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Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University. Previously, I was a lecturer at the African Studies Programme of The University of Hong Kong. My first book is African Transnational Mobility in China: Africans on the Move (Routledge 2021). Listed in Stanford's World's Top 2% Researchers in 2022. I administer the website: http://www.africansinchina.net.
Research interests
Ethnography, Migration and mobility, Transnationality, Cultural representations and cultural politics, Media representation, Cultural research methodologies, Critical theory, Inter-Asia cultural studies, Digital humanities, International relations, Africans in China, Africa China relations
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Race and Racism in Africa-China Relations: Contemporary Social Media Narratives and Representations (非中关系中的种族与种族主义：当代社交媒体叙述与表述)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Grant Research
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Race and Racism in Africa-China Relations: Contemporary Social Media Narratives and Representations
1/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Grant Research
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Made-in-China Nollywood': New Geographies of African Diasporic Imagination (中國製造羅里活：非洲離散想像的新地理學)
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Grant Research
Research output
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Xiaobei: a complex Sino-African site of anthropological knowledge production (and extraction)
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Presenter), 13 Apr 2023.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation
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The Han saviour behind the blackface : racialised and gendered media representations in Africa-China popular geopolitics
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Presenter), 12 May 2022.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation
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The Han saviour behind the blackface: racialised and gendered media representations in Africa-China popular geopolitics
CASTILLO, R., Oct 2021, In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 22, 3, p. 421-439 19 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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LU Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award 2023 (RGC Grant)
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Recipient), Sept 2023
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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LU RGC Competitive Grants Award 2019
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Recipient), Apr 2019
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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LU Young Researcher Output Award 2023
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Recipient), Sept 2023
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
Activities
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Digital Intimacies: Young Women and Social Transformation in Globalizing Asia
NIRANJANA, T. (Speaker), PUN, N. (Moderator) & CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Discussant)
1 Jun 2023Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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International Symposium : Africa-China Relations in the Post COVID-19 Era
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Discussant)
12 May 2022Activity: Involvement in Scholarly Events › Other Participation at Scholarly Events
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Triangulating whiteness in Africa China popular media and geopolitics
CASTILLO, R. (Speaker)
19 Nov 2021Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
Press/Media
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Afro-Chinese marriages boom in Guangzhou: But will it be 'til death do us part'?
26/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
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6th online mini-symposium CAAC2021 | Ethnographies of Mobility: Circular Migration and Uneven Geographies
19/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
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“Race” and “Racism” in contemporary Africa-China relations research: approaches, controversies and reflections
31/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
Thesis
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Africans in Guangzhou : a cultural analysis of transnationality amongst Africans on the move
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Author), ERNI, J. (Supervisor) & YAU, C. (Co-supervisor), 2014Student thesis: PhD Thesis (Lingnan)