Index for Autoethnographic Project: Inter-Cultural Communication in China

This index serves as an ongoing, interactive site map and resource for my autoethnographic vlog project, From Xinjiang to Harmony, which chronicles over 12 years of teaching inter-cultural communication in China, beginning with my arrival in Xinjiang in 2011. The project integrates a personal archive of home video footage from both Australia and China, providing a rich context for exploring cultural interactions and personal experiences. As the project evolves, this index will expand to include links to subsequent contextual / explanatory blog posts featuring both video content and descriptive text.  PDFs of previously published or released material may not be in current house style - updates in house format will be uploaded as available.

 

Project Overview

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• Introduction to the Project

  • Stranger Brochure PDF download​

• Methodology: Autoethnographic Film as Post-Modern Genre

• Online Premier Film Screening / Preliminary Exegesis: "Being in Time": China, Place Memory & Pedagogy – From Xinjiang To Shanghai

• Action Research Context: "Being in Time" as Pedagogic Inter-Cultural Videographic + Transmedia Practice in Covid-19 China

  • Graphic Novel / Comic Transmedia tie-In PDF downlaod​​​​​​

• Background Context: Always an Other? Representation of Disability in Australian Film (unpublished Australian National Film & Sound Archive [NFSA] SAR Research Fellow monograph - first draft)

  • Disability & Autoethnography​

    • TLK Punk (as stored in the NFSA collection: Experimental Autoethnographic BioPic on Disability & LGBT Spoken Word Performance Poetry)

    • Punktuation by Teri Louise Kelly PDF download

      Disability, Film & Performativity: filmmaker reflection PDF download

      Always an Other? Original Monograph PDF download​

  • Film Classification & Censorship in Australia​ PDF download

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Chronological Vlog+ 

 

1.0 Introductory Matters

 

• 2025/05/12: A Stranger Here Myself Promotional Introduction Vlog

• 2025/05/12: Patreon Content Management Account Creation

• 2025/05/18: Early Experimental Autoethnographic Video Works

  • Shanghai Loose

  • Escort Driver​

  • I Will Not Die for the US Economy

  • Perfect Imperfections

  • The Men from Bolshevik Gully

  • A Wealth of Nations

  • Memories of Xinjiang (extract)

  • Decalcomaniac: 3 Short Films about Tim Gaze and his Art

  • Asemic Gazing: Redux

 

2.0 From Xinjiang to Shanghai

 

• 2025/05/15: Vlog 1 - "Shanghai as Palimpsest"

   

• 2013: Cultural Challenges and Adaptations

• 2014: Home Video Reflections

• 2015: Expanding Inter-Cultural Dialogues

• 2016: Personal Growth and Cultural Insights

• 2017: Bridging Cultures through Education

• 2018: Community Engagement and Cultural Exchange

• 2019: Reflections on Teaching Practices

• 2020: Adapting to New Norms

• 2021: Virtual Teaching and Cultural Connectivity

• 2022: Revisiting Home and Cultural Identity

• 2023: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

 

 

Additional Resources

 

• Video Archive: Home Footage

• Further Reading on Inter-Cultural Communication

• Contact Information for Feedback and Collaboration

   

As this project continues to grow, I welcome feedback and insights from viewers and readers, enriching the dialogue around inter-cultural communication and personal narrative.