Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities

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Posted : December 3, 2015

This final session invites workshop participants and interested Yale scholars and affiliates to come together for an open conversation about new directions in the study of Asian cities at Yale. The evening will include two plenary talks by distinguished scholars of Asian and global urbanism, as well as ample time for conversation and discussion over dinner. Plenary speakers: Ananya Roy (University of California, Los Angeles) Neil Brenner (...

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Posted : December 3, 2015

How do people move within and among new Asian metropolises? What are the connections between these rising cities? What kinds of exchanges (both economic and socio-cultural) do they facilitate? Featuring: Tulasi Srinivas (Emerson College) on abandonment in Bangalore, a city at the heart of the knowledge ware revolution. Pamela Corey (SOAS) on artists and the exchange of ideas in Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City...

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Posted : December 3, 2015

How does the supposed rise of the Asian city interact with forms of human creativity? How do visual artists, writers, and other represent the rising city? How does the rising city itself spur new imaginative practices? Featuring: Max Hirsh (University of Hong Kong) Martina Nguyen (Baruch College) on Humor in Colonial Hanoi...

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Posted : December 3, 2015

How does the supposed rise of the Asian city impact the ways in which people live? What are the effects on built space and living environments? Alongside spectacles of modernity, what other less spectacular forms of dwelling have emerged in Asian cities both historical and contemporary? Featuring: Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University) on Bangkok Qin Shao (College of New Jersey) on Shanghai...

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