Colleagues:

Professors Zibin Guo and David Cundiff will each give presentations on Chinese health-related topics on Tuesday, March 29 from 12:15–1:30 in the University Center 206 Auditorium. Descriptions of each presentation are provided below. 

Zibin Guo is a UC Foundation Associate Professor in the the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography Department, and David Cundiff is Professor and Head of the Department of Exercise Science, Health, and Leisure Studies. 

These two presentations are part of a spring and fall faculty lecture series sponsored by the UTC Faculty Asian Studies Committee. Brief descriptions of each presentation are provided below. Faculty, staff, students, and community members are welcome to attend.

Cordially,
Lucien Ellington
Faculty Asian Studies Committee


Professor Guo:
The Type of Knowledge and the Way of Knowing in Chinese Medicine - An Epitomized Chinese Way of Thinking 

This presentation describes the commonly shared ideas and practices regarding the structure of knowledge and the way of knowing in Chinese medicine. The talk emphasizes the idea that empirically defined knowledge and the way of knowing are both culturally and intellectually coherent. They are embedded in distinctive cultural premises and symbols, and they cannot be fully understood outside the stream of social and cultural context.


Professor Cundiff:
China Diet Study

This study is the largest and most comprehensive study undertaken examining diet and disease relationships. Professors from Cornell and Oxford Universities, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine & Medical Services collaborated on the research. Chinese and American dietary and disease patterns are compared.