Yaojing Wang
Job Title
PhD Candidate
Research interests
Research interests
game and play, digital technology, media, economy and finance, East Asia.
Background
I am a PhD candidate in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. My research delves into the growing online gaming activity among working adults in urban China. I explores how the digital gaming is integrated into the rhythms of contemporary work and life.
Teaching
Consumption, Exchange, Technology [tutor] 2024
Anthropological Theories [tutor] 2023
EUSA Teaching Award Nomination 2023-2024
Publication
Wang, Yaojing. (2024). "Ready player one: The world of online gamers who play multiplayer games alone" [Online]. The Sociological Review Magazine. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.jfkd8945
Conference Presentations
Wang, Yaojing. "'There’s no Fun': Exploring the Duality of Fun among Chinese Working Adult Gamers". 24th July 2024, European Association of Social Anthropologist conference
Wang, Yaojing. "Tracing Iterative Concerns: A Method for Exploring Digital Experiences with Online Ethnography". 25th June 2024, The Royal Anthropological Institute conference
Other Research Outcomes
[Exhibition] "Gaming Anyplace Anytime: Space, Time and Mobile Life among Chinese Gamers". 4th - 5th April 2024, at Association of Social Anthropologists: PeopleFest 2024.