“Collective Memory and Generational Identity” at the YUNA International Student Symposium 2018
On March 14, led by Prof. Kenneth Leung, Prof. Joaquim Kuong and Mrs. Andrea Leung, 9 SPC students visited Chinese University of Hong Kong to give a presentation on “Collective Memory and Generational Identity” at the 2018 YUNA International Student Symposium.
YUNA International Student Symposium has been held for over twenty years at New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This annual event provides a platform for students from Yale University of the United States, New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Shiu Pong College (SPC) of the University of Macau to share their academic research findings on various topics as well as to engage in culture exchanges.
Same as last year, SPC was invited to be one of the three presenting groups. Before the symposium, the 9 selected SPC students had put a lot of effort into the 3-months preparation for the March 14 presentation by conducting survey research and writing reports, from which PPT files were generated. To figure out the relationship between collective memory and generational identity among Macau citizens, 8 historically significant events such as 2014 Protest against Government’s Retirement Package Bill, December 3 Riot in 1966 etc. were selected for conducting the empirical study. On-site interviews had been conducted at the campus and parks in Macau in order to collect comprehensive data.
At the symposium, 4 members of the SPC team presented first. They were followed by four presentations each from students of Yale and CUHK team. After listening to all presentations, participating SPC students said that they found out interesting differences in the collective memory and generational identity among the three regions.
The symposium ended at 5:30 p.m. Former Director of Yale-in-China Association Mr. Mark Sheldon commented that the SPC presentation was “Excellent”.
“YUNA was a great experience for us to have deeper understanding of American culture, as well as to communicate with students from top-notch universities ……We are very grateful that Shiu Pong College provides us such a valuable opportunity to participate in this program” said all participating SPC students.
“集體記憶與世代認同”──2018年YUNA國際學生論壇
3月14日，9名紹邦學生在梁偉賢教授、鄺耀基教授和梁太太的帶領下，前往香港中文大學參加2018年YUNA國際學生論壇，並做了題為“集體記憶與世代認同”的報告。
YUNA國際學生論壇在香港中文大學新亞書院已有20多年的歷史。它提供每年一次的平台，讓來自美國耶魯大學、香港中文大學新亞書院和澳門大學紹邦書院的學生共聚一堂，分享他們在不同領域的學術研究成果，並進行跨文化的交流。
與去年相同，紹邦書院受邀作為論壇的3個報告團隊之一。在前往3月14日的論壇之前，9名被篩選出的紹邦學生進行了為期3個月的勤奮準備，包括問卷調查、撰寫報告並製作幻燈片。為了描述澳門居民集體記憶與世代認同之間的關系，8個歷史性的重大事件被選出進行實証研究，如2014年對退休高官離任補償法案的抗議、1966年的“一二‧三”事件等。同學們在澳大的校園和澳門的公園進行現場訪談，以收集全面的數據。
在論壇上，4名紹邦學生首先進行了報告。耶魯大學和香港中文大學的學生隨後進行了4個報告。在聽完所有的報告之後，紹邦學生發現了3個地區在集體記憶和世代認同方面的有趣差異。
論壇在下午5時30分結束。雅禮協會前主任Mark Sheldon先生評價，紹邦書院的報告是“精彩的”。參與此次論壇的紹邦學生都表示︰“YUNA是一次很棒的經歷，讓我們對美國文化有了更深的了解，還可以跟頂級大學的學生進行交流……非常感謝紹邦書院為我們提供了這樣難得的機會。”
Presentation by SPCer / 紹邦學生報告
Answering question by SPC team / 紹邦團隊回答問題
Group photo / 大合照