Dr Juan Zhang
PhD, M.Sol.Sci, B.E
Expertise
Juan’s research explores borders and transnational migration in various forms, with particular interests on Asian borderlands, migrant Im/mobilities & transnationalism, cross-border cultural politics & China.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
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Research interests
3) Transnational Cultural Politics & China
I am particularly interested in transnational cultural politics in and out of China, how ideas, representation, emotions and actions connect both virtually and physically. I have written on Chinese nationalism and Chinese mobilities across various cultural and social spheres. My latest work centres on China’s pandemic control responses and their impact on citizens and migrants alike.
Have a look here:
2020. “If I wear a face mask, everyone treats me like a disease”: the mask debate”, Oxford COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum.
2014. “‘Walled’ activism: Transnational social movements and the politics of Chinese cyber-public space,” International Development Planning Review 36 (1): 111-132.
2010. “China’s cosmopolitan nationalists: ‘Heroes’ and ‘traitors’ of the 2008 Olympics,” The China Journal 63: 25-55.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
COVID-19: A mixed-methods evaluation of advice on isolation and health-seeking to contain transmission
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Anthropology and ArchaeologyDates
30/03/2020 to 29/09/2021
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024Transformative Representations - Section Introduction
Rethinking Migration
Encountering infrastructural interruptions and maintaining transnational lives amongst foreigners in China
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Health packages and affective infrastructures
Applied Mobilities
Facing uncertainty
How to Live Through a Pandemic
From lockdowns (fengcheng) to silence (jingmo)
Journal of Ethnographic Theory