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The New East Asian Studies Podcasts in the Age of AISilvia M Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation," (Princeton University Press, 2020)A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "copycat" production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets? Prototype Nation offers a rich transnational analysis of how the promise of democratized innovation and entrepreneurial life has shaped China's governance and global image. With historical precision and ethnographic detail, Silvia Lindtner reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007-8, shap...2024-11-0412 min
Automated SocietiesDigital Platform Economies: Concept Work for “Platform Economies”This panel conversation was part of a recent event hosted by the Platform Economies Research Network (PERN), in collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society.
The event titled 'Digital Platform Economies: Value from data?' was held at the New School in New York City on 24-26 April 2024.
The session examines how core concepts, such as commodity, capital, labor, rent, data, and information, operate with reference to specific platform contexts. Each panelist will present a brief case study from their research to outline general qu...2024-05-281h 49
Deviate with Rolf Potts"Walk and Talk": Live from Thailand“Something about the motion of walking is conducive to generating both ideas and conversation. You can empty your mind and open your mind at the same time.”
—Kevin Kelly
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf reports from a “Walk and Talk” across northern Thailand. Interviewees and conversation topics are listed by time-code below. Participant write-ups about (or alluding to) the 2023 Thailand Walk and Talk include:
The Walk and Talk: Everything We Know, by Craig Mod
Walk and Talk: Everything We Know (PDF document), by Kevin Kelly
Walking the Heck out of Thailand, by Craig Mod
Walk and Talk, b...2024-04-161h 09Deviate"Walk and Talk": Live from Thailand“Something about the motion of walking is conducive to generating both ideas and conversation. You can empty your mind and open your mind at the same time.”
—Kevin Kelly
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf reports from a “Walk and Talk” across northern Thailand. Interviewees and conversation topics are listed by time-code below. Participant write-ups about (or alluding to) the 2023 Thailand Walk and Talk include:
The Walk and Talk: Everything We Know, by Craig Mod
Walk and Talk: Everything We Know (PDF document), by Kevin Kelly
Walking the Heck out of Thailand, by Craig Mod
Walk and Talk, b...2024-04-161h 09
TechnoViewsTechnoViews #15. 'Prototype Nation' | Silvia M. Lindtner (U. of Michigan)Silvia LINDTNER, interviewed by Joseph BOSCO on 25 October 2022ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this episode, Dr. Lindtner explains what is the “maker” movement, and why she focused on this phenomenon. She discusses how she conducted ethnographic research in companies that can often be wary of outsiders, especially foreigners. She also discusses how making was appropriated by the Chinese Communist Party as part of the state’s tactics of hegemony, functioning not by coercion but by promising happiness. She explains two key concepts in the book, the “socialist pitch” and the term for maker, chuangke 创客, which has slightly diffe...2022-11-0328 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsTrafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital SovereigntyIn Trafficking Data, Aynne Kokas examines how technology firms in the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, exploit government policy (and the lack thereof) to gather information on citizens, putting American national security at risk. She argues that U.S. government leadership failures, Silicon Valley’s disruption preoccupation, and Wall Street’s addiction to growth have fueled China’s technological gold rush. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the two countries and numerous corporate and policy documents, Trafficking Data explains how China is fast becoming the global leader in internet governance and policy, and thus of the da...2022-10-2529 min
Shūmiàn 书面 PodcastCafezinho 51: "Na Terra do Cervo Branco" no Clube do Livro e Tensão sobre TaiwanNaquela pausa curta do cafezinho você pode ouvir a nossa Gerente de Mídias, Aline Tedeschi, conversando com a nossa Editora Júnior, Mariana Marcondes, sobre os destaques da semana: o livro "Na Terra do Cervo Branco", de Chen Zhongshi, que foi a leitura do mês de julho do Clube do Livro da Shūmiàn e sobre a visita de Nancy Pelosi à Taiwan e os atritos gerados com Pequim.
