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Ye Liu

Ye Liu is a PhD candidate in sociology at the New School for Social Research, New York. He has a background in anthropology (Sun Yat-sen University, B.A.), sociology (London School of Economics, M.A.) and architecture (Certificate). Being an interdisciplinary researcher, Ye Liu has a wide interest in architecture, space, techniques, the Third World decolonial politics, the Cold War/global sixties, socialist modernity, etc. His dissertation project is devoted to a theoretical reconstruction of socialism’s historical position in decolonial politics by reviewing China’s climate-responsive building practice in African tropical areas during the 1960s-70s. Ye Liu’s projects have been supported by programs including the Andrew W. Mellon Integrative PhD Fellowship.

Deep Dives, no. 1, vol. 5March 1, 2020

Re-functioning “Tropical Architecture”: Anti-colonial Constructions in Chinese-built Architecture in Africa, 1960s-70s

By Ye Liu

The China-Africa engagement has been a heated topic of debate for the past decade, not only in academia, but also with the general public. Such engagement is nothing new and can be traced back to the early 1960s. The Third …

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