Margaret Hillenbrand

Author Margaret Hillenbrand discusses her book 'On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China', which explores the negative cultural forms emerging due to China's socioeconomic system. She explores the experiences of migrant workers, the concept of 'zombie citizenship,' and cultural interventions in social experience. The podcast also covers topics such as the impact of the pandemic, delegated performance, tonal changes in the app quiescho, temporality in documentaries, and the cultural politics of the face in 21st century China.

Margaret Hillenbrand, an expert in China's socioeconomic system, explores negative cultural forms and socio-legal conditions in contemporary China. She discusses 'zombie citizenship' and the experiences of migrant workers. The podcast also covers the impact of the pandemic on Chinese Studies, the use of art to convey precarious life, theatrical protests in the construction industry, dark anthropology in China, and the cultural politics of the face in modern China.