| Date | Time | Location |
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| Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM | Online Event, Online Event |
BOOK TALK
The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China’s Instant City (Harvard University Press), unravels the myth of Shenzhen, showing how the success of this modern “miracle” depended as much on its indigenous villagers and migrant workers as on central planning and policy makers. Drawing on a range of cultural, social, architectural, geographical, political, and economic perspectives, the book uncovers a surprising history—filled with ancient forts, oyster fields, urban villages—and personal narratives of individual contributors to the city. The Shenzhen Experiment is an important story for all rapidly urbanizing and industrializing nations around the world seeking to replicate China’s economic success in the twenty-first century.
The book has received international recognition from a wide spectrum of disciplines such as the “2020 Book of the Year Award” by ASU’s Institute for Humanities Research, “2020 Best Sellers” by the Library Journal, “Top Books” and “Must Reads” by The Architect’s Newspaper (2020), Nature (2020) and International Affairs (2021). The book has been widely reviewed by international media and academic journals, such as Architectural Record, Domus, ICON, City & Society, and Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Asian Review of Books, Asian Affairs, The Journal of Asian Studies, The China Quarterly, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and Frankfurter Allgemeine.
Dr. Juan Du is Dean and Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. She has previously taught architecture and urban design at the University of Hong Kong and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research and writings have been published in Asia, Europe and the United States, including in The Architectural Review, Volume, Domus, Journal of Architectural Education, e-flux, Time+Architecture, Urban Flux and Urban China. Du is a recognized scholar on China’s rapid urbanization, and her works have been featured by international journals and public media.
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