Tag Archives: rural China

Suichang Part III: Spring Festival 2015

Posted on February 26, 2015 by elenakayes

Today I caught a ride back to Hangzhou from Suichang with my research partner and his father. During the drive, his father said to me ‘China’s development is happening too quickly, and our traditions are being destroyed in the process. … Continue reading →

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“Seeking Truth From Fact” Part III: Gaoping’s E-commerce Shop

Posted on January 27, 2015 by elenakayes

I felt conflicted about how to write this post. My previous two posts on Gaoping’s peasant tourism association and organic food cooperative were easy, feel-good, ‘hooray-for-rural-alternativist-values’ stories of grassroots cooperative institutions that integrate the needs and interests of the local … Continue reading →

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“Seeking Truth From Fact” Part II: Gaoping’s Organic Farm Cooperative

Posted on November 28, 2014 by elenakayes

In my last post I described the recent evolution of Gaoping’s peasant-tourism cooperative association. Mainly, how the villagers scaled up from scattered, individual households opening their homes to tourists, to sharing resources and combining services to form the ‘Four Unifications’ … Continue reading →

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“Seeking Truth From Fact”: The Relevant Role of Experimental Models in China’s Rural Development

Posted on November 20, 2014 by elenakayes

I returned to Suichang last week as an assistant to a professor I met at a conference last summer who hired me as a mentor for a group of US undergrad students she lead on a month-long trip across China. … Continue reading →

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