On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Negotiating the New in China: Urban Anxieties in the Arts and on the Ground
A talk by Philippe Pirotte and Max Woodworth featuring China's urban and social change, and how these issues are explored in the arts.
Philippe Pirotte, Adjunct Senior Curator, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
You-tien Hsing, Geography, UC Berkeley
Max Woodworth, Geography, Ohio State University
The films of Yang Fudong, currently featured at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the photographs of Tong Lam, currently on view at the Institute of East Asian Studies, both explore realities of today’s China. Adjunct Senior Curator Philippe Pirotte, who organized the Yang exhibition, and Geographer Max Woodworth, who has studied populations under stress from China’s rapid change, will discuss problems related to China’s urban and social change, and how these issues are explored in the arts.
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