"Landscapes of Speculation and Irredentist Imaginaries in the South China Sea" is a public seminar with Corey Byrnes, associate professor of Chinese culture, from the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University.
Seminar description
The geopolitical struggle currently unfolding in the South China Sea is most often addressed by journalists, political scientists or security scholars. This talk reconsiders that struggle — and the controversy over island building in particular — by addressing the forms of representation through which the region is, and might be, made visible. Focusing on not just the exercise but also the speculative projection of what Elizabeth DeLoughrey calls “hydro-power,” it argues that both island building and critical responses to it are aesthetic enterprises that take place at different scales and through different media. It does this by not only tracing the relationship between the political aesthetics and the material practice of hydro-power, but also by reframing the geopolitical in environmental terms.
Accessibility
If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, email Robert Livingston (livingston.28@osu.edu) by April 5, 2021. Please be aware that advance notice is requested as some accommodations may require time for the university to arrange.
Event link
To join the event, use the this Zoom link or click the button at the bottom of this page.
Contact
Email event-related questions to Robert Livingston (livingston.28@osu.edu) or Max D. Woodworth (woodworth.42@osu.edu).
This talk is supported by the Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme
