Tibetan monks and technology, a pair not usually associated with each other. In an era where technological advancements are increasing at an exponential rate every year, it is improbable not being exposed to the different inventions present at every corner, and this is not an exception to Tibetans. With the growing economic boom around the world, Tibet must follow suit in order to keep up with the nations around them.
At Emory University, two ambitious students from Shenyang, China banded together to create a new organization named China-Tibet Initiatives to overcome the problems the governments of China and Tibet face and look at the individual level to promote friendship among the Chinese and Tibetan students. At China-Tibet Initiatives, members participate in sharing stories with each other, being active in a friendly forum to make connections with the other members, and participate in meditation sessions to help with getting to know themselves and help each other. By removing the political aspect of the social conflicts, these students hoped to advocate unity of two student populations, and anyone else who is interested in the cause.
In this movie, I will interview the two co-founders, Richard Sui and Barton Qian, along with a Tibetan monk, James Lama, and focus on their reasons on either creating or joining the organization, and their use of media to get their cause across the Emory campus. Though it may seem like it would be more difficult for organizers to gather the Tibetan monks together, the Tibetan monks actually utilize social networking sites and use the internet to go about their daily lives as Emory students. Through the movie and interviews, I would like to show the general public how people’s perceptions should be changed today in the present, where everyone operates some sort of machinery, even monks.
At Emory University, two ambitious students from Shenyang, China banded together to create a new organization named China-Tibet Initiatives to overcome the problems the governments of China and Tibet face and look at the individual level to promote friendship among the Chinese and Tibetan students. At China-Tibet Initiatives, members participate in sharing stories with each other, being active in a friendly forum to make connections with the other members, and participate in meditation sessions to help with getting to know themselves and help each other. By removing the political aspect of the social conflicts, these students hoped to advocate unity of two student populations, and anyone else who is interested in the cause.
In this movie, I will interview the two co-founders, Richard Sui and Barton Qian, along with a Tibetan monk, James Lama, and focus on their reasons on either creating or joining the organization, and their use of media to get their cause across the Emory campus. Though it may seem like it would be more difficult for organizers to gather the Tibetan monks together, the Tibetan monks actually utilize social networking sites and use the internet to go about their daily lives as Emory students. Through the movie and interviews, I would like to show the general public how people’s perceptions should be changed today in the present, where everyone operates some sort of machinery, even monks.