Regina Kanyu Wang: Diaspora in Speculation

A lecture by Regina Kanyu Wang, organized by Noit Banai, Professor for Diaspora Aesthetics, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies. How does our understandings of diaspora change in speculative narratives, bodily, ecologically, spatially, and temporally? Digital intelligence immigrating to mycelium network, indigenous girl forced to modify her body to adapt to an alien planet, mother and son who struggle with their native language and identity in a global world that enjoys the benefit of machine translation…In this talk, Regina Kanyu Wang shares her creative practices and academic thoughts through her writing experiences on diaspora in speculation.