SUMMARY ON SIXTH EEF WORKSHOP
THE SIXTH EVERGREEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION WORKSHOP WAS HELD AT FIRST KAILI SECONDARY SCHOOL WHICH CO-HOSTED THE EVENT ON JULY 15-17, 2013.
THE THEME OF THIS WORKSHOP WAS "FIELD RESEARCH" WITH "ORAL HISTORY" AND "FOCUS GROUPS INTERVIEW" AS MAIN TOPICS. MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING DOMESTIC / INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY EXPERTS, SCHOLARS, PROFESSIONALS, AND TEACHERS / STAFF FROM SCHOOLS WITH EEF PROGRAMS IN QINGHAI , GANSU, SHAANXI, JIANGSU, YUNNAN, GUIZHOU AND OTHER PROVINCES AND CITIES ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP.
THE SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS PROVIDED TRAINING AT THE WORKSHOP INCLUDING: DR. LOUISE S ROBBINS, DEAN AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS FROM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LIBRARY; DR. RUTH OLSON FROM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; ORAL HISTORY TEAMS FROM CHINA NATIONAL LIBRARY, HUNAN LIBRARY, JIAXING LIBRARY, YUNNAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND PEKING UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.
TO ECHO 2013-2014 EEF LOCAL CULTURAL RESEARCH TOPICS, THE WORKSHOP INVITED ANTHROPOLOGIST DR. XU XINJIAN OF INSTITUTE OF LITERATURE AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY TO GIVE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH TITLED “THE ROOTS OF CHINESE CULTURAL”.
