Yujun Xu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4638619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yujun Xu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yujun |
| FAMILY NAME | Xu |
| SIGNATURE | XU Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0666-8357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The geopolitics of the belt and road initiative and Imec in the Middle East
Amid ongoing transformations in the global balance of power, large-scale connectivity projects and infrastructural investments have increasingly become key instruments of geopolitical competition. Within this evolving context, geo-economic corridors have emerged as significant arenas through which major powers seek to expand influence, shape regional connectivity, and secure strategic economic interests. Two initiatives have become particularly p…
Melting snow, crying cranes
This article develops an interdisciplinary framework integrating the anthropocosmic vision and posthumanist theory to analyse ecological dramaturgy in the Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre’s contemporary adaptations of Shishuo Xinyu (A New Account of the Tales of the World). Focusing on two emblematic episodes, Fang Dai (Visiting Dai) and Jian Yu (Clipped Wings), it bridges Zhuangzi’s Daoist philosophy of human-nature unity and Wei-Jin metaphysics with globa…
Flows of 氣 (Qi)
Harmonising rhythms
Embodied learning in physical education
Purpose : This study explores how an innovative yoga curriculum facilitated students’ embodied learning and aesthetic experiences.Method : A qualitative case study was conducted at a top university in China. Data were collected through classroom observations and an online survey that included semi-structured free-writing exercises completed by student participants. Thematic analysis was applied to identify key themes, and collaborative coding and…
Integrating culturally inspired practices in health and physical education in China's higher education
Examining the risk-safety paradox in outdoor education from a Taoist perspective
There is a paradox between the demands for safety and the productive value of risk in outdoor education and adventure learning. This seems particularly to be the case in Chinese culture, policy, and empirical practice of outdoor education. This paper aims to utilise the rich cultural context and philosophical perspectives of China to broaden the landscape of outdoor education knowledge. Chinese cultural intricacies and insights from Taoist philos…
Fitspiration, related risks, and coping strategies
Preserving and Exploiting Folk Sports of Cultural Heritage via (Extra) Curricular Planning in Chinese Higher Education
While the body of the literature that addresses the preservation and exploitation of folk sports (FS) cultural heritage in higher education is growing, there are few integrated and coherent attempts to map out the current research landscape. As a multiethnic country state, China has numerous types of FS of cultural heritage, inviting many native scholars to have investigated the practice of integrating FS into higher education. This article prese…
Exploring meanings of health and wellbeing
This paper uncovers the complexity of the term “Jian kang/health 健康” and “Fu/wellbeing (福)” by analysing their etymological origins and cultural connotations in the context of China. The paper introduces a Taoist philosophy of tradition to understand health and wellbeing. This paper argues that in Chinese cultural connotations, “Jian kang” (health) and “Fu” (wellbeing) entail the integration of human beings’ physical and mental status and beyond.…
Into the wild
This study explores the in-betweenness and the temporal freedom in leisure and intercultural experiences, particularly in the outdoor setting of a sailing expedition. An ethnography study was conducted to explore the in-betweenness of liminoid leisure space and self-other interculturality during an EU-exchange tall ship sail-training voyage. The physical confinement of the sailing ship blurred the boundaries of the participants’ perceived and exp…
Intercultural sailing ethnography
This paper presents an ethnography study that explores the formulation of interculturality from the unique experiences of sail trainees who were bound by space and time during a sailing voyage across the North Sea. The author immersed herself as a mentor-researcher into a 107-year-old tall ship’s expedition, sailing across 1000 nautical miles. Empirical data were collected and analysed, ranging from interviews, observations, fieldnotes, to the pa…
The Causes and Prevention of Commercial Contract Cheating in the Era of Digital Education
Understanding language, intercultural competence and harmony from the Taoist philosophy
All at-sea with learning spaces, interculturality and Yin-Yang
This article explores how a third space could be constructed in an outdoor setting. It uses at-sea sail-training to substantiate the construction of a third space. It uses Yin-Yang philosophy to enrich existing theories of third space and experiential learning. The finding reveals that the thirdness of the oceanic space has a positive impact on self-other understanding in intercultural contexts. It concludes by presenting a three-dimensional Yin-…
An ocean of intercultural experiential learning
Is it possible for young people to develop intercultural understanding through an ocean-crossing sailing voyage? What would happen to intercultural communication in a tall-ship space? This article unpacks the process of interculturality construction and participants’ identity negotiation within an ocean-sailing setting. It applies an analytical tool of intersubjectivity and seeks to relate interculturality to experiential learning theory. It draw…
All at-sea with learning spaces, interculturality and Yin-Yang
This article explores how a third space could be constructed in an outdoor setting. It uses at-sea sail-training to substantiate the construction of a third space. It uses Yin-Yang philosophy to enrich existing theories of third space and experiential learning. The finding reveals that the thirdness of the oceanic space has a positive impact on self-other understanding in intercultural contexts. It concludes by presenting a three-dimensional Yin-…
An ocean of intercultural experiential learning
Is it possible for young people to develop intercultural understanding through an ocean-crossing sailing voyage? What would happen to intercultural communication in a tall-ship space? This article unpacks the process of interculturality construction and participants’ identity negotiation within an ocean-sailing setting. It applies an analytical tool of intersubjectivity and seeks to relate interculturality to experiential learning theory. It draw…
