November 9th 4:00 - 5:30 PM聽
Hale 230
A book launch for the ChinaMade project, featuring a panel discussion with CAS Visiting Scholar聽Max Hirsh,听G枚k莽e G眉nel聽(Rice University), CAS Faculty Director聽Tim Oakes, and Professor聽Emily Yeh聽(CU Geography).聽
In the 21st聽century, infrastructure has undergone a seismic shift from West to East. Once concentrated in Europe and North America, global infrastructure production today is focused squarely on Asia. 聽
Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia investigates the deeper implications of that pivot to the East. Written by leading international infrastructure experts, it demonstrates how new roads, airports, pipelines, and cables are changing Asian economies, societies, and geopolitics鈥攆rom the Bosporus to Beijing, and from Indonesia to the Arctic. Ten tightly interwoven case studies powerfully illustrate infrastructure鈥檚 leading role in three global paradigm shifts: climate change, digitalization, and China鈥檚 emergence as a superpower.
Combining social science methods with mapping techniques from the design professions, the book establishes a dialogue between academic research on infrastructure and the professional insights of those responsible for infrastructure鈥檚 planning, production, and operation. This mixed method sheds light on the mindset of practitioners, while also attending to the materiality and agency of the infrastructures that they create.
We apply that method to a detailed analysis of transport, energy, telecommunication, and resource extraction projects in China, the Middle East, and Central and Southeast Asia. The book synthesizes research on infrastructure from six academic fields, while making those insights accessible to a wider audience of students, professionals, and the general public.
Edited by Max Hirsh and Till Mostowlansky,听Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia聽is published by the University of Hawaii Press with the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation, the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, and the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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