YUNA International Student Symposium 2019 –
"Communities: Margin and Mainstream"
On March 13, a group of 10 students from Shiu Pong College (SPC), led by College Master Prof. Benzi Zhang, delivered an informative and well-received presentation on "Communities: Margin and Mainstream" at the 2019 YUNA International Student Symposium held at New Asia College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The YUNA International Student Symposium is an international joint event which has been held for over twenty years. This annual event provides a platform for students from Yale University (Yale) of the United States, New Asia College (NAC) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shiu Pong College (SPC) of the University of Macau to share their opinions and research findings on various topics, as well as to engage in cultural exchange.
As in the previous years, SPC was invited to participate as one of the three presenting groups. This year, the SPC team decided to conduct a comparative study of local Chinese and Filipino Workers in Macau under the topic of "Communities: Margin and Mainstream". In three months, students closely worked together and tried their best on researching, conducting interviews, data analysis and writing reports with advice from Prof. Benzi Zhang (College Master),Prof. Joaquim Kuong (College Fellow of SPC), and Prof. Kenneth Leung (Former College Master).
In the symposium, five members of the SPC team presented first, introducing their findings and the three core aspects that were referred to in the comparison of the two groups, namely, the social-cultural aspect, the economic aspect and the socio-political aspect. The presentation attracted many questions from the floor, including students from Yale and NAC. They were then followed by four presentations by eight Yale students.
After listening to all presentations, participating SPC students said that they gained a lot from listening to presentations of the Yale students and found interesting differences among cultures. "This is a wonderful experience for me," Isuru (an SPC student presenter) said. "The ways they incorporated humor, the breadth of the topics they covered and the ways they handled questions raised by audience are all amazing."
At 5:00 p.m., the symposium came to a successful close.
2019年YUNA國際學生論壇 - "社區：邊緣和主流"
3月13日， 10位來自紹邦學院的學生在由張本梓教授的帶領下，前往香港中文大學參加2019年YUNA國際學生論壇，並成功地進行了以"社區：邊緣和主流"為題的報告。
YUNA國際學生論壇是一項舉辦了20多年的聯合活動。它提供了每年一次的平台，讓來自美國耶魯大學、香港中文大學新亞書院和澳門大學紹邦書院的學生能共聚一堂，分享他們在不同領域的看法和學術研究的成果，並進行跨文化的交流。
跟以往一樣，紹邦書院受邀作為論壇的三個報告團隊之一。紹邦的學生團隊決定在 "社區：邊緣和主流"的主題下，深入探討澳門本土的社區情況，並以澳門人和菲律賓工人為主軸，研究兩個群體在澳門社區下的差異。在三個月的準備期內，同學們緊密合作，勤奮地進行著問卷調查、訪談、數據分析和撰寫報告等的工作，在院長張本梓教授、書院導師鄺耀基教授和前院長梁偉賢教授的幫助和建議下順利完成。
在論壇上，紹邦書院的五名成員首先進行報告，介紹了他們的這次研究的成果以及研究中使用的三個核心分析層面，即社會文化，經濟和社會政治。他們的報告吸引了眾多提問，包括耶魯大學和新亞書院的學生。接著，八名耶魯大學學生以兩人為一單位進行了四個獨立的報告，也迎來了各方學生的熱烈提問和交流。
在聽完所有報告後，參與紹邦學生都說他們從耶魯大學的演講中獲益良多，並發現了一些不同文化之間的有趣差異。 一名紹邦學生Isuru表示，"他們在報告中融入幽默的方式，探討主題的深度以及他們應對聽眾提問的方式都很驚人！這個論壇對我來說是一次很棒的體驗。"
是次活動在當日下午5時圓滿結束。
如欲查詢更多紹邦書院活動資訊，歡迎瀏覽以下網址：
https://spc.rc.um.edu.mo/
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