ChinaVine is a collaborative project between faculty, independent scholars, and students at the University of Oregon, University of Central Florida, Shandong University of Art and Design, Beijing Normal University, and the Beijing Folk Literature and Art Association. The ChinaVine.org site is an interpretive online space allowing for contributors from around the world to present ideas, images, and interpretations of Chinese folk art and participatory culture. The site is now preparing for a relaunch in Fall 2011. In this article, faculty and former graduate students at the University of Oregon, coordinators of the site’s development, introduce the visioning behind the process and the ways in which challenges have been met for transferring a diverse and vibrant folk culture to an online medium.
Regards,
Julie Voelker-Morris
Robert Voelker-Morris
Editors
