Dr Loretta Lou's Outputs (2)

Healing Nature: Spiritual Ecology, Self-Cultivation, and Social Transformation in Hong Kong (2023)
Journal Article
Lou, L. I. T. (2023). Healing Nature: Spiritual Ecology, Self-Cultivation, and Social Transformation in Hong Kong. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, Ecology, 27, 189–209. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-02703004

This paper provides the first ethnographic study of spiritual ecology in contemporary Hong Kong. In exploring the life stories of people who wanted to "heal" nature as well as those who were being "healed" by nature through the practice of green livi... Read More about Healing Nature: Spiritual Ecology, Self-Cultivation, and Social Transformation in Hong Kong.

Preservation by Demolition: Toxic Heritage in Contemporary China (2023)
Book Chapter
Lou, L. I. (2023). Preservation by Demolition: Toxic Heritage in Contemporary China. In E. Kryder-Reid, & S. May (Eds.), Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice (174-198). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365259-20

This chapter explores how residents in a Chinese neighbourhood bargained with their “toxic heritage.” Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between the spring and autumn of 2018, the chapter details how the villagers of Samtilwei, a periurban nei... Read More about Preservation by Demolition: Toxic Heritage in Contemporary China.