We conducted a preliminary study in early summer 2021 on attitudes and practices of mask wearing and vaccination, surveying 200 participants from Hong Kong and 200 participants from the United…
Posts published by “Priscilla Song”
Priscilla Song is an Associate Professor in the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine and the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong. She is a medical anthropologist working at the nexus of global health, science and technology studies, and China studies.
In March 2021, we invited students at Education University of HK (EdUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to submit designs for a fabric mask design contest that applies…
Dr. Emma Buchtel was interviewed by the South China Morning Post regarding research on the modern virtue of filial piety, reported in the 14 June 2021 article “Fewer babies, altered…
In the COVID-19 era, one of our best defenses against the virus is everyone wearing masks! But different cultures have different challenges with mask-wearing. Research from cultural psychology suggests that…
Ms. Tianyi Yan and Dr. Priscilla Song gave an online presentation on “Uncertain Prognoses: Chronic Dying in a Pediatric Hospice Ward in Beijing” for the Chronic Living Conference organized by…
The Hong Kong PPE Care Package Project was a humanitarian aid effort organized by Emma Buchtel and Priscilla Song with YaleWomenHK during the April 2020 COVID-19 surge in the United…
Dr. Emma Buchtel was awarded Knowledge Transfer Funds for the 2020/21 academic year by the Committee on Research and Development at Education University of Hong Kong for the project “Mask…
Dr. Priscilla Song was awarded a Sin Wai-Kin Junior Fellowship by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences for the project “Everyday Cultures of Mask Wearing in…