About this iTalkIn this talk, Mr. Jeffrey Andrews will share his life story and cover some racial and cultural bridging initiatives, policies that have hindered ethnic minorities, and what it means to be a Hong Konger. Registration:  https://lbcube.ust.hk/ce/index.php/event/7782/ Notes:The talk will be recorded and photos will be taken during the talk.Students may attain 1.0 hour credit for the HLTH1010 Healthy Lifestyle Course "Wellness and Personal Enrichment" moduleZoom meeting ID and passcode will be sent to registrants at 5pm, 1 day before the talk.Enquiry: Ms. Eunice Wong (lbeunice@ust.hk)About Jeffrey AndrewsAn Indian by descent, Hong Kong-born and raised Jeffrey Andrews is one of the first ethnic minority registered social workers in Hong Kong. Committed to helping refugees and minority rights, in 2014 he travelled to the United Nations in Geneva to speak about the issues of segregated schools.He has been featured in numerous documentaries, news articles, TV programs. He has received The Secretary for Home Affairs Commendation awarded in recognition of his dedicated service and outstanding contributions to the enhancement of racial harmony and integration to Hong Kong. Recently been selected as 2019 JCI Top Outstanding young persons and also 2019 Cathay Pacific’s Change Makers award and his beloved football team Manchester United recognized him as one of 7 Global heroes.He has been with Christian Action’s Centre for refugees for 11 years as a social worker and now assistant manager.

About the TalkThe Lahu are a small ethnic minority in China. About 470,000 of them live in the mountains in Yunnan, near Burma, Laos, and northern Thailand. This group is mostly Buddhist, and have a long history of resistance to the Chinese Han majority. The Lahu now face the collapse of their traditional social system, suffering from the highest suicide rate in the world, large scale trafficking of Lahu women, alcoholism, and poverty.Dr. Ma did long-term anthropological research among the Lahu for years. In this talk, he will give an overview of the Lahus traditional way of life, the difficulties they face, and how the Lahus situation provides an example of how the Chinese government approaches relatively small ethnic minorities in China. The Lahu minority in Southwest China Streaming Video of talkThe book, The Lahu minority in Southwest China: a response to ethnic marginalization on the frontier, is available in the Library.  About the SpeakerProfessor Ma developed his interest in cultural anthropology growing up in Yunnan, Southwest China. In 1997, he received his M.A. degree in ethnology at Yunnan Nationalities University, and completed his MPhil (2002) and PhD (2007) here at HKUST. His research interests include: ethnicity, kinship, the anthropology of borderlands, and ethnic minorities in China and highland Southeast Asia.As an Assistant Professor in the Division of Humanities, this spring he is teaching HUMA 2621, "Culture and Environment" which explores the relationship between "culture" and the "environment" and how cultural mechanisms impact resource management, population and health practices in different cultural settings.For enquiry, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6756.