Abstract

Cultural interpretation using emerging technology and transmedia narratives is transforming field-based education and ethnographic/folkloristic fieldwork. Public Culture and Heritage: A Beijing Based Field School (PCH) was conceived and implemented as a way to involve students and scholars in the transformative and participatory process described above, within an art education context. PCH occurred in Summer 2011 and consisted of a two-week online orientation to fieldwork and transmedia cultural interpretation followed by a two-week residency in two Beijing districts, Jianguo and Song Zhuang. The field school concluded with a two-week online transmedia production experience. Student productions were posted to Vine Online.

How to Cite:

Blandy, D. & Fenn, J., (2013) “Public Culture and Heritage: A Beijing Based Field School”, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education 30(1), 60-82. doi: https://doi.org/10.2458/jcrae.4931