Museum of Shanzhai Architecture
Dear friends, the Museum of Shanzhai Architecture is excited to launch our very own podcast channel!
Our museum, founded in 2020, is a leading institution with the most complete and authoritative collection on shanzhai culture, particularly on architecture. We particularly focus on researching shanzhai architectures that are based on Western prototypes.
Through our podcasts, we aim to take you on a journey through the original and impact of Shanghai architecture in contemporary China. These architectures are archives of the wave of contemporary China. We will dig through these architectures to understand the complex relations between authenticity and imitation, East and West, 'self' and 'other', the representation of power, and the constantly evolving climate of Chinese cultural identity.
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Museum of Shanzhai Architecture
Redefining the West: Introducing Westernology as a Method for "The West as the Other"
This recording presents a talk by Dr. Cunzhou Jia for the third anniversary of MSA.
Cunzhou Jia is an architect and curator, and also a Professor at Daguan University's Department of Art and Design. He is the director the of Programmes and Collections Department at MSA and the co-founder of the "West as the Other" Research Center.