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SUMMARY:People's Infrastructure: Everyday Life in Changing China
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DESCRIPTION:This talk moves from the visual culture of the 1950s and the 
 institutional landscapes of the 1970s to contemporary studies of markets
 \, parks\, sidewalks\, and sites of urban redevelopment. Across these mo
 ments\, infrastructure is approached as something maintained through lab
 our\, inhabitation\, and routine use. Attention shifts between rural and
  urban settings\, historical transformation and present conditions\, to 
 show how social life and material systems remain closely intertwined. ‘P
 eople’s infrastructure’ offers a lens for understanding continuity and c
 hange in China’s recent past and present.\n\nAfter the talk\, there will
  be an opportunity to visit the Manchester Confucius Institute's 20th an
 niversary exhibition "Building China: People’s Infrastructure" on the Lo
 wer Ground Floor of the Central Library (exhibited from 1 March until 31
  May 2026).\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nDeljana Iossifova is Professor of Ar
 chitecture and Urban Studies and lead the Urban Studies Lab at the Unive
 rsity of Manchester\, where she also acts as Academic Director of the Co
 nfucius Institute. She was trained as an architect at ETH Zurich and hol
 ds a PhD in Public Policy Design from Tokyo Institute of Technology\, wh
 ich she obtained following years of professional practice in East Asia. 
 Her research examines the dynamics between architecture\, everyday life\
 , urban transformations\, and global environmental change.\n\nThe Manche
 ster Confucius Institute Public Talk Series\n\nManchester Confucius Inst
 itute public talks are free\, informal and informative lectures aimed at
  anyone with an interest in Chinese culture and language.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester\, M25PD
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