About GIAHS Research by Dr. Veronica MAK, SAU-WA
Welcome to my website on the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Qingyuan, China, and the Kunisaki Peninsula, Japan!
I am Veronica Mak, Sau-Wa, the Principal Investigator of a multi-site research project on the construction of agricultural heritage, supported by the
Hong Kong SAR Government (Ref. UGC/FDS15/H06/21).
I see myself principally as an anthropologist, but my work is often interdisciplinary, engaging with fields such as food studies, science and
technology studies, media, communication, and cultural studies. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hong
Kong Shue Yan University. My academic training is multidisciplinary; I began with a degree in Marketing (with a minor in Psychology) from The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, followed by a Master of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong, and both a Master of Arts and a PhD
from the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
I see myself principally as an anthropologist, but my work is often interdisciplinary, engaging with fields such as food studies, science and
technology studies, media, communication, and cultural studies. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hong
Kong Shue Yan University. My academic training is multidisciplinary; I began with a degree in Marketing (with a minor in Psychology) from The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, followed by a Master of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong, and both a Master of Arts and a PhD
from the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Journal Publication
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication(s) Arising Directly From This Research Project
Scientists and remaking heritage: the case of shiitake cultivation in a globally important agricultural heritage system in Japan
- DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2023.2272255
Scientists and remaking heritage: the case of shiitake cultivation in a globally important agricultural heritage system in Japan
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Seminars
Recognized International Conferences In Which Papers Related To This Research Project Were Delivered
2026
Rural Cosmopolitanism, Young Peasants and Sustainability of GIAHS.
Rural Cosmopolitanism
Keynote Speech presented in the Ehime Prefecture international symposium, Organized at the Yawatahama information centre
- Ehime Prefecture, Japan
2025
Platformization of Agricultural Heritage, Young Peasants and Marketing of Global-asian Identities.
2025 AAS-in-Asia Conference
Organized by Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and Social Science Baha
- Kathmandu, Nepal
2024
Platformization of Agricultural Heritage, Japanese Young Peasants and Marketing of Global-Asian Identities.
25th Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Sociological Association
Organized by Hong Kong Shue Yan University
- Hong Kong, China
2024
Digital Technology, New Peasants and the Future of GIAHS Cultural Conservation in China and Japan.
2024 East Asian GIAHS Conference
Organized by East Asia Researh Association for Agricultural Heritage Systems (ERAHS) and Gifu prefecture GIAHS “Ayu of the Nagara River System” Promotion Council
- Gifu, Japan
2023
'Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Transmitters? Not My Son’ – Shiitake farmers speak about experiences with heritagisation and their loss in rural China.
Hong Kong Sociology Association Annual Conference 2023
Organized by Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong, China
2023
“Remembering Mr. Mushroom”: Documenting Charismatic Leadership in the Preservation of Agricultural Heritage in China Using the Actor-Network Theory.
2023 AAS-in-Asia Conference
Organized by Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and the Institute of Humanities Studies at Kyungpook National University
- Daegu, South Korea
2023
From Farmers to Environmentalists – A Study of Transnational Actor-Networks in GIAHS and Identity Change.
2023 East Asian GIAHS Conference
Organized by East Asia Researh Association for Agricultural Heritage Systems (ERAHS)
- Qingyuan, Zhejinag, China
Seminars
Recognized International Conferences In Which Papers Related To This Research Project Were Delivered
2026
Rural Cosmopolitanism, Young Peasants and Sustainability of GIAHS.
Rural Cosmopolitanism
- Ehime P refecture, Japan
2025
Platformization of Agricultural Heritage, Young Peasants and Marketing of Global-asian Identities.
2025 AAS-in-Asia Conference
- Kathmandu, Nepal
2024
Platformization of Agricultural Heritage, Japanese Young Peasants and Marketing of Global-Asian Identities.
25th Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Sociological Association
- Hong Kong
2024
Digital Technology, New Peasants and the Future of GIAHS Cultural Conservation in China and Japan.
2024 East Asian GIAHS Conference
- Gifu, Japan
2023
'Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Transmitters? Not My Son’ – Shiitake farmers speak about experiences with heritagisation and their loss in rural China.
Hong Kong Sociology Association Annual Conference 2023
- Hong Kong, China
2023
“Remembering Mr. Mushroom”: Documenting Charismatic Leadership in the Preservation of Agricultural Heritage in China Using the Actor-Network Theory.
2023 AAS-in-Asia Conference
- Daegu, South Korea
2023
From Farmers to Environmentalists – A Study of Transnational Actor-Networks in GIAHS and Identity Change.
2023 East Asian GIAHS Conference
- Qingyuan, Zhejinag, China