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 in “Cultures of Masking”
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…
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…
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…