Personal profile
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
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digital Nomads and Transnational Gentrification in Mexico City: Platforms, Inequality, and Urban Change
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
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
Research output
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"La Coreañera" plays cumbia : reimagining "Asianness" in Latin American visual social media cultures
CASTILLO, R. & ALBARRÁN-TORRES, C., 11 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 18 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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The scramble for Xiaobei : epistemic extraction, racialised knowledge, and representation in Africa–China urban encounters
CASTILLO, R., 2025, In: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 26, 6, p. 952-973 22 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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Editors' Introduction: Cultural Constructions of Race and Racism in China, Koreas, and Japan
YOON, S. R., MASUBUCHI, A. & CASTILLO, R., 2024, In: Cultural Constructions of Race and Racism Research Collective.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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 Young Researcher Output Award 2023
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Recipient), Sept 2023
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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Stanford World's Top 2% Scientists 2022
CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Recipient), 2022
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)