Envisioning Queer East and Southeast Asian Heritage
Free
DIY archive for event participants can be found here.
A public event to celebrate the UK's first ESEA Heritage Month; also part of the Queer Asia as Method
Format: panel discussion on Zoom
Chair: Dr Hongwei Bao (Associate Professor in Media Studies, CEACS, University of Nottingham; editor, Queer Lens)
Confirmed panellists:
Qiu Bai (founder, Queer China UK)
Jamie Chi (Queer China UK; director, Safe Distance)
Dr Victor Fan (Reader in Film Studies, Kings College London; curator, Cinema Comrades, Chinese Visual Festival)
Liang Ge (Doctoral researcher, Kings College London)
Dr How Wee Ng (Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Westminster)
Yi Wang (Director, Queer East)
Event introduction:
Family, ancestry, lineage, heritage, legacy, inheritance ... These are terms traditionally associated with the patrilineal system and heterosexual reproduction. What do queer people, especially queer ESEA people, have to do with them? Do queer ESEA people have a heritage (or heritages)? If so, do they have the same heritage as heterosexual-identified ESEA people or LGBTQ+ people from other ethnicities and cultures? How do art, film, theatre, literature and popular culture speak to and function as queer ESEA heritage? This panel discussion brings together queer ESEA identified creative professionals to explore the possibilities of envisioning and discovering a queer ESEA heritage.
