Article by Jenny Zheng Abstract Since the government of China controls the society in every aspect, it has put great effort in rewriting history through propaganda and censorship while facing the crisis during the COVID-19 lockdown. Known as the person who blew the whistle, Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan […]
Article by 應修平（Grace S. P. YING） Abstract The Repetition Histoire(s) du théâtre (I) is the first work of Milo Rau’s series of “historical theatre” complying with his Ghent Manifesto and premiered at the Festival D’avignon in 2018. The story is based on an actual homicide case. The victim was Ihsane […]
Article by Jonathan S. Parhusip In thinking infrastructures, the paper examines infrastructural development policies as a set of infrastructures that “binds” us and rethinks a broad range of phenomena that infrastructures bring to us. The article offers a critical analysis and reassessment of modern logistics and infrastructure projects in Jokowi’s […]
Article by Nguyen Thi Trang Abstract: When the French removed the three countries’ names Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia from the world map, at the same time, they pushed these natives of countries in an ambiguous status. The native people were no longer subjects of the King in the Absolute Monarchy, […]
Article by Katarzyna Szpargala. Abstract: In recent years, women and feminists have been using the Internet and social media as channels for mobilization. The feminist activism is now visible in offline and online spheres; however, the same can be observed for misogynistic attitudes. For a few years now, South Korean […]
Article by Hanh T. L. Nguyen Abstract: This essay discusses Tran Anh Hung’s The Scent of Green Papaya (1993). It analyzes the film’s powerful cinematic language, particularly the music and the mise-en-scène, that brings women together in places of duty and trauma regardless of class differences. More significantly, it argues […]
Article by Jiaxin LIU & Yuan-Hsun CHUANG. Abstract: The word “mask” has become prevailing and medical face masks have widespread increasingly since the outbreak of the Covid-19. However, at the beginning of the pandemic, the interpretation of wearing a medical face mask is extremely different and controversial in some Eastern […]
Article by LI QI. Abstract This article briefly discusses the role of infrastructure in the history of capitalism and the expansion of the state. Recent studies on infrastructure focus on its ontological perspective, arguing the ideological function that is visible upon the built network of infrastructure. According to Marxist theory […]
