Barbara Witt
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Dr Barbara Witt 衛易萱, Sinologist, interested in #ChineseLiterature
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The Buddha visiting his birthplace, riding a Naga like a skateboard 🛹
July 8, 2024 at 1:49 PM
The Buddha visiting his birthplace, riding a Naga like a skateboard 🛹
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One book from the competition that I want to make sure nobody misses, though, is _The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons_, a set of seventeenth-century cult stories about a female deity who is still worshiped today in Fujian. It is wildly magical, unapologetically proto-feminist, vivid and earthy. 1/3
February 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
One book from the competition that I want to make sure nobody misses, though, is _The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons_, a set of seventeenth-century cult stories about a female deity who is still worshiped today in Fujian. It is wildly magical, unapologetically proto-feminist, vivid and earthy. 1/3
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I'm looking at the original list of nominees for the short fiction in Hugos -- before the elimination of votes for the so-called slate -- The first 7 are ALL Chinese authors.
Chen Qiufan and Hao Jingfang were both eliminated. Hao Jingfang won a Hugo previously for Folding Beijing.
Chen Qiufan and Hao Jingfang were both eliminated. Hao Jingfang won a Hugo previously for Folding Beijing.
February 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I'm looking at the original list of nominees for the short fiction in Hugos -- before the elimination of votes for the so-called slate -- The first 7 are ALL Chinese authors.
Chen Qiufan and Hao Jingfang were both eliminated. Hao Jingfang won a Hugo previously for Folding Beijing.
Chen Qiufan and Hao Jingfang were both eliminated. Hao Jingfang won a Hugo previously for Folding Beijing.
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Which I learned only from here, along with the fact—I'm sure already common knowledge, but I suppose I haven't been paying attention lol—that the "slate" of Chinese votes that were summarily disqualified by the white censorship committee was a recommendation list published in Science Fiction World.
2023年雨果奖审核情况初探
Chris M. Barkley和Jason Sanford今天在File770发布了一篇重磅2023年雨果奖调查报告，但其分析部分较为薄弱。现根据报告提供的原始证据，略做梳理分析。 2023年成都世界科幻大会的雨果奖管理团队共9人：Dave McCarty、Ben Yalow、Ann Marie Rudolph、Diane Lacey、陈石、姚驰、王雅婷、郭东升、庞博（中文版名单还有姜振宇，但英...
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February 16, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Which I learned only from here, along with the fact—I'm sure already common knowledge, but I suppose I haven't been paying attention lol—that the "slate" of Chinese votes that were summarily disqualified by the white censorship committee was a recommendation list published in Science Fiction World.
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probably the wildest application of The Zhuangzi I've ever encountered
very impressed, I'm officially giving Angela Carter my "can do no wrong" card, a sort of special patience afforded to writers who've "earned it," so to speak
this book would be a disaster in almost any other hands
very impressed, I'm officially giving Angela Carter my "can do no wrong" card, a sort of special patience afforded to writers who've "earned it," so to speak
this book would be a disaster in almost any other hands
February 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM
probably the wildest application of The Zhuangzi I've ever encountered
very impressed, I'm officially giving Angela Carter my "can do no wrong" card, a sort of special patience afforded to writers who've "earned it," so to speak
this book would be a disaster in almost any other hands
very impressed, I'm officially giving Angela Carter my "can do no wrong" card, a sort of special patience afforded to writers who've "earned it," so to speak
this book would be a disaster in almost any other hands
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As diaspora, I cannot tell you what it feels like to see my name, work, and politics --
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
February 15, 2024 at 10:54 PM
As diaspora, I cannot tell you what it feels like to see my name, work, and politics --
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
- were noted in a secret dossier
- where my work & sentiments were identified as concerning
- by *Americans*
- and then used to harm a colleague and associate.
You took the thing we fear, and you made it truth.
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🗃️ Anais Wion takes us on a journey, exploring the efforts to collate surviving Benin objects via an online catalogue!
Learn all about the effort 👇
digitalorientalist.com/?p=11754
#digitalhumanities #digitaltools #benin #nigeria #archives #History
Learn all about the effort 👇
digitalorientalist.com/?p=11754
#digitalhumanities #digitaltools #benin #nigeria #archives #History
Digital Benin: bringing together scattered historic Benin objects
The kingdom of Benin, in what is now central Nigeria, was a powerful African state from the Middle Ages until its destruction and invasion by the British at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1897,...
digitalorientalist.com
January 5, 2024 at 3:40 PM
🗃️ Anais Wion takes us on a journey, exploring the efforts to collate surviving Benin objects via an online catalogue!
Learn all about the effort 👇
digitalorientalist.com/?p=11754
#digitalhumanities #digitaltools #benin #nigeria #archives #History
Learn all about the effort 👇
digitalorientalist.com/?p=11754
#digitalhumanities #digitaltools #benin #nigeria #archives #History
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Merry Christmas to everyone! Or, as you can say in Hokkien, Merry Red-Haired People’s Winter Festival to everyone! Chiok ta̍k-ke âng-môo tang-tseh khuài-lo̍k! 祝逐家紅毛冬節快樂！
December 24, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Merry Christmas to everyone! Or, as you can say in Hokkien, Merry Red-Haired People’s Winter Festival to everyone! Chiok ta̍k-ke âng-môo tang-tseh khuài-lo̍k! 祝逐家紅毛冬節快樂！
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December 22, 2023 at 1:02 PM
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Adding this to the main feed in case it's useful. I've been trying to curate a critical reading list about generative AI for post-secondary educators that does not necessarily require disciplinary expertise to engage with. If it's useful to you, please let me know.
Late to share this but I do! Our intrepid teaching and learning centre will use this for a reading group next term: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The TRU LT&I AI Reading List
docs.google.com
December 22, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Adding this to the main feed in case it's useful. I've been trying to curate a critical reading list about generative AI for post-secondary educators that does not necessarily require disciplinary expertise to engage with. If it's useful to you, please let me know.
Monday's blue skies to combat Wednesday's endless rain.
Oh, and a man just casually taking his geese for a walk...
Oh, and a man just casually taking his geese for a walk...
December 20, 2023 at 7:20 AM
Monday's blue skies to combat Wednesday's endless rain.
Oh, and a man just casually taking his geese for a walk...
Oh, and a man just casually taking his geese for a walk...