Chu Dongai
Chu Dongai
She joined South China University of Technology in 1995 and is currently a professor and master's supervisor in the School of Journalism and Communication. Her main research areas are folk culture and folk art, with expertise in festival customs, oral history, and fieldwork. For many years, she has been committed to exploring a model of urban development that preserves traditional cultural characteristics and urban cultural diversity, as well as modern urban lifestyles, through a combination of desk research, fieldwork, and video documentation. She has been actively involved in the process of constructing local culture through collaboration between the government, local intellectuals, folk culture inheritors, media, and the public. In recent years, her research has focused on urban folk culture, the inheritance, protection, and dissemination of intangible cultural heritage, and oral history. Her teaching areas include communication writing, aesthetic psychology, visual folklore, cultural and creative industries, and Chinese folk culture.
Education and Work Experience
1992, Hubei Normal University, History, Bachelor's Degree
1995, Jinan University, History / Overseas Chinese History, Master's Degree
2006, Sun Yat-sen University, PhD in Modern and Contemporary Literature / Folklore.
1995 — Present, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, South China University of Technology , School of Journalism and Communication
Part-time Jobs
She is a council member of the Chinese Folklore Society, the Chinese Higher Education Film and Television History Society, the Chinese Anthropology Folk Culture Research Professional Committee, a researcher at the Chinese Folklore Culture Industry Research Center, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Folk Literature and Art Association, and a member of the Expert Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guangdong Province.
Books
1. The Magpie Bridge on the Seventh Night of the Seventh Month - The Qixi Festival in Guangdong, Guangdong Education Press, April 2010 .
2. Folk Memories of “Urban Villages”: An Investigation of Zhucun Village, Guangzhou, Guangdong People’s Publishing House , August 2012 .
3. Decoding Shunde Folk Customs, Chief Editor Ye Chunsheng, Associate Editor Chu Dongai et al., Heilongjiang People's Publishing House , January 2005 .
4. Regional Folklore, by Ye Chunsheng, Chen Liqin, Chu Dongai and Liu Xingdong, Heilongjiang People's Publishing House , August 2005 .
5. The New Dance of the Qilin in Dongjiang, edited by Ye Chunsheng et al., with Chu Dongai et al. as associate editors, Beijing Popular Literature and Art Publishing House , May 2009 .
6. The Carnival of the People - Images of the Dragon Boat in the Milky Way by Chu Dongai, Huang Xuemin, et al., Guangdong People's Publishing House , June 2014 .
7. Zhucun Folk Customs (6 volumes)by Chu Dongai, Wang Lisha, et al., Guangdong People's Publishing House , November 2016 .
8. Becoming a Mother Again at Forty? by Fang Ying , Chu Dong'ai, et al., Guangdong People's Publishing House , February 2016 .
9. Where Did I Come From? — An Oral History of My Family, South China University of Technology Press , February 2019 .
10. Tianhe: 1985, edited by Chu Dongai, Huang Xuemin, et al., Guangdong People's Publishing House , June 2020 .
Representative Articles
1. Shenzhen Folklore and Special Economic Zone Development, Special Economic Zone Economy, 2004 (07) .
2. The Historical Impact of Changes in Administrative Regions on the Development of Folk Customs in Hong Kong and Macao, Southeast Asia Review, 2004 ( 10 ) .
3. A Comparative Study of the Myths of Mao Dun and Wen Yiduo, Guangxi Ethnic Studies, 2004 ( 3 ) .
4. A Comparative Study of the Myths of Mao Dun and Wen Yiduo, Renmin University of China Press, Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature Studies, 2005 ( 03 ).
5. An Exploration of the Folk Customs of the Seven Sisters’ Birthday in Lingnan Region during the Traditional Period—Taking Zhucun Village in Guangzhou as an Example, Cultural Heritage, 2008 (04) .
6. An Investigation and Analysis of the 'Cat Worship' Custom in Zhucun Village, Guangzhou,Journal of Henan Education Institute, 2006 , No. 2. (Special commissioned article for the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Special Issue")
7. The Resurrection and Transformation of Qiqiao Festival: A Case Study of the “Seven Sisters’ Birthday” Activities in Zhucun, Guangzhou, National Art , 2009(03) .
8. The Evolution of Folk Culture in Urban Villages and the Adjustment to a Harmonious Society, Guangxi Ethnic Studies, 2009(03) .
