This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
19 February 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Discussion: Revolutionary Matter
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This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia