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Documentary Film Screening“British Born Chinese”

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Date:

23 Jun 2016

Time:

12:00-13:30

Venue:

USC, 8/F, Tin Ka Ping Building, CUHK

Speaker(s):

Elena Barabantseva

Biography of Speaker:

Elena Barabantseva is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the Chinese identity politics, the interaction between development and nationalism, borders, filmmaking for research, and post-structuralist theories. She is the author of Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism: De-Centering China (Rutledge 2011). Her articles appeared in Critical Asian Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, Modern China, Alternatives, Identities, International Politics Sociology, and Cross-Currents. She is currently involved in a major multi-country research project seeking to understand the dynamics of immigration to China.

Admission:

Please email or call the USC office before 10:00am on every seminar day. Thank you.

Enquiries:

Tel.: (852) 3943-8763/8765
Email: usc@cuhk.edu.hk

Event Details:

Language: English
Fee: Free Admission, HK$20.00 for Lunch

Synopsis of Lecture:

British Born Chinese is a documentary film about Daniel and Kevin, two school boys born to Chinese migrants and living in Manchester. It engages their everyday struggles of reconciling their Britishness with Chineseness through their experiences at school, as volunteers at a community centre, and at home. We use an ethical approach driven by dialogue and close involvement with the film’s subjects to understand the vulnerabilities through which the boys navigate their place in the British society. Our filmmaking as research not only uncovers new dimensions to understanding the ways our subjects experience their lifeworlds, but also seeks to reduce the epistemic violence of dominant forms of representation.

Remarks:

Please note that the order for lunch box cannot be cancelled once it has been made. You have to pay for the lunch box you ordered even though you cannot attend the seminar. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.