Wyman TANG


Lecturer


OfficeNAH 302
Office Tel.3943 7675
Emailwymantang@cuhk.edu.hk
Educational qualificationMPhil & PhD, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Introduction
Wai-man Tang received his PhD in anthropology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. His doctoral thesis is on the relationships between heroin use and transnational migration among the second and third generations of Nepalis in Hong Kong. His current research is on South Asian sports, kabaddi, with the focus on two aspects: 1) the cultural politics of worlding kabaddi, and 2) kabaddi as a tool for intercultural education in Hong Kong. For the former, he follows the major kabaddi events and interviews the stakeholders in different levels, including players, coaches, and federation presidents, to understand their passion and struggle in this sport. For the latter, he conducts kabaddi classes in secondary schools and social communities in Hong Kong. He engages people of different ethnic backgrounds in this sport and investigates the impact of this sport on the intercultural competence of the participants.
Research interests
Sports anthropology, drug studies, South Asian studies, Hong Kong studies, migration, ethnicity
Geographical areas of research
South Asia and Hong Kong
Courses taught
ANTH1010/UGEC1681 Humans and Culture
ANTH2390/UGEC2664 Sports and Culture
ANTH1100 Understanding Anthropology
ANTH1410/UGEC1835 Culture of Hong Kong
UGEA1333 Multiculturalism and China
UGEC1685 Drugs and Culture
GENA2212 Debate in Human Values
GENA1113 STOT
Current research
Globalization of South Asian Sport, Kabaddi
Intercultural Education and Sport: Teaching Kabaddi in a Multi-Cultural Setting in Hong Kong
Completed Projects (as research team member)
Intercultural Education in the Neighborhood: Sustainable Community Innovation and Women’s Empowerment from the Ground Up (March 2018 – August 2019)
Interculturalism and Motherhood: Agents of Change in Multicultural Hong Kong (March 2017 – March 2018)
Grants
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Future Cities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (July 2016 – September 2017)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences (May – June 2016)
Beat Drugs Fund, Narcotics Division of Hong Kong (September 2009 – February 2010)
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles & Book Chapters
2020 “ ‘You are (Hong Kong) Chinese! You should Understand our Culture!’: Reflections of a Chinese Male Ethnographer on Researching Nepali Drug Users in Hong Kong.” In Shirlena Huang and Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, eds., Handbook on Gender in Asia, pp.28-44. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
2019 (with TAM Siumi Maria and Alan TSE) “Who Needs Intercultural Education? Making Cultural Diversity Work for Hong Kong.”?Asia Pacific Journal of Contemporary Education and Communication Technology?5(2):47-57.
2017 “Migration, Marginalization and Metropolitaneity: Negotiation of Masculinities among Nepali Drug Users in Hong Kong.”?Gender, Place & Culture?24(2):213-224.
2015 “Entangled in Big Events: Rise in Heroin Use among Children of ex-Gurkhas in Hong Kong.”?Substance Use & Misuse?50(7):869-877.
2015 “Effects of Transnational Migration on Drug Use: An Ethnographic Study of Nepali Female Heroin Users in Hong Kong.”?International Journal of Drug Policy?26(1):8-14.
2014 “Examining the Relationship between Ethnicity and the Use of Drug-related Services: An Ethnographic Study of Nepali Drug Users in Hong Kong.”?Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation?5:53-62.
2013 “Transnational Migration and Heroin Use among Children of ex-Gurkha Soldiers in Hong Kong.”?Studies in Nepali History and Society?18(1):33-56.
Other Publications (Research Report and Popular)