Integrating culturally inspired practices in health and physical education in China's higher education
Into the wild
This study explores the in-betweenness and the temporal freedom in leisure and intercultural experiences, particularly in the outdoor setting of a sailing expedition. An ethnography study was conducted to explore the in-betweenness of liminoid leisure space and self-other interculturality during an EU-exchange tall ship sail-training voyage. The physical confinement of the sailing ship blurred the boundaries of the participants’ perceived and exp…
Intercultural sailing ethnography
This paper presents an ethnography study that explores the formulation of interculturality from the unique experiences of sail trainees who were bound by space and time during a sailing voyage across the North Sea. The author immersed herself as a mentor-researcher into a 107-year-old tall ship’s expedition, sailing across 1000 nautical miles. Empirical data were collected and analysed, ranging from interviews, observations, fieldnotes, to the pa…
The Causes and Prevention of Commercial Contract Cheating in the Era of Digital Education
All at-sea with learning spaces, interculturality and Yin-Yang
This article explores how a third space could be constructed in an outdoor setting. It uses at-sea sail-training to substantiate the construction of a third space. It uses Yin-Yang philosophy to enrich existing theories of third space and experiential learning. The finding reveals that the thirdness of the oceanic space has a positive impact on self-other understanding in intercultural contexts. It concludes by presenting a three-dimensional Yin-…
An ocean of intercultural experiential learning
Is it possible for young people to develop intercultural understanding through an ocean-crossing sailing voyage? What would happen to intercultural communication in a tall-ship space? This article unpacks the process of interculturality construction and participants’ identity negotiation within an ocean-sailing setting. It applies an analytical tool of intersubjectivity and seeks to relate interculturality to experiential learning theory. It draw…
Intercultural sailing ethnography
This paper presents an ethnography study that explores the formulation of interculturality from the unique experiences of sail trainees who were bound by space and time during a sailing voyage across the North Sea. The author immersed herself as a mentor-researcher into a 107-year-old tall ship’s expedition, sailing across 1000 nautical miles. Empirical data were collected and analysed, ranging from interviews, observations, fieldnotes, to the pa…
The Causes and Prevention of Commercial Contract Cheating in the Era of Digital Education
Understanding language, intercultural competence and harmony from the Taoist philosophy
Preserving and Exploiting Folk Sports of Cultural Heritage via (Extra) Curricular Planning in Chinese Higher Education
While the body of the literature that addresses the preservation and exploitation of folk sports (FS) cultural heritage in higher education is growing, there are few integrated and coherent attempts to map out the current research landscape. As a multiethnic country state, China has numerous types of FS of cultural heritage, inviting many native scholars to have investigated the practice of integrating FS into higher education. This article prese…
Exploring meanings of health and wellbeing
This paper uncovers the complexity of the term “Jian kang/health 健康” and “Fu/wellbeing (福)” by analysing their etymological origins and cultural connotations in the context of China. The paper introduces a Taoist philosophy of tradition to understand health and wellbeing. This paper argues that in Chinese cultural connotations, “Jian kang” (health) and “Fu” (wellbeing) entail the integration of human beings’ physical and mental status and beyond.…
Into the wild
This study explores the in-betweenness and the temporal freedom in leisure and intercultural experiences, particularly in the outdoor setting of a sailing expedition. An ethnography study was conducted to explore the in-betweenness of liminoid leisure space and self-other interculturality during an EU-exchange tall ship sail-training voyage. The physical confinement of the sailing ship blurred the boundaries of the participants’ perceived and exp…
Fitspiration, related risks, and coping strategies
Embodied learning in physical education
Purpose : This study explores how an innovative yoga curriculum facilitated students’ embodied learning and aesthetic experiences.Method : A qualitative case study was conducted at a top university in China. Data were collected through classroom observations and an online survey that included semi-structured free-writing exercises completed by student participants. Thematic analysis was applied to identify key themes, and collaborative coding and…
Integrating culturally inspired practices in health and physical education in China's higher education
Examining the risk-safety paradox in outdoor education from a Taoist perspective
There is a paradox between the demands for safety and the productive value of risk in outdoor education and adventure learning. This seems particularly to be the case in Chinese culture, policy, and empirical practice of outdoor education. This paper aims to utilise the rich cultural context and philosophical perspectives of China to broaden the landscape of outdoor education knowledge. Chinese cultural intricacies and insights from Taoist philos…
The geopolitics of the belt and road initiative and Imec in the Middle East
Amid ongoing transformations in the global balance of power, large-scale connectivity projects and infrastructural investments have increasingly become key instruments of geopolitical competition. Within this evolving context, geo-economic corridors have emerged as significant arenas through which major powers seek to expand influence, shape regional connectivity, and secure strategic economic interests. Two initiatives have become particularly p…
Melting snow, crying cranes
This article develops an interdisciplinary framework integrating the anthropocosmic vision and posthumanist theory to analyse ecological dramaturgy in the Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre’s contemporary adaptations of Shishuo Xinyu (A New Account of the Tales of the World). Focusing on two emblematic episodes, Fang Dai (Visiting Dai) and Jian Yu (Clipped Wings), it bridges Zhuangzi’s Daoist philosophy of human-nature unity and Wei-Jin metaphysics with globa…
Flows of 氣 (Qi)
Harmonising rhythms
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Interculturality (5 works) · Outdoor and Experiential Education (5 works) · China (4 works)