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In Toronto a few months ago, I met a young man from Iran whose protests cost him his college degree. Since then, I have been researching how...

In Toronto a few months ago, I met a young man from Iran whose protests cost him his college degree. Since then, I have been researching how to help student protesters return to campus. Initially, my thoughts were with young people in Hong Kong, Iran, and China. I’ve never had many illusions about the system I myself live in. However, what is currently happening in the US, and the cruelty shown by university administrators and boards towards our own students, still leaves me speechless.

#photography #china #coldwar My upcoming online talk at the Folkwang Photo Talk:Infrastructure of Persuasion: Chinese Photography and the...

#photography #china #coldwar

My upcoming online talk at the Folkwang Photo Talk:
Infrastructure of Persuasion: Chinese Photography and the Cold War.

5:30 pm (17:30) CET which is, for instance, 11:30 am EST and 1:30 am CST. Please email us for the Zoom link: tgf@folkwang-uni.de

See abstract here:
https://foto.folkwang-uni.de/en/journal/news/folkwang-photo-talk-yi-gu/detail/

#selfeducation #palestine #gaza #PalestineSolidarity If you are like me and cannot watch the news without a stop (or a breakdown), please...

#selfeducation #palestine
#gaza #PalestineSolidarity

If you are like me and cannot watch the news without a stop (or a breakdown), please check out this amazing documentary "Naila and the Uprising" (2017).

https://watch.plex.tv/movie/naila-and-the-uprising?autoplay=1&utm_content=5d776f07594b2b001e7358ee&utm_medium=deeplink&utm_source=google-catalog

A woman leader key to the nonviolent mobilization. A beautiful and poignant story.

Event in Toronto: Emergency Palestine Teach-InAs the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Palestine has become extremely dire amidst the ongoing...

Event in Toronto:
Emergency Palestine Teach-In

As the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Palestine has become extremely dire amidst the ongoing Israeli assault, Hearing Palestine is holding an emergency teach-in event on Palestine.

Date: Wednesday October 18th
Time: 6:30-8:30pm

See poster.

Had a hectic fall semester and barely caught my breath. Hence the long silence. Today I was registering for the Global DH conference. The...

Had a hectic fall semester and barely caught my breath. Hence the long silence.

Today I was registering for the Global DH conference. The form asks for Mastodon handle!

https://msuglobaldh.org/register/

Let's fight Cold War hawkism together. But I cannot stress to me how important it is for me that the voice of racial equality and global...

Let's fight Cold War hawkism together. But I cannot stress to me how important it is for me that the voice of racial equality and global solidarity by the Chinese--widely existing, much more than the West is aware of-- to be heard, clearly and loudly.

It is a female student in Nanjing (Communication University of China) who started the white paper revolution. Many English language news...

It is a female student in Nanjing (Communication University of China) who started the white paper revolution. Many English language news coverages emphasized the more familiar names such as Beijing University and Tsinghua, but the students in Nanjing and other parts of China are equally, if not more, courageous, creative, and resilient.

Never been so proud of being Chinese. Thank you for doing what my generation failed to do.

#women
#A4Revolution
#白纸革命
#WhitePaperRevolution
#China

It is important to stress that the LGBTQ+ community stood at the forefront of the mass protests in China, just like they did in so many...

It is important to stress that the LGBTQ+ community stood at the forefront of the mass protests in China, just like they did in so many other protests for a just world.

You are so beautiful! My honor to fight side by side with you.

Chinese instances are struggling to function because of the surge in activities (due to the A4 Revolution).So sad that I am in the middle of...

Chinese instances are struggling to function because of the surge in activities (due to the A4 Revolution).

So sad that I am in the middle of a semester and do not have time to learn to start/maintain an instance.

I never believe that decentralized social media networks are inadequate compared to Twitter in moments like this. But the current situation adds another example of the importance of decentralization.

#Fediverse
#decentralization
#selfhosting
#A4Revolution
#白纸革命

University admin, faculty members, and lawmakers in countries of liberal democracy, please START to talk about how to enable international...

University admin, faculty members, and lawmakers in countries of liberal democracy, please START to talk about how to enable international students who lost their university certificates due to activism to continue their studies.

China and Iran all dispelled young activists from universities as a key measure (other than imprisonment) to ruin their future and scare other university students.

These kids are the light of our global community.

#HigherEducation
#A4Revolution
#China
#白纸革命

Greatly moved to hear young Chinese chanting "Stand with Iran", "Stand with Ukrain", "End (Uyghur) Concentration...

Greatly moved to hear young Chinese chanting "Stand with Iran", "Stand with Ukrain", "End (Uyghur) Concentration Camp", and "Free China".

These protestors understand the global implication of authoritarianism.

I hope those of us who are not in/from China also take some time and effort to understand how remarkable it is for Chinese people to hold up universal values, considering how relentlessly the CCP defamed universal values for years.

#StandWithChina
#FreeChina
#A4Revolution
#白纸革命

Our university community could do more to provide emotional and moral support to international students from China. When China issued the...

Our university community could do more to provide emotional and moral support to international students from China.
When China issued the National Security Law, universities in the first world, many of which have relied on Chinese tuition for the loss of domestic public funding, basically threw faculty members who teach China and Chinese students under the bus.

#ChinaProtests
#A4Revolution
#HigherEducation
#University
#China

#ChinaProtest#A4Revolution#白纸革命#HongKongI remember my tears when I saw photographs of Hong Kong protesters holding up blank paper...

#ChinaProtest
#A4Revolution
#白纸革命
#HongKong

I remember my tears when I saw photographs of Hong Kong protesters holding up blank paper together in 2020.

Probably started with one protest in Nanjing holding a blank A4 paper in hand, protests in Shanghai on Saturday night held up blank A4 paper, and the lights on police cars made them the most beautiful display of anger, mourning, and resistance.

Protests all over China and abroad now, individuals or groups, are holding up blank A4 paper.

At one protest site in Shanghai, people mourning the victims of the fire in Urumqi are playing this song by Murat Nasirov, a beloved Uyghur...

At one protest site in Shanghai, people mourning the victims of the fire in Urumqi are playing this song by Murat Nasirov, a beloved Uyghur singer born in Almaty.

I cannot stress how touched I am. What we Han people have done to the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other communities cannot be corrected by simple gestures such as playing a song.

But this is a rare moment when there IS solidarity. Give me hope that reconciliation might one day happen

#ChinaProtest
#Uyghurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRXNTLiMZY

The first line of The Internationale is "Arise, the damned of the earth!"The first line of the Chinese national anthem is...

The first line of The Internationale is "Arise, the damned of the earth!"

The first line of the Chinese national anthem is "Stand up! Those who refuse to be slaves!"

We hear both songs last night in mass protests on university campuses in China.

#China

Event organized by a friend, please help to boost:Conference on photography and Southeast Asia...

Event organized by a friend, please help to boost:

Conference on photography and Southeast Asia today

https://arts.arizona.edu/events/photography-and-southeast-asia-history-and-practice/

#photography #AsianPhotography #SoutheastAsia #TransAsiaPhotography
#ArtHistory
#PhotoStudies
#AsianStudies

zoom event on China and Canada: Nov 16, 8-9pm ETHelping a colleague to promote a worthy event at the UofT. I really like the fact that it is...

zoom event on China and Canada: Nov 16, 8-9pm ET

Helping a colleague to promote a worthy event at the UofT. I really like the fact that it is multidisciplinary, not just political science but also journalism and history.

"This panel brings together diverse voices to discuss how Chinese in Canada have historically been treated, and what lessons there are for people-to-people exchange today."

https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/china-town-hall-hand-pulse-changing-canadian-public-opinion-china

Help to boost appreciated.

#China #canada #diaspora #politicalscience

Ever since I learned about #fediverse, I have been thinking about having a revamp of my digital activities/practices. But with...

Ever since I learned about #fediverse, I have been thinking about having a revamp of my digital activities/practices. But with teaching/research/service, always short with time.

Today stumbled upon https://anar.chi.st/site/about
The slogan is "Fuck Instagram - Social Media For Anarchists." It is a #Pixelfed instance.

Amazing!

alt text for images, kudos to scholar.socialI knew the existence of alt-text when I joined Mastodon, but in the other instances I was on,...

alt text for images, kudos to scholar.social

I knew the existence of alt-text when I joined Mastodon, but in the other instances I was on, the use of it was uneven. It also shows my insensitivity and ignorance that I did not embrace it more consistently right away. But the research admin of scholar.social, our amazing @researchfairy, took my post down and asked me to repost with alt-text. I was both tremendously ashamed and GRATEFUL.
I rarely forgot ever since. Ignorance could be overcome.

Cannot believe I never wrote a proper #introduction. I work on #arthistory and #visualculture of #China. Currently writing a book on the...

Cannot believe I never wrote a proper #introduction. I work on #arthistory and #visualculture of #China. Currently writing a book on the history of #datavisualization in China. Interested in #ColdWar, #contemporaryart, and #photohistory, and working on a few #digitalhumanities projects.
I have been thinking a lot about what the recent call for #degrowth as the only ethical and sustainable way forward would mean for academia. Working toward care-centered knowledge production and dissemination.