2018 “Ajia Taikai Kabaddi Danshi Nihondaihyo no Kiseki” (Japan Kadaddi Male Team’s Track, Asian Games).?Lifenesia?280:4. (in Japanese)
2017 (co-edit with TAM Siumi Maria)?What are We Celebrating? Multicultural Festivals in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Wheatear Publishing Co Ltd. (in Chinese and English)
2017 “Tamu Lhochhar: Nepali Gurung New Year”, “The Forgotten History of the Gurkhas in Hong Kong.”, and “Celebration of Sinhalese New Year among Sri Lankans”. In Siumi Maria Tam and Wai-man Tang, eds.,?What are We Celebrating? Multicultural Festivals in Hong Kong, pp.18-31, 68-79, & 92-101. Hong Kong: Wheatear Publishing Co Ltd. (in Chinese and English)
2017 “As a Minority Sport, Kabaddi in Taiwan not only Having their Players Hold their Hands but also Share their Lives.” At?https://gushi.tw/kabaddi-in-tw/?accessed 24 September 2017. (in Chinese)
2017 (with Ying Man SO, Chak Ki YAU, and Ka Yi YIU) “Friendship, National Unity, and Social Integration: Rugby and Sri Lankans.” In Siumi Maria Tam, ed.,?Multiculturalism in Action: Being Home: Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan Hongkongers, pp. 49-55. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2016 “Shiaini maketemo kokorowa shouri! Kabaddi Nihon daihyo team” (Lost the Game, Won Our Hearts! Kabaddi Japan National Team).?Chalo?72:28-31. (in Japanese)
2016 “The Forgotten History of the Gurkhas in Hong Kong.”?Hong Kong Discovery?93:86-91.
2016 (with TAM Siumi Maria, Mario LIONG)?Report on an Analysis of Ethnic Minority Ambassador Scheme Survey of Ethnic Minority Living Condition in Hong Kong?(Research Report). Hong Kong: New Home Association.
2016 (with Ying-to CHAN and Ka-hei CHOW) “Sabash! Cricket and the Pakistani Community in Hong Kong.” In Siumi Maria Tam, ed.,?Multiculturalism in Action: Pakistani Footprints in Hong Kong, pp. 61-65. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2015 (with Nan TAN) “Kabaddi: Nepali Sports and Wellbeing.” In Siumi Maria Tam, ed.,?Multiculturalism in Action:?The Nepalis in Hong Kong: Social Marginalization, Discrimination, and Empowerment, pp. 41-42, 48-49. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2010 (with TAM Siumi Maria)?Transnationalism and Drug Abuse: A Study on Nepalese Drug Abusers in Hong Kong?(Research Report).?Hong Kong: Narcotics Division.
2005 (with WU Sui Chu, HO Ping Au and LAI Ning Po) “Collective Memories in Transition.” In Siumi Maria Tam and Hon Ming Yip, eds.,?Tung Chung Before & After the New Airport: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of a Community in Hong Kong, pp.361-415. Hong Kong: Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Selected Conference Presentations
2020 Minoritization of an Indian Sport: Kabaddi Development in Japan. Paper presented at The 29th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Sport Sociology (Online conference).
2019 Will Kabaddi Become the Next Major World Sport? Reflections on the Governance of National and International Federations in Kabaddi. Paper presented at International Conference of Sports History and Culture: The Olympics and the Asian Century, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, P.R. China.
2018 Realities and Aspirations: Kabaddi Players in Far West Nepal. Paper presented at The Annual Conference on Nepal and Himalaya, Social Science Baha, Nepal.
2017 Sport and Interculturalism: The Experience of Promoting Kabaddi to Achieve Social Integration in Hong Kong. Paper presented at Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
2017 Kabaddi in the Making: The Construction of National Sport in Contemporary India. Paper presented at Center of Urban History, Culture and Media annual conference, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2016 From “Purkha Diwas” (Public Memorials) to “Kabaddi” (South Asian Sport): Urban Aspirations of Nepalis in Post-colonial Hong Kong. Paper presented at Himalayan Studies Conference IV, University of Texas (Austin), US.
2015 Migration, Marginalization and Metropolitaneity: Negotiation of Masculinities of Nepali Drug Users in Hong Kong. Paper presented at Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Annual Conference, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
2011 Traditions and Modernities: Contested Meanings over Drug Related Services for Nepalese Drug Users in Hong Kong. Paper Presented at Postgraduate Student Forum annual conference, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2011 Transnationalism and Drug Abuse: A Study on Nepalese Drug Abusers in Hong Kong. Paper presented at Drug Conference, the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Hong Kong.
2010 Ethnicity, Drug and Transnationalism: A Study of Nepalese Drug Abusers in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong annual conference, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2009 Transnational Experiences and Imaginations of Home of Young Nepalese in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences annual conference, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
2008 From “Courageous Soldier” to “Fierce Gangster”: Remediation of Image of Nepalese in Hong Kong.?Paper presented at East Asian Studies Graduate Conference annual conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
2003 Identity Negotiation between Religion and Sexuality: A Study of Gay Christians in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Columbia University Graduate Student Conference on East Asia, US.

Invited Talks
2019 “Interculturalism and South Asian Communities in Hong Kong.” Invited talk at Global Student Partnership co-organized by New Asia College, CUHK and Ewha Woman’s University, Hong Kong, 7 August.
2019 “South Asian Youth in Hong Kong.” Invited talk at Police College, Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong, 13 March.
2018 “Interculturalism at the Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities in the Job Market for Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong.” Invited talk at Sha Tin Job Center, Labor Department, Hong Kong, 28 September.
2018 “Applied Anthropology and Fieldwork: Behavioral Studies of Ethnic Minority Drug Users in Hong Kong.” Invited talk at Community Drug Advisory Council, Hong Kong, 3 May.
2017 “Sports, Ethnic Minority, and Harmony: Kabaddi.”Invited talk at Division of Social Sciences, College of International Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 26 October.
2016 “Globalization of South Asian Sport: Kabaddi in the Making.” Invited talk at University of Hokkaido Exchange Visit, Department of Japanese Studies, CUHK, Hong Kong, 4 November.
2016 “Exploring Gender Ideologies and Practices among Three Groups of Kabaddi Players: Japanese, Nepalis, and Punjabi Overseas.” Invited talk at Social Science Research Center, Sports and Body, Université de Tolouse III Paul Sabatier, France, 28 June.
2016 “Class and Ethnicity in the Making of South Asian Game Kabaddi: A Case Study in Vienna.” Invited talk at Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, 7 June.
2015 “Migration, Marginalization and Metropolitaneity: Negotiation of Masculinities Among Nepali Drug Users in Hong Kong.” Invited talk at Department of Sociology, University of Macau, Macau, 21 September.

