{"product_id":"the-otherness-of-the-everyday-twelve-conversations-from-chinese-art-world-during-the-pandemic-9781789384420","title":"The Otherness of the Everyday: Twelve","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020, when the coronavirus first emerged, Wuhan in China became the first city in the world affected by this deadly disease. It then rapidly spread to the entire country, and further on to Europe, America and the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDuring these strange times, we witness the emptiness of streets, squares and cities everywhere; we are estranged from and yet ‘connected’ to each other. As a response to the pandemic, Jiang Jiehong convened in-conversation talks with figures from different disciplines in the Chinese-speaking world, including anthropology, architecture, art, curating, fashion film, literature, media, museum, music and photography.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe twelve high-profile participants in these conversations are Xiang Biao, Zhang Peili, Pi Li, Zhang Zikang, Gu Zheng, Li Lin, Zhang Zhen, Shu Kewen, Jiang Jun, Wang Shouzhi, Chen Danqing and Zhu Zheqin.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese conversations foster new understandings of this present-day crisis; the threat of the invisible, notions of distance and spatialization, separation and isolation, communication and mobility, discipline and surveillance, and community and collectiveness, as well as the increase in conflicts and divisive voices between China and the world. At the same time, these reflections give us the opportunity to re-examine our past ‘normality’, and to project our future visions of a post-COVID world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReadership will include those working and studying in the humanities and specifically in the disciplines of the interviewees, and those who have particular interests in contemporary China. \u003cem\u003eThe Otherness of the Everyday\u003c\/em\u003e is also of interest to a more general audience who has experienced the pandemic and is seeking innovative understandings of this global crisis in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'[The book's] strength lies in the fact that the voices we read are not – again – discussing China or Chinese art as the “other” in longstanding, now globalized academic discourses of (cultural) alterity and artistic practices that are informed by post-colonial, transnational or transcultural negotiations of difference. Rather, all participants share the experience of an unexpected “othering” of their daily lives and the amazement of being brought together more closely through a global crisis, while at the same time being forced apart – “two metres” – and mostly stranded in their homes. [...] Jiang allows us to travel back in time, compare and witness how the beginning of the global pandemic not only fuelled anxieties of cultural difference and national control, but also showed the need to overcome our screens and epistemic borders, to sustain mutual dialogue, while affirming just how related we really are.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Franziska Koch, The China Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgement\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The otherness of the everyday\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The state of suspension\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Xiang Biao, 6 June 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The art of quarantine\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Zhang Peili, 13 June 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. The end of the museums\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Pi Li, 20 June 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. An exhibition in the palm of your hand\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Zhang Zikang, 27 June 2020 \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Expressions of the pandemic\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Gu Zheng, 4 July 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. In fashion at home\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Li Lin, 11 July 2020 \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Filming the lockdown\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Zhang Zhen, 18 July 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Experience and knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Shu Kewen, 15 August 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. In control\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Jiang Jun, 22 August 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Virus-affected design\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Wang Shouzhi, 29 August 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Infected or transmitted\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Chen Danqing, 5 September 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. The un-isolatable\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConversation with Zhu Zheqin, 12 September 2020\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Glossary \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042575647063,"sku":"9781789384420","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-otherness-of-the-everyday-twelve-conversations-from-chinese-art-world-during-the-pandemic-9781789384420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}