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Research paper thumbnail of Engendering Mortuary Practices of Roman Britain: Applications and Implications of Artefactual and Ecofactual Field Data

Using the case studies on the Eastern Cemetery of London, Lankhills Cemetery of Winchester and Br... more Using the case studies on the Eastern Cemetery of London, Lankhills Cemetery of Winchester and Brougham Cemetery of Cumbria, this dissertation explores and examines the gender representations in burial practices of Roman Britain with a focus on artefactual and ecofactual grave goods vis-à-vis the human remains and through the theoretical lens of performativity of gender (Butler 1993). The case studies show that such gender presentations were conditioned by the regionality of practices and, more importantly, inferred by the nature of burials (inhumation and cremation) as well as the archaeological field practices as implied in the skeletal, artefactual and ecofactual data recovered.

Research paper thumbnail of In Pursuit of Home: An Ethnographic Study of Hong Kong Migrants in the Netherlands

In this thesis, the author explores the multiple meanings of home among a group of Hongkongers wh... more In this thesis, the author explores the multiple meanings of home among a group of Hongkongers who migrated to the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s, by examining them in both the local and transnational context. In his fieldwork in the Netherlands and Hong Kong, the author found that the firstgeneration migrants articulated their ideas of home in terms of their lineage background in Hong Kong as well as the gendered experience in the

Research paper thumbnail of Engendering Mortuary Practices of Roman Britain: Applications and Implications of Artefactual and Ecofactual Field Data

Using the case studies on the Eastern Cemetery of London, Lankhills Cemetery of Winchester and Br... more Using the case studies on the Eastern Cemetery of London, Lankhills Cemetery of Winchester and Brougham Cemetery of Cumbria, this dissertation explores and examines the gender representations in burial practices of Roman Britain with a focus on artefactual and ecofactual grave goods vis-à-vis the human remains and through the theoretical lens of performativity of gender (Butler 1993). The case studies show that such gender presentations were conditioned by the regionality of practices and, more importantly, inferred by the nature of burials (inhumation and cremation) as well as the archaeological field practices as implied in the skeletal, artefactual and ecofactual data recovered.

Research paper thumbnail of In Pursuit of Home: An Ethnographic Study of Hong Kong Migrants in the Netherlands

In this thesis, the author explores the multiple meanings of home among a group of Hongkongers wh... more In this thesis, the author explores the multiple meanings of home among a group of Hongkongers who migrated to the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s, by examining them in both the local and transnational context. In his fieldwork in the Netherlands and Hong Kong, the author found that the firstgeneration migrants articulated their ideas of home in terms of their lineage background in Hong Kong as well as the gendered experience in the

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