Selected Media Attention
Apple Daily “语言差别碍尼泊尔人戒毒” (20/1/2012)
AM730 “年轻有良好语言能力 少数族裔技能被忽视” (30/7/2015)
HK01 “中大多元文化行动种子撒校园　香港都有卡巴迪专家” (18/2/2017)
“人类学学者引入南亚运动卡巴迪：想透过运动互相了解” (16/4/2018)
HKCSS Channel “运动打破隔膜 了解彼此文化@齐玩南亚裔盛行的运动 – 卡巴迪Kabaddi” (16/10/2019)
Hong Kong Commercial Daily “少数族裔失业率高达7.2%” (30/7/2015)
Hong Kong Economic Times “了解本港多元民族节庆：欢腾以外的包容” (25/1/2018)
“以「南亚版麻鹰捉鸡仔」推动共融” (7/12/2019)
Hong Kong Free Press “Kabaddi: The South Asian Contact Sport Breaking Barriers in Hong Kong” (26/12/2019)
Metro Radio
《世界随意门》 “香港多元文化节庆” (19/4/2018)
Ming Pao “少数族裔中 尼泊尔人吸毒最严重” (20/1/2012)
“尼泊尔人在香港如何过年？” (9/12/2017)
“卡巴迪达人邓伟文南亚版麻鹰捉鸡仔 「卡巴迪」拉近种族距离” (24/6/2018)
The News Lens “为甚麽我们要去了解香港的多元文化？” (26/3/2018)
NTU e-forum (Taiwan) “艰苦十年 台湾卡巴迪运动寻求政府支持” (26/9/2017)
Oriental Daily “9成少数族裔学中文感困难 叹影响就业前途” (29/7/2015)
Prithvi Narayan Campus (Nepal) “‘Nepal is a country filled with vitality,’ Says Prof. Wyman Tang of the Chinese University of Hong Kong” (3/7/2015)
RTHK (News) “调查发现95%受访少数族裔在港生活遇困难” (29/7/2015)
RTHK
(Radio & TV) 《Gimme 5》“人类学系咩？卡巴迪系咩？” (4/5/2018)
《日常八点半(体育运动)》“我是体育人：卡巴迪” (19/12/2018)
《独乐不如众乐》 “卡巴迪篇” (9/2/2019)
The Saturday Squad: Kabaddi in Hong Kong (20/4/2019)
Teen Time: Kabaddi (14/2/2020 – 6/3/2020)
San Po Yan “手牵着手 打破种族隔膜－卡巴迪” (2019年5月)
Sharp Daily “居港尼泊尔人最早10岁滥药” (20/1/2012)
Sing Tao Daily “语言成障碍 少数族裔难融合” (30/7/2015)
“港成立卡巴迪联盟 南亚运动消除隔阂” (17/12/2018)
South China Morning Post “Putting Life Back Together” (27/8/2014)
“Hong Kong’s Ethnic Minorities Strive to Break Down Barriers” (30/7/2015)
“The Gurkha Soldiers who Stayed on in Hong Kong, and One Place they Settled: Yau Ma Tei, where Flavours of Nepal Abound” (25/5/2018)
“Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi: Meet the Hong Kong Girls Smashing Cultural Stereotypes Through this Growing Indian Phenomenon” (30/5/2018)
Sun Daily “居港尼泊尔人滥药最严重” (20/1/2012)
“九成少数族裔学中文感困难” (30/7/2015)
Ta Kung Pao “95%少数族裔以港为家” (30/7/2015)
The Standard “Language Difficulties Spell Trouble for Ethnic Minorities” (30/7/2015)
TVB – The Pearl Report The Nepalese (28/5/2016)
U Magazine “运动场上 We Connect” (23/1/2020)
Varsity “Catch Me if You Can: Kabaddi – A Sport that Brings Hongkongers of Different Ethnicities Together” (May 2019)
Vikatakavi (Tamil Magazine) “Kabaddi, Kabaddi… Kabaddi Defeated Cricket in Hong Kong” (9/6/2018)
Wen Wei Po “少数族裔教育差 失业率高一倍” (30/7/2015)