HCMC – ‘Encounter’ Presents Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen

Fri 8 Nov 2013, 6.30 pm
Room 5.2.02/03
RMIT, Pham Ngoc Thach campus
21 Pham Ngoc Thach, D. 3, HCMC

From the organizer:

‘Encounter’ warmly welcomes Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen, specialist in Geography & Development Studies from Ho Chi Minh City, to talk about “Reviving and nourishing material culture for creative purpose”.

Originality and creativity are crucial attributes that encourage establishment and development of a locality’s material culture.  Through analysis of a particular material – here with the rare black silk from Tan Chau, An Giang Province – Dr. Truong Thi Kim Chuyen, Senior Lecturer of Geography Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanity HCMC, will discuss how to maintain and renew tradition by examining the crucial relationship between location, community, material and creative reality. Dr. Chuyen considers the challenges in nourishing and reviving local material culture, in the context of a society where there is strong interest in imported products. She will provide example of how to nurture and sustain creative innovation in cultural material and object in order to encourage learning of their meaning and appropriation in modern life.

Language: Vietnamese with English translation.

Free entry. Seats in are limited, please arrange your time to arrive early for your seating convenience.