Jing Xu

Jing Xu, a research scientist at the University of Washington, dives into children's moral development in a Taiwanese village during martial law. She blends anthropology and psychology, revealing how children learn morality through peer interactions and disobedience. Xu discusses innovative methodologies that merge ethnography with machine learning to reinterpret historical fieldnotes. She emphasizes the importance of children's voices, highlighting their agency and the dynamics of play, all while challenging traditional narratives in sociocultural anthropology.