Diaspora in Speculation
A lecture by Regina Kanyu Wang, organized by Noit Banai, Professor for Diaspora Aesthetics, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies.
How does our understandings of diaspora change in speculative narratives, bodily, ecologically, spatially, and temporally? Digital intelligence immigrating to mycelium network, indigenous girl forced to modify her body to adapt to an alien planet, mother and son who struggle with their native language and identity in a global world that enjoys the benefit of machine translation...In this talk, Regina Kanyu Wang shares her creative practices and academic thoughts through her writing experiences on diaspora in speculation.
Regina Kanyu Wang obtained her PhD in cultural studies from University of Oslo, MFA in creative writing and BA in management sciences from Fudan University. Her research interest lies in Chinese science fiction, cultural industry, gender studies, environmental humanities, and creative writing. She has co-edited The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, an all-female-and-non-binary collection of Chinese speculative fiction, New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction, and The Making of The Wandering Earth: A Film Production Handbook. She is also a multi-awarded and Hugo-nominated writer. She writes in English and Chinese and has been translated into around ten languages.