BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:340@harvard-yenching.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T130000 DTSTAMP:20231117T140049Z URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/living-history-and-collective- memory-of-deaf-people-in-a-chinese-social-welfare-factory/ SUMMARY:Life Histories and Collective Memory of Deaf People in a Chinese So cial Welfare Factory DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nThis talk reports an on-going project attempting to record the life histories and construct the collective memory of the Deaf workers in Chinese social welfare factories since 1958. After 1949\, as part of the reform in social welfare and relief system\, the Chinese government established state-owne d social welfare factories to provide its disabled citizens with a stable job. The presenter has interviewed Deaf employees who have retired from or are still working for one of such factories\, Sanlu\, one of the very fir st two welfare factories built in Beijing in 1958 to provide concentrated employment for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. While most earlier built w elfare factories in China went bankrupt\, Sanlu still survives\,after dram atic reforms and restructuring. Over 800 Deaf people have been employed th ere. Some of the older Deaf workers were hired since 1958\, while younger employees were outsourced to the Johnson &\; Johnson-bought Dabao Cosme tics Co. Ltd\, the most successful subsidiary and top selling brand of San lu. Together\, life histories of these Deaf workers provide a glimpse into the lives of the world’s biggest Deaf population. Their collective memo ry of the factory forms a contrast with that of the larger social environm ent in China.\n\n\n\nThis talk will be sign language interpreted CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S tates X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambrid ge\, MA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Common Room (#136):geo: 0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR