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an encounter
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After-hoursLongingMemoryMigration
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Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
1990s
A handover-era Hong Kong written as an imaginary cartography — the city read as a set of speculative maps on the eve of transition.
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An Introduction to...
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Tatsuya Oe Presents An Encounter With Captain Funk
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Reassembling the Social. An introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Essays
Reassembling the Social. An introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Carries a strong pull into books through surveillance and South Asia.
Cultural geography
Regional constellations
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
Film
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
Carries a strong pull into film through power and memory.
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Film · Strong bridge
An Autumn Afternoon
1960s
An aging widower realizes he must let his daughter marry. Ozu's final film.
After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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Essays · Strong bridge
Reassembling the Social. An introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
2000s
Reassembling the Social. An introduction to Actor-Network-Theory is a 2005 essay or critical text by Bruno Latour, linked to a wider international field and multiple languages. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument,...
SurveillanceModernityResistance
The Life of an Amorous Man
Books · Strong bridge
The Life of an Amorous Man
1680s
The Life of an Amorous Man is a 1682 book by Ihara Saikaku, linked to Japan and Japanese. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
MemoryMigrationFolklore
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Music · Strong bridge
Like an Engine
2000s
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Film 1990s
An Angel at My Table
The life of Janet Frame: misdiagnosed, institutionalized, and triumphant as a writer.
PowerAfter-hoursLongingUrban isolation
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Books 1860s
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 1869 book by Louisa May Alcott, linked to United States and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
PowerMemoryMigrationFolklore
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Music 1990s
An Introduction to...
After-hoursLonging
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
Film 2000s
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy is a 2009 film from United States, associated with Robert Lemelson. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata sh...
After-hoursMemoryPowerLonging
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Books 2010s
An Era of Darkness
What the British did to India. The costs of colonialism argued with precision and controlled rage.
SurveillanceMemoryMigrationFolklore
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Music 1990s
Tatsuya Oe Presents An Encounter With Captain Funk
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