9. Walking on the Road to Entertainment: A Comparative Study of the Qiqiao Talent Show and Television Beauty Pageants,Theory and Creation, No. 6 , 2010 .
10. Festivals, Beliefs and Reconstruction of Ethnic Traditions in Social Change: A Case Study of the Dragon Boat Race Custom in Zhucun, Guangzhou, Guangxi Ethnic Studies, 2011(04) .
11. Disciplinary Individuality and Linguistic Conventions of Keywords in Academic Papers, China Publishing, 2012 ( 12 ).
12. The Contemporary Trend of Urban Folk Beliefs, Guangming Daily, 2012-01-01 ( second from right in the theoretical edition ) .
13. On the Construction of Successful Model of China’s Mobile Animation Industry, China Publishing, 2012 ( 02 ).
14. Chu Dongai and Huang Xuemin , Qiqiao Festival and Traditional Women ’s Discourse: A Case Study of Qiqiao Festival in Guangdong Province, Inner Mongolia Social Sciences ( Chinese Edition ) , 2012(01) .
15. Urban Folk Beliefs in the Process of Urbanization: A Case Study of “Urban Villages” in Guangzhou, National Art , 2012(01) .
16. Urban Imagination and Cultural Identity of Rural Indigenous People: A Case Study of “Urban Villages” in Guangzhou, Cultural Heritage , 2012(03) .
17. Theoretical Conception of Flexible and Heterogeneous Management Model of “Urban Villages” in Guangdong, Journal of South China University of Technology ( Social Sciences Edition ) , 2013(03) .
18. Chu Dongai and Huang Xuemin , Changes and Significance of Titles in Interpersonal Communication, Journal of Shenzhen University ( Humanities and Social Sciences Edition ) , 2013(06) .
19. A Comparison of Qiqiao Culture in Xihe, Gansu and Zhucun, Guangzhou, Cultural Heritage, 2014 (06) .
20. Urbanization and Rural Festival Heritage Protection, Cultural Heritage, 2016(01) .
21. Research and Ideas on Urban-Rural Development Model – A Case Study of Panyu, Guangzhou, Lingnan Literature and History, 2016 ( 01 ) .
22. Symbolic Interpretation and Creativity of the Qixi Festival: A Case Study of Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Cultural Heritage, 2018 ( 03 ) .
23. Imaginary Farmers and Farmers’ Imagination: The Discipline and Dissemination of Longmen Peasant Paintings, National Art, 2018 ( 03 ).
24. Small Stories and Big Society: Cantonese Storytelling and Its Successors in Oral History, Cultural Heritage, 2020 ( 01 ).
Awards
1. The New Style of Qilin Dance in Dongjiang, edited by Ye Chunsheng et al., with Chu Dongai et al. as deputy editors, Beijing Popular Literature and Art Publishing House, May 2009. Awarded the Second Prize of Guangdong Provincial Folk Literature and Art Works.
2. "Walking on the Road of Entertainment: A Comparative Study of the Qiqiao Talent Show and Television Beauty Pageants", won the second prize for outstanding papers at the Guangdong Provincial Social Science Academic Conference in November 2010 .
3. "Folk Memories of 'Urban Villages' - An Investigation of Zhucun Village, Guangzhou" won the " 11th China Folk Literature and Art Mountain Flower Award - Academic Work Award" in December 2013 .
4. "Folk Memories of 'Urban Villages' - An Investigation of Zhucun Village, Guangzhou", won the Special Fund Award for Outstanding Folk Art Works from the Publicity Department of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC in October 2014 .
5. “Folk Memories of ‘Urban Villages’: An Investigation of Zhucun Village, Guangzhou”, won the Outstanding Social Science Achievement Award from South China University of Technology in November 2015 .
6. “Folk Memories of Urban Villages: An Investigation of Zhucun Village, Guangzhou”, won the “10th Guangdong Lu Xun Literary Award” in November 2017 .
7. "The Magpie Bridge on the Seventh Night of the Seventh Month - The Qixi Festival in Guangdong", won the "Guangdong Provincial Folk Literature and Art Works New Work Award" in 2011 .
8. Top Ten Outstanding Inheritors of the Qiqiao Festival in Guangzhou",2013
9. Outstanding Folk Artist of Guangdong Province, 2016 .
Contact
dachu@scut.edu.cn
