting the importance of energy to China’s continued [...]

Overseas Project: Day Five History and Culture

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 11 April, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Teaching. Tagged , , , . No comments.
The three Sundays that the students are in China are designed to be slightly more relaxed than the other days (if only the same was true for me). Each Sunday can be spent of cultural activities and learning about Chinese history. This Sunday (their first in China) was spent on a trip to the Great [...]

Overseas Project: Day Four Photography Workshop (updated)

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 10 April, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Teaching. Tagged , , , . No comments.
On Saturday we had a photography workshop with local British photographer, Sean Gallagher. Sean has been in and around Beijing for more than three years and his photographs have been printed in National Geographic, The Guardian and national and regional newspapers and magazines in Canada and Germany. His work has been featured on the BBC [...]

Overseas Project: Day Three Train and 798

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 9 April, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Teaching. Tagged , , . No comments.
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The train journey was uneventful and much less arduous than the students expected. While somewhat cramped the 1500 plus kilometres passed pleasantly (and mostly asleep). After checkin, unpacking and brunch we went to 798 art district. The district is a centrepiece of Beijing’s art scene and an exemplar for both urban regeneration and cultural industries [...]

Artist Pan Xiaoling

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 29 March, 2010. Filed under China, Education, Video. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.
For the next field school in China, a key theme will be the development of the cultural industries in China. As part of our preparations, with a colleague and a friend I visited a village near Xian, famous for its peastant painters (who paint in a particular style). We were lucky enough to be able [...]