[Chern.fsw] Invitation for CHERN WG 5 Online Event - Exploring China’s Transformations through a Video Camera Lens

[Filius, A. (Alexandra)]

Dear CHERN member,

We are kicking of the new year with the online event organized by Working Group 5: ‘Exploring China’s Transformations through a Video Camera Lens’

In this online discussion, three well-known scholars of China reflect on their engagement with audio-visual research methods and explore the above questions through their recent visual works.

In a world saturated with visual data, how can cameras—whether professional or on our phones—illuminate China’s ongoing socio-economic transformations? What unique insights can audio-visual approaches offer that conventional methods cannot? What ethical dilemmas and methodological challenges do they introduce, and how might researchers begin to experiment with them?

The discussion will address these and related questions, drawing on the speakers’ recent visual outputs: Willy Sier’s Baby Stress, Ke Ma’s Shanghai Lockdown and Elena Barabantseva’s Group Wedding. The event will be moderated by Martina Bofulin, CHERN Labour and Migration Working Group leader.

8 January 2026, 12:00 CET, Online via Zoom<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/vu-live.zoom.us/meeting/register/1KpPUzaiQOmltKhCy0vvtg__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!Eld9HhZbtK73ik0DDgRIxTBs79WglpaKgmlPa9o_deRDR_zShOEC0XC6N180MsIgoJ97-l8nllkUPP_5GBKL3LZjJ5ZtiQZDKSI6cwokTUAG$>

More information, registration and links to watch the films beforehand: https://china-in-europe.net/chern-wg5-event-exploring-chinas-transformations-through-a-video-camera-lens/

On behalf of Martina and Elena, all the best,


Alexandra


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