While generalisation breeds stereotype and prejudice and makes lots of details devoid, it does give a general feel of the subjects. Without generalisation, we would learn things in a much slower way. The second we get something we will surely miss something else. That because of the flip side of generalisation we should scrap this method is not constructive. I shouldn’t be afraid of generalisation and prejudice this methodology. On the contrary, I should understand its benefit and limit and overcome the flip side. Therefore despite the thought I go multi layers of level in this project, I somehow feel I am gravitated to do a project called “The Chinese” to generalise or superficially grasp the zeitgeist of the Chinese. On the other side, what I am afraid of is that I am already an insider, a normal Chinese, who might have so much de ja vu taken for granted and hence can not be sensitive enough to get the gist of the zeitgeist. I shouldn’t worry too much and I think I just should go for it - go to a place and give myself sometime and do something. I should have an unique eye - living in the west more than a decade should make me a somehow outsider which should offer me better sensitive eye sight if I visit China. Every time I go to China I do spot lots of interesting things, even though I stay there for a couple of weeks, these eye-popping things disappear. I think I think too much already. I need to expand my horizon to see and research more. I need to go ahead with my idea with actions.
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