Além disso, trazemos dicas literárias na sessão ZHENG HE, como a análise da professora Pan Nini sobre cultura de fãs online, traduzida pe...2022-08-0718 min
Sinica PodcastPrototype Nation: Silvia Lindtner on what drives Chinese tech innovation, and how tech drives Chinese statecraftThis week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser chats with Silvia Lindtner of the University of Michigan about her book Prototype Nation. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss how China's maker movement inspired the Party leadership to encourage tech entrepreneurship, how Shenzhen rose to such prominence in technology production, the fetishization of the shanzhai movement, and much more.5:29 How narratives on Chinese tech innovation have shifted14:10 What made China's technological innovation possible?20:37 State support for the maker movement and mass innovation29:52 The technocratic and entrepreneurial mindset of the CCP38:45 Techno-optimism in...2022-07-211h 07
Sinica Early AccessPrototype Nation: Silvia Lindtner on what drives Chinese tech innovation, and how tech drives Chinese statecraftThis week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser chats with Silvia Lindtner of the University of Michigan about her book Prototype Nation. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss how China's maker movement inspired the Party leadership to encourage tech entrepreneurship, how Shenzhen rose to such prominence in technology production, the fetishization of the shanzhai movement, and much more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2022-07-181h 07National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChina’s Zero-COVID Policies: Impact and Implications | Silvia Lindtner, Melinda LiuChina is under scrutiny as it attempts to quash its largest COVID-19 outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The latest wave of infections is the most serious in the country since the disease first emerged in Wuhan two years ago and is putting the government under immense pressure as it sticks with its ‘dynamic zero-COVID strategy’. Shanghai has been in lockdown for over a month, causing serious disruption to its 25 million residents and the economy, with a potential lockdown in Beijing on the horizon.
Silvia Lindtner and Melinda Liu discuss China’s current COVID situation and explore the many s...2022-05-3136 min
The CosmopolitanSilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020) Podcast: New Books in Economics (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Silvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Pub date: 2022-03-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPrototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks ho...2022-03-231h 01Sinica PodcastChina's soft power collides with the hard realities of the Russo-Ukrainian War: A conversation with Maria RepnikovaThis week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Maria Repnikova, assistant professor of global communications at Georgia State University, who recently published a short book under the Cambridge Elements series called Chinese Soft Power. A native Russian speaker who also reads and speaks Chinese, Maria has been a keen observer of China's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and offers her perspectives on Chinese media coverage of the war and the impact of China's pro-Russian tilt on Beijing's soft power ambitions. She recently co-authored a piece in The Atlantic arguing that China's apparent pro-Russian position is about one thing only...2022-03-161h 09
New Books in LawSilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks how this promise of entrepreneurial life has influenced governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexist and racist violence and various forms of labor exploitation.Silvia Margot Lindtner (she/her) is a writer and ethnographer. She is Associate Professor at the University of Michi...2022-03-101h 01
New Books in TechnologySilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks how this promise of entrepreneurial life has influenced governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexist and racist violence and various forms of labor exploitation.Silvia Margot Lindtner (she/her) is a writer and ethnographer. She is Associate Professor at the U...2022-03-101h 01
New Books in Chinese StudiesSilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks how this promise of entrepreneurial life has influenced governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexist and racist violence and various forms of labor exploitation.Silvia Margot Lindtner (she/her) is a writer and ethnographer. She is Associate Professor at the U...2022-03-101h 01
New Books in EconomicsSilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks how this promise of entrepreneurial life has influenced governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexist and racist violence and various forms of labor exploitation.Silvia Margot Lindtner (she/her) is a writer and ethnographer. She is Associate Professor at the U...2022-03-101h 01
New Books in East Asian StudiesSilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks how this promise of entrepreneurial life has influenced governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexist and racist violence and various forms of labor exploitation.Silvia Margot Lindtner (she/her) is a writer and ethnographer. She is Associate Professor at the U...2022-03-101h 01
Princeton UP Ideas PodcastSilvia M. Lindtner, "Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation" (Princeton UP, 2020)Prototype Nation: China and the Contested Promise of Innovation (Princeton University Press, 2020) reveals how a growing distrust in Western models of progress and development, including Silicon Valley and the tech industry after the financial crisis of 2007–8, shaped the vision of China as a “new frontier” of innovation. Author Silvia Lindtner unpacks how this promise of entrepreneurial life has influenced governance, education, policy, investment, and urban redesign in ways that normalize the persistence of sexist and racist violence and various forms of labor exploitation.Silvia Margot Lindtner (she/her) is a writer and ethnographer. She is Associate Professor at the U...2022-03-101h 01
China Impulse – Zukunftstrends aus dem Reich der Mitte#023 - China: Umstrittene InnovationskulturWie sehen Kreativität und Innovation in China aus?
Gibt es im Bereich Kreativität und Innovation kulturelle Unterschiede zwischen China und dem sogenannten „Westen“?
Wie wird China im Westen wahrgenommen, wenn es um das Thema Innovation geht und wie hat sich dieses Image im Laufe der letzten Jahre verwandelt?
Was sind Hacker- und Maker-Spaces und wie haben sie sich in China entwickelt?
Was können wir von China im Bereich Innovationen und Digitalisierung lernen?
Weitere Themen: die Stadt Shenzhen als „chinesisches Silicon Valley“, die Themen Gender und Rassismus in Zusammenhang mit Innovationen
Über diese Themen spreche ich heute mit Prof. Dr...2021-12-0231 min
时差 in-betweenness#06 数字中国：从网络舆论空间到平台经济 | Digital ChinaRSS订阅：https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1171871.rssApple Podcasts小宇宙Spotify好久不见。这期节目我们与两位做传媒研究的嘉宾聊了一些和数字中国相关的话题。从中文互联网使用的个人史开始，我们谈到了社交媒体上“体制”想象的转变，舆论空间中“左右”的混乱以及用左右光谱来描述意识形态差异的局限性，国际关系和国际政治经济对国内舆论的影响，什么是平台，传统家庭手工业和平台经济的对接，“监视资本主义”这个概念的局限性等等。可能是开播以来最像Seminar的一期节目哦。主播：张晨晨；李瀚伦嘉宾：吴晓 （纽约大学）；张琳（新罕布什尔大学）音乐：Leonard Cohen - Democracy【时间轴】2:30 中文互联网使用个人史6:30 从个人经历到研究旨趣：关于牛博网的研究14:00 微博上体制想象的变迁：2011年与2016年20:00 国际政治经济的因素，“中国模式”概念的兴起26:30 08年到11年的坐标系：对政治议题态度的分化与经济议题的分化并无关联34:00 “对立”与“文明竞争”的话语由全球性的互动共同生成40:00 历史的角度看，发展道路的相似性与特殊性45:25 防火墙的作用，不同语境下的读者对这项研究的反应都深受政治影响。52:40 西方平台化理论的局限性，阿里巴巴，小资本主义与本土语境下的平台化，家庭手工业中的性别维度1:02:00 在平台资本主义对非正式工人的剥削和利用既有的不平等方面与印度的比较？1:11:30 平台将开放市场纳入到自己当中，声称把买方和卖方通过更高效的方式联系起来，因为将市场纳入自身而没有任何外在监督机制。平台作为高频交易(high-frequency trading)。 1:18:20 “监视资本主义”（surveillance capitalism）以及对这本书的批评1:28:30 工业4.0与智能工厂1:34:30 对“数据殖民主义”的反思1:38:39 地方政府的作用，基层组织形式没有新的变化，在这个“淘宝村”案例中平台经济并没有给传统手工业带来可持续的新生1:41:40 平台经济对民间既有的文化生产的收割【提到的文章以及推荐】Chen, Julie Yujie., & Qiu, Jack Linchuan (2019). Digital utility: Datafication, regulation, labor, and DiDi’s platformization of urban transport in China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 12(3), 274–289.Gray, Mary. L., & Suri, Siddharth. (2019). Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Wu, Angela Xiao (2020). Chinese Computing and Computing China as Global Knowledge Production. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience, 6(2).Wu, Angela Xiao (2020). The evolution of regime imaginaries on the Chinese Internet. Journal of Political Ideologies, 25(2), 139–161.Wu, Angela Xiao (2014). Ideological polarization over a China-as-superpower mindset: An exploratory charting of belief systems among Chinese Internet users, 2008-2011. International Journal of Communication, 8, 2243–2272. (政见：数据描摹中国网络政治的极化http://cnpolitics.org/2014/04/ideological-polarization-over-a-china-as-superpower-mindset/)Wu, Angela Xiao, & Taneja, Harsh. (2020). Platform enclosure of human behavior and its measurement: Using behavioral trace data against platform episteme. New Media & Society, 1461444820933547.Srnicek, N. (2016). Platform Capitalism. Polity.Zuboff, Shoshana. (2019). The age of surveillance capitalism: The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power. Profile Books.Taneja, H., & Wu, A. X. (2014). Does the Great Firewall really isolate the Chinese? Integrating access blockage with cultural factors to explain web user behavior. The Information Society, 2020-10-091h 44
Man Behind The MachineFacebook’s Kill Switch : Censorship, A.I. & Fake newsIn this episode, for the first time in US history and the algorithm will decide Who will be president. Facebook changes its terms of service and deletes Counts associated with Russian troll farms, Yes Facebook plans to institute a kill switch to shut down news related to the 2020 election. Internet research agency and Instagram disinformation troll farms hire US journalists in peace data campaign /// Hardt, Michael, and Antonio Negri. 2005. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire. Reprint ed. New York: Penguin Books.
Irani, Lili. 2015. “Hackathons and the Making of Entrepreneurial Citizenship.” Science, Technology & Human Values 40(5): 799–824.
Jordan, Tim. 2008. Hacking: Digita...2020-09-0250 min
The China Africa ProjectThe Rise of Chinese Tech in Africa is Both Feared and EmbracedJust as with other aspects of the China-Africa relationship, critics and advocates alike can see what they want in the growing presence of Chinese technology in Africa. For some perspective on the implications of China's growing influence on the African tech sector, Eric & Cobus are joined this week by two professors in the United States who are actively studying the issue -- one from a largely Chinese perspective, the other who looks at the issue through an African lens:
Seyram Avle is an assistant professor of communications at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst who is currently studying tech entrepreneurial...2019-01-2041 min
re:publica 17 - All SessionsEx Oriente Make: The future of maker culture is made in ChinaHow is it possible that in just three years, the industrial city of Shenzhen was transformed in the global tech imaginary from a place known for cheap copies and low-quality production to a laboratory of technological futures and a "Silicon Valley of Hardware"?
Silvia LindtnerIn this talk, Silvia Lindtner examines how Shenzhen transformed into a laboratory where technological futures are prototyped. She will show how Western elites, more specifically American and European entrepreneurs, makers, artists, and designers turned to Shenzhen as a region that appeared hopeful and promising for their professional futures exactly because it concentrated aspects of m...2017-05-1033 min
re:publica 17 - Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)Ex Oriente Make: The future of maker culture is made in ChinaHow is it possible that in just three years, the industrial city of Shenzhen was transformed in the global tech imaginary from a place known for cheap copies and low-quality production to a laboratory of technological futures and a "Silicon Valley of Hardware"?
Silvia LindtnerIn this talk, Silvia Lindtner examines how Shenzhen transformed into a laboratory where technological futures are prototyped. She will show how Western elites, more specifically American and European entrepreneurs, makers, artists, and designers turned to Shenzhen as a region that appeared hopeful and promising for their professional futures exactly because it concentrated aspects of m...2017-05-1033 min