allmediascotland : Napier to Host Event on Chinese and Scottish Perspectives on Herbalism, Fettle And Design

To See Ourselves As Others See Us’ showcases Chinese Scotch exchanges across two also colorful University programmes:

Herbal Pharmaceutical and Product Design.

The morning bid free, family-oriented demonstrations of herbal preparations and herb tasting seating led alongside Ah Nya Shrub Programme bigwig championing BSc (Hons) Herbal Medicament at Napier University, alongside hands-on paper-folding and cartooning workshops on the idea of ‘seeing ourselves as others see us’.

The afternoon launches a public forum led by the renowned Nanjing-trained Scottish herbalist Ian McIntyre, together with traditional Highland remedies expert Mary Beith, originator of Healing Threads. All the events take place around displays of Edinburgh Chinese design exchanges, including Adam Purvis’s controversial ‘Beijing Smog Mask’.

The leading exhibition is a set of contemporary impressions of Edinburgh lifestyle seen through the blasphemous eyes of Helen Chan, responding to model picture of Edinburgh drawn 60 years ago near the ‘Silent Traveller’ Chiang Yee.

Matthew Turner, Professor in the Institute of Creative Industries at Napier University, said: This is a superb course of action to reveal some of the University’s research and teaching exchanges with China, and to let members of the public see representing themselves the diversity of path we offer."

All are welcome to attend. For further break please connection Mathew Turner on 07876152923 or Ah Nya Tree (0131 455 5653) or email a.plant napier.ac.uk. No ticket is required, just turn up. Notation to editors:

China Straightaway in Scotland is part of CHINA NOW - the UK's largest in any case festival of Chinese culture with over 800 occurrence taking city nationwide. In Scotland the programme is supported by the Scottish Government and co-ordinated by the Confucius Institute for Scotland.

For more information see www.chinanow-inscotland.org.uk The Confucius Institute for Scotland has been allocated grant funding by the Scottish Government to help the development of China Nowadays in Scotland (CNIS) events from the Scottish Higher and Further Education Sector.

The objectives of China Now in Scotland are to enthuse, inform and inspire mankind in Scotland about a country whose influence in the world is growing exponentially and to create a lasting legacy which testament examine closer links forged between both nations. Contact:

Joanna Quinn Phone: 01324 602568 Email:

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