Accepted Contribution:

Past, present and future (in)visibilty of Chinese diaspora in the American colonial cultural archive  
Cindy Gao

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Contribution short abstract:

The essay attempts to answer the question "How does the ‘colonial cultural archive’ shape experiences and encounters in diaspora space?" through looking at what is and had to have been made invisible in the experiences of Chinese railroad workers in America and that of the author's own family.

Contribution long abstract:

The essay attempts to answer the question "How does the ‘colonial cultural archive’ shape experiences and encounters in diaspora space?" through looking at what is and had to have been made invisible in the experiences of Chinese railroad workers in America and that of the author's own family.

Partner Event E06
SOAS: Sensing Borders (& Resistance): Creative Methods in Embodied Migration Research
  Session 1 Wednesday 8 March, 2023, -