by admin | Nov 24, 2023
When Dr Michael BC Rivera was 13 years old, he was captivated by the American television show Bones, about a forensic anthropologist who uses her skills to solve mysteries. Dr Rivera wanted to do the same thing, but in Hong Kong, where he grew up, there were no...
by admin | May 18, 2023
Dr Javier Cha is an unlikely combination of Korean medievalist and digital historian, two seemingly unrelated subjects that were brought together by the fact that his medieval research had too much data for one person to comfortably compute on his own. Starting 15...
by admin | May 15, 2023
Miscarriage is not uncommon – 10 to 20 in every 100 pregnancies end before term – yet it’s still rarely discussed. HKU’s Department of Social Work and Social Administration and the Hong Kong Jockey Club have worked together to launch the Perinatal Bereavement Care...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
In 2012, American artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg unveiled a new project, Stranger Visions, consisting of portraits derived from people’s DNA that she had extracted from detritus collected from the street – cigarette butts, lollipop sticks, strands of hair and the like....
by admin | May 26, 2022
Money is different things to different people, none more so than economists and anthropologists. Economists often see money as an instrument that makes bartering in the market run smoother – it’s easier to trade dollars than lug around actual cows and bags of rice for...
