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WORLDMAKING FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE:
A DIALOGUE WITH CHINA
從全球視閾看“世界”的建構：對話中國

Activities of this project: Talks, Lectures, Presentations, Workshops, Interviews

Public Lecture "Homeland, Refuge, and Magnet: Mecca in the Travels and Imaginaries of Chinese Muslims" by Janice Hyeju Jeong

Hosted by the project "Social Worlds: China's Cities as Places of Worldmaking" (Würzburg), Janice Hyeju Jeong, postdoctoral fellow in the project " Conceptions of World Order and Their Social Carrier Groups" (Göttingen), gave a lecture on May 11, 2022, on the topic "Homeland, Refuge, and Magnet: Mecca in the Travels and Imaginaries of Chinese Muslims."

Digital Dialogue #7 "Making social worlds visible - A talk around art projects documenting Beijing’s recent urban transformation"

On April 27, 2022, as part of the Joint Center's Digital Workshop Series "Digital Dialogues", five representatives of an interdisciplinary group of artists, researchers, architects presented their work reflecting the various facets of urban change in Beijing and its impact on different social worlds.

Article "An argument against moral crusading" by Björn Alpermann and Gunter Schubert published in the FAZ

On March 9, 2022, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung an article by Björn Alpermann and Gunter Schubert entitled "Gegen das moralische Kreuzrittertum - Chinaforschung ist kein politischer Aktivismus. Sie muss taktische Zugeständnisse machen, um den Weg der Erkenntnis offen zu halten. Die Konformismusvorwürfe mancher Beobachter entbehren der Grundlage." (Trans.: Against moral crusading - China studies is not political activism. It must make tactical concessions to maintain an open path to knowledge. The accusations of conformism by some observers lack foundation.)

New publication"Global City Agency and Multilevel Governance in China" by Amelie Thürmer and Elena Meyer-Clement

Published in March 2022, "Global City Agency and Multilevel Governance in China" by Amelie Thürmer and Elena Meyer-Clement showcases their research on how the institutions and governance instruments of the Chinese party-state shape the global agency of cities and how these structures influence the work of the various city networks operating in China.

Panel contribution “The Situation in Ukraine – China’s hesitant position towards Russia’s invasion" by Elena Meyer-Clement

As part of the panel "The War in Ukraine - seen from Russia, Eastern, Europe, and the World (English/Danish), Elena Meyer-Clement analyzed the situation in Ukraine and China's hesitant attitude towards the Russian invasion on March 4, 2022.

Interview with Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann on Omikron and the Olympic Games

On February 23, 2022, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research published on its website an interview with Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann on the topics of Omicron and the Olympics.

Digital Dialogue #6 "Ecological Worldmaking – Literary and Cinematic Explorations of Environmental Crises"

As part of the Digital Workshop Series "Digital Dialogues" of the Joint Center, Winnie L. M. Yee (Hong Kong) and Catrin Gersdorf (Würzburg) presented their studies on ecological crises based on examples of (Chinese) film and (American) literature. The exchange revealed overlapping perspectives and the importance of ecological concerns as a major site of worldmaking.

Opinion article in VAN Magazine with contributions by Barbara Mittler and Björn Alpermann on classical music in China

On February 9, 2022, VAN Magazin published an opinion piece by Hartmut Welcher entitled "Contact avoidance - China tours of German orchestras serve almost exclusively marketing strategies and political instrumentalization. The much-invoked "cultural exchange" hardly takes place. A missed opportunity", contributions to which were made by Barbara Mittler and Björn Alpermann.

Opinion Article "Olympic stress test" published by Björn Alpermann at IPG Journal

On January 31, 2022, the IPG Journal published an opinion article by Björn Alpermann on "Olympic Stress Test - Competition for the Best Pandemic Policy: Hosting the Winter Games is a severe test for China's "zero-COVID" strategy."

Webtalk „Chinese Globalization and Modern Metropolises" Prof. Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement in conversation with Dr. Dirk Assmann and Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer.

What is life like in Chinese megacities? How international and globalized are urban cultures and lifestyles in China? How do cities in China and Europe differ and what challenges are similar? What can we learn from Chinese metropolises and, conversely, what can Chinese cities learn from European examples? Prof. Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement, Dr. Dirk Assmann and Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer discussed these and many other questions in a joint roundtable on January 20, 2022.

Social Worlds Workshop

On January 13-15th, the research team of "Social Worlds: China's Cities as Spaces of Worldmaking" invited former and future fellows as well as interested colleagues for a workshop in a hybrid format to Würzburg. Coming from different empirical research backgrounds, the participants presented their perspectives on social worlds as sites of knowledge production in Chinese urbanization.

Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine featuring Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann on recent sanctions of craft beer brewers in China

The Augsburger Allgemeine published an article on 29.10.2021 entitled "China bans amateur craft brewers: The state joins in the drinking", for which Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann provided his China expertise as an interview partner.

Article by the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle with a contribution by Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann on China's presentation to the outside world

On 28.10.2021, an article by Nadine Wojcik entitled "Confucius Institutes facing criticism" was published by Deutsche Welle, in which Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann comments on China's presentation to the outside world.

Presentation "Is there a Chinese gentrification? Urban redevelopment and displacement processes in the People's Republic of China" by Prof. Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement

As part of the 53. Deutsche Historikertag, Prof. Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement presented her research on "Is there a Chinese Gentrification? Urban Redevelopment and Displacement Processes in the People's Republic of China".

Interview with Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann on China's cultural policy and the influence on film productions published in the Heilbronner Stimme

Published in the Heilbronner Stimme on 23.09.2021, Prof. Dr. Björn Alpermann talked about China's cultural policy with regard to its growing influence on international film productions.

Roundtable "After the War: Regional Perspectives on Afghanistan" with Prof. Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement

On September 9, 2021, as part of a roundtable of the Asian Futures Seminar Series at the University of Copenhagen, scholars discussed the topic "After the War: Regional Perspectives on Afghanistan" including perspectives of regionally particularly affected countries such as China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, and India.

Screening & Talk Series “Urban Governance and Social Worlds in China’s Cities”

As part of an M.A. seminar at the Institute for Chinese Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, everyone interested was invited to participate in the Screening & Talk Series "Urban Governance and Social Worlds in China's Cities". Artists and filmmakers from four documentary films and one literary project were invited to present their projects.

Presentation „Image of City and Imagining the Future Cities” by Antonie Angerer

On May 22nd 2021 Antonie Angerer was invited to speak at the round table conference “Lively New Towns and Villages, A New Way of Life” organized by the China Urban Planning Institute, Yangtze River Delta Department of Tourism and Culture. In a group of experts and local government officials, the China Urban Planning Institute invited for a discussion to analyze the potential of culture and art in rural revitalization processes.