Wanghong Urbanism: Towards a New Urban-Digital Spectacle

Zhang, Amy Y., Asa Roast, and Carwyn Morris

Deep Dives, no. 4, vol. 7November 30, 2022<January 25, 2023

Wanghong Urbanism: Towards a New Urban-Digital Spectacle

by Amy Y. Zhang, Asa Roast, and Carwyn Morris

What happens when a place achieves celebrity status on social media? Amy Y. Zhang, Asa Roast and Carwyn Morris introduce the term “wanghong urbanism” to theorize the construction of urban-digital spectacle and discuss the implications of the phenomenon for cities in China and beyond.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 5August 24, 2020<August 27, 2020

COVID Nights

by Will Straw

Will Straw analyzes nocturnal videos that reveal the scale of night-time cultures happening during the COVID-19 lockdown and the role of the pandemic in highlighting ongoing policy debates about urban lighting, urban noise, and spectacle.

Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 29, 2020<July 14, 2020

China under Lockdown: Social Media and Labor Conditions during the Covid-19 Pandemic

by Anan Zhou

Anan Zhou examines the use of social media and labor conditions in China during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 22, 2020<June 23, 2020

COVID-19, Labor Mobility, and Care Work in China

by Yang Zhan

Yang Zhan examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor mobility, particularly for service workers, in China's growing economy.

Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 16, 2020<June 22, 2020

The Last Chronicle: From Peking University Students to the Indigenous People of Alto Solimões

by Francisco Foot Hardman

Francisco Foot Hardman documents actions of solidarity from faculty and undergraduate students at Peking University to indigenous communities in Brazil.

Deep Dives, no. 1, vol. 5March 6, 2020<March 6, 2020

Assembling the Cosmopublic: Art Intelligence and Object-Oriented Citizenship

by Hai Ren

Hai Ren rethinks the creative city away from its anthropocentricism and toward a nonhuman art intelligence

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