Bücher von Ying Wang

This book is an exploration of the concept of in-betweenness, as it occurs within the process of moving between the author's root culture and adopted culture, from her perspective as an immigrant creative arts therapist. Through the critical autoethnographic voice and a/r/tographic inquiry, she introduces a unique exploration site within the process of Guqin-making, an ancient Chinese art form. Through the creation of images and poetry, and through Guqin-making and music-making/playing, the book expands the discussion of in-betweenness by re-theorising ancient Chinese philosophical perspectives on harmonic space. This contribution to arts-based research provides a unique standpoint to explore research methods of moving, walking, making, resting and awakening. It showcases how other researchers can transfer the invisible and intangible embodied feelings, memories and emotions arising from moving between two or more cultures into visible and tangible images, narrative, poetry, craft and music-playing to conduct powerful, interdisciplinary arts-based research.

The originality of this book lies in a bold attempt to research and resolve the problem of African-Americans¿ inner life dilemma, that is the spiritual ecological crisis, from the perspective of spiritual ecology. Through the analysis within the chapters, we can safely conclude that in order to survive in the American society, the African-Americans should recover the traditional black culture, search for black past and adapt it to the development of times, avoid the extreme nationalism and sexual discrimination. Then they can balance their spiritual ecology and develop the black race.

Focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and nanomaterials and includes properties and applications of nanostructures and nanomaterials, particularly inorganic nanomaterials. This book provides balanced and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and processing techniques with regard to synthesis of nanostructures.