Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School Grade 8 students have taken four-week journeys to the village of Xizhou in Southwest China's Yunnan Province as participants in the school's Microcampus program. As representatives of their campuses, these students leave the "bubble" of their home city of 22 million people and become immersed in a new community of 2000 people, 2000 kilometers from home, at 2000 meters above sea level.
The Wildfires group--the twenty-third--were in Xizhou from March 9th through April 5th, 2019. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading about, responding to, and joining in the learning adventure.
Featured Projects
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I am interested in learning about village governance in Xizhou because I’ve experienced and learned about various types of governments such as Democracy and Communism. I think it would be interesting to compare these forms of government to a small village government. I plan to... more
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I want to find out the impact of music on recreational life for the Bai people. For example, what is music's role in recreational life? I also want to talk to different people of different age. That would be interesting because they all have different ways of viewing recreation... more
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I am interested in learning about the local antiques and artifacts industry in Xizhou. I would like to learn the difference between real and replicas of artifacts and antiques, and how they are cared for, Antiques in general. In my daily life, I’ve been always been surrounded... more
