Seminar für Sinologie
International Conference on Feng Shui (Kan Yu) in Theory and Building Praxis
Date: 05. –07. November 2012
hosted by
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Seminar of Sinology,
Berlin, Germany
supported by DFG
05.11.2012
09:00-09:45 Florian C. Reiter
Feng Shui and Architecture: common knowledge and sensation in China
10:15-11:00 Michael Y. Mak
Feng Shui and sustainable design for modern building
11:30-12:15 Howard Choy
The concept of “Xing and Shi” in Kan Yu Feng Shui and its relationship to spatial appreciation and spatial arrangement in traditional China
12:45-14:00 lunch
14:00-14:45 Ole Bruun
Is Chinese popular cosmology a valuable source for contemporary environmentalism?
15:15-16:00 Gyda Anders
Private gardens in Southern China, spatial design and planning principles
06.11.2012
09:00-09:45 Ellen van Goethem
Site Divination and the (Re)Creation of Cultural Memory
10:15-11:00 Huang Lan-Shiang
Considerations on the bearing of lineage and Feng Shui on Hakka architecture
11:30-12:15 Sueyling Tsai
How to place the Buddha in accordance with Feng Shui practice
12:30-13:15 Lin Wei-ping
Fabricating Fengshui: Migrants’ Imaginations of Homeland in Taiwan
14:00 Visit of the Architectural Museum
07.11.2012
10:00-11:00 Albert T. So/Michael Y. Mak
Numerology and the Compass School
11:30-12:15 Klaas Ruitenbeek
The power of Feng Shui and amulets
12:45-14:00 lunch
14:00 VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
Conference languages are English and Chinese
Venue: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Dorotheenstrasse 24, 10117 Berlin
Fritz-Reuter-Saal
