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Amy Zhang

@azshutter.bsky.social

Garbage enthusiast interested in contemporary China, environment, theory and cities. faculty @nyuniversity

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Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: A Conversation with Mingwei Huang In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century (Duke University Press, 2024), Mingwei Huang traces the transformation of global capitalism and its racial configurations at Joh...

What does the 'Chinese Century' look like from Johannesburg’s China Malls? In 'Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism', Mingwei Huang draws on a decade of fieldwork to examine how Chinese migration and commerce intersect with colonial legacies, anti-Blackness, and global capitalism in South Africa.

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"Amid rising citizen skepticism over the safety and efficacy of this technology in China and elsewhere, this article examines the genre of the orchestrated waste tour, which seeks to place the public as witnesses to state performances of technological improvement."

23.01.2024 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

New OnlineFirst article: "Spectacular Technology, Invisible Harms: Witnessing Techno-science on Waste Tours in China" by Amy Zhang journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Tonight at the IPK: Andrew Lakoff, @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, and @azshutter.bsky.social discussed Polycrisis and the Problem of Preparedness

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SFIS Spring 2025 Symposium | ASU Events Global Perspectives on Science and TechnologyΒ Banu SubramaniamBanu Subramaniam is the Luella LaMer Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. Trained as a plant evolutionary biologi...

SFIS Spring 2025 Symposium asuevents.asu.edu/event/sfis-s...
Excited to be a part of the conversation on "Global Perspectives on Science and Technology"

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Amy Zhang investigates the emergence of China’s circular economy for Limn 11 - The Obsolescence Issue @azshutter.bsky.social

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Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design – Craft Contemporary

For anyone in LA, check out #MaterialActs at Craft Contemporary. Fortunate to have been included in this excellent catalog!
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