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In Urbanising Southern China: Poverty, Minorities, and Development, Gregory Guldin examines the social and environmental consequences of accelerated industrialisation in China, as agricultural villages become dense urban agglomerations at unprecedented rates. A specialist in Chinese urbanisation, ethnicity, and politics, Gregory Guldin is Professor of Anthropology at the(...)
In Urbanising Southern China: Poverty, Minorities, and Development, Gregory Guldin examines the social and environmental consequences of accelerated industrialisation in China, as agricultural villages become dense urban agglomerations at unprecedented rates. A specialist in Chinese urbanisation, ethnicity, and politics, Gregory Guldin is Professor of Anthropology at the(...)
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3 May 2007
3 May 2007
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Learning from… China
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In Urbanising Southern China: Poverty, Minorities, and Development, Gregory Guldin examines the social and environmental consequences of accelerated industrialisation in China, as agricultural villages become dense urban agglomerations at unprecedented rates. A specialist in Chinese urbanisation, ethnicity, and politics, Gregory Guldin is Professor of Anthropology at the(...)
Learning from… China
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In Urbanising Southern China: Poverty, Minorities, and Development, Gregory Guldin examines the social and environmental consequences of accelerated industrialisation in China, as agricultural villages become dense urban agglomerations at unprecedented rates. A specialist in Chinese urbanisation, ethnicity, and politics, Gregory Guldin is Professor of Anthropology at the(...)
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3 May 2007
3 May 2007
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Learning from... Shanghai
Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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7 May 2009
7 May 2009
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Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
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7 May 2009
7 May 2009
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Learning from... Tongzhou
Learning from... Tongzhou
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It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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10 April 2014 , 6pm
10 April 2014 , 6pm
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Learning from... Tongzhou
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It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Learning from... Tongzhou
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It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
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10 April 2014
6pm
10 April 2014
6pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Learning from... Ordos
Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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8 November 2012 , 7pm
8 November 2012 , 7pm
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Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
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8 November 2012
7pm
8 November 2012
7pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Oussouby Sacko on African architectural identity and his studies in China, interviewed by Cole Roskam
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Architectural Education in the Intermediate Zone
Oussouby Sacko on African architectural identity and his studies in China, interviewed by Cole Roskam
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Architectural Education in the Intermediate Zone
Oussouby Sacko on African architectural identity and his studies in China, interviewed by Cole Roskam
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This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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22 January 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
22 January 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
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Screening of film excerpts and live annotation: Antonioni’s Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
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This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
Screening of film excerpts and live annotation: Antonioni’s Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
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This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
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22 January 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
22 January 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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1 videocassette (Mini-DV) (approximately 62 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
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1 videocassette (Mini-DV) (approximately 62 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
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[2007]
[2007]
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L'enseignement de-- China = Learning from-- China.
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1 videocassette (Mini-DV) (approximately 62 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
L'enseignement de-- China = Learning from-- China.
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[2007]
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2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
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2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
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[2009]
[2009]
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L'enseignement de-- Shanghai = Learning from-- Shanghai.
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2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
L'enseignement de-- Shanghai = Learning from-- Shanghai.
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2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 154 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master
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[2009]
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447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Paris : Éditions de la Villette, ©2009.
Paris : Éditions de la Villette, ©2009.
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De l'enseignement du paysage en architecture = Teaching landscape with architecture = 走向建筑学景观教育 / sous la direction de Arnauld Laffage & Yann Nussaume. De l'enseignement du paysage en architecture = Teaching landscape with architecture = Zou xiang jian zhu xue jing guan jiao yu / sous la direction de Arnauld Laffage & Yann Nussaume.
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447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
De l'enseignement du paysage en architecture = Teaching landscape with architecture = 走向建筑学景观教育 / sous la direction de Arnauld Laffage & Yann Nussaume. De l'enseignement du paysage en architecture = Teaching landscape with architecture = Zou xiang jian zhu xue jing guan jiao yu / sous la direction de Arnauld Laffage & Yann Nussaume.
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447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Paris : Éditions de la Villette, ©2009.
Paris : Éditions de la Villette, ©2009.
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1 streaming video file (40 min., 29 sec.) : sound, colour, 1 streaming video file (31 min., 10 sec.) : sound, colour
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1 streaming video file (40 min., 29 sec.) : sound, colour, 1 streaming video file (31 min., 10 sec.) : sound, colour
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[Montréal] : CCA, [2012]
[Montréal] : CCA, [2012]
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Learning from ... Hong Kong : Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham.
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1 streaming video file (40 min., 29 sec.) : sound, colour, 1 streaming video file (31 min., 10 sec.) : sound, colour
Learning from ... Hong Kong : Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham.
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1 streaming video file (40 min., 29 sec.) : sound, colour, 1 streaming video file (31 min., 10 sec.) : sound, colour
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[Montréal] : CCA, [2012]
[Montréal] : CCA, [2